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 |
Summary table: |
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;