Title: | Article 2 (e) and (f) of the Patent Law No. 240 of 14/08/2000 |
Field of IP: | Patents |
Type of flexibility: | Exclusion from patentability of plants |
Summary table: |
Article 2
The invention is liable for protection if such is Novel, Creative and Applicable.
- A patent shall be issued for each invention related to:
e. Micro Organisms
f. Novel or discovered plant products provided that it complies with all the following conditions:
1. Distinguished from all previously known varieties by a rarely changeable specific and important advantage; or by several advantages that collectively form a Novel plant variety.
2. Homogeneity of advantages
3. Stability i.e. by the end of each production cycle it remains identical to its first definition.