Legislative Implementation of Flexibilities - Burundi

Title:	Article 17 of the Law No. 1/13 of 28/07/2009 on Industrial Property
Field of IP:	Patents
Type of flexibility:	Exclusion from patentability of plants
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Provisions of Law

Article 17 - The following shall be excluded from patent protection:

- Plants and animals, including parts thereof, other than microorganisms, and essentially biological processes for the breeding of plants and animals and parts thereof, other than non-biological and microbiological processes;

- Animal breeds and plant varieties;