Title: | Section 7 (2) (a) and (b) of the Patents Act of 15/10/1993 |
Field of IP: | Patents |
Type of flexibility: | Patentability of substances existing in nature |
Summary table: |
7. Definition of invention
(2) The following shall not be regarded as inventions within the meaning of subsection (1)-
(a) discoveries and scientific and mathematical theories;
(b) plant or animal varieties or essentially biological processes for the production of plants or animals, other than biological processes and the products of those processes;