Title: | Article 3, § 1 of the Patents Law No.2000-84 of 24/08/2000 |
Field of IP: | Patents |
Type of flexibility: | Exclusion from patentability of plants |
Summary table: |
3. A patent may not be issued for:
- varieties of plants, animal breeds or essentially biological processes for the production of plants or animals, provided that this provision shall not apply to biological processes used in medicine or to products obtained using such processes;