Title: | Sections 16 (a) and 17 (c) of the Patent Law of 05/02/1999 |
Field of IP: | Patents |
Type of flexibility: | Patentability of substances existing in nature |
Summary table: |
16. The following shall not be regarded as an invention, or utility model:
(a) a discovery, scientific theory, or mathematical method;
17. A patent is not granted:
(c) for the invention relating to the varieties of plants and breeds of animals, as well as for particularly biological methods for raising varieties of plants and breeds of animals. This rule does not extend on micro-biological methods and products obtained through these methods;