Title: | Section 26(a)(b)of The Industrial Property Act, 2001 |
Field of IP: | Patents |
Type of flexibility: | Exclusion from patentability of plants |
Summary table: |
26. The following shall not be patentable:-
(a) plant varieties as provided for in the Seeds and Plant Varieties Act, but not parts thereof or products of biotechnological process; and
(b) inventions contrary to public order, morality, public health and safety, principles of humanity and environmental conservation