Title: | Section 3 (c) and (j) of the Patent Act No. 39 of 1970 as last amended by Act No. 15 of 2005 |
Field of IP: | Patents |
Type of flexibility: | Patentability of substances existing in nature |
Summary table: |
3. What are not inventions
The following are not inventions within the meaning of this Act;
c) the mere discovery of a scientific principle or the formulation of an abstract theory or discovery of any living thing or non-living substance occurring in nature;
j) plants and animals in whole or any part thereof other than micro-organisms but including seeds, varieties and species essentially biological processes for production or propagation of plants and animals;