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you may obtain a patent for your new use, or method making use of the composition of matter, provided you satisfy patentability requirements, e.g., novelty and inventive step. However you cannot re-patent the originally claimed subject matter - it ould lack novelty.

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No, once a patent expires the invention becomes public domain and can never be patented again.

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