Purpose: to study the circle of holders of the proprietary right to human embryos in vitro given their limited transferability. Methods: the author has used the methods of analysis, comparison, consolidation and analogy. Results: it has been established by the author that holders of the proprietary right to embryos in vitro in Ukraine may be patients within the assisted reproductive technology programmes who have turned eighteen, regardless of their citizenship, as well as health care facilities that treat infertility in case of anonymous donation of their unused embryos in vitro by patients. It has been determined that donors of reproductive cells and surrogate mothers do not acquire the proprietary right to embryos in vitro. Scientific novelty: the article contains the comprehensive analysis of the holders of the proprietary right to embryos in vitro and establishes the conditions for their inclusion into the circle of patients of in vitro fertilization programmes and health care facilities under the law of Ukraine. Practical importance: the main provisions and conclusions made in the article may be used in the scientific and practical activity in the area of assisted reproduction to determine the circle of the persons that may own, use and dispose of human embryos in vitro.
embryo in vitro, assisted reproductive technology, proprietary right, holders of the proprietary right
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