Exceptions to Patentability
Article 7
(1) Patents shall not be granted for:
3. plant or animal varieties;
4. essentially biological processes for obtaining plants and animals.
Patentability of biotechnological inventions
Art. 7a
(3) Inventions relating to plants or animals shall be considered patentable, if the technical realization of the invention is not reduced to a certain plant or animal variety.
(4) The prohibition under Art. 7, paragraph 1(4) shall not apply to the patentability of inventions relating to microbiological or other technical processes or products obtained by such processes, provided that they satisfy the requirements of Art. 6(1).