Patentable Inventions
Article 6
(2) The following shall not be regarded as inventions:
1. discoveries, scientific theories and mathematical methods;
Exceptions to Patentability
Article 7
(1) Patents shall not be granted for:
4. essentially biological processes for obtaining plants and animals.
Patentability of biotechnological inventions
Article 7a (1) - Patents shall be granted for inventions relating to a product consisting of or containing biological material, or to a method of obtaining, processing or use of biological material, provided that they satisfy the requirements of Art. 6(1).
(2) Biological material isolated from its natural environment or obtained by a technical process may be regarded as the subject matter of an invention, even if it existed in nature before that.
(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).