Title: | Section 12(1) (a) of the Patents Act No. 8 of 07/10/1999 |
Field of IP: | Patents |
Type of flexibility: | Patentability of substances existing in nature |
Summary table: |
12. (1) The following, even if they are inventions within the meaning of this Act, shall not be protected as patents
(a) a discovery, scientific theory or mathematical method;