10. The following are not considered to be inventions or utility models:
I. discoveries, scientific theories, and mathematical methods;
IX. all or part of natural living beings and biological materials found in nature, even if isolated therefrom, including the genome or germoplasm of any natural living being, and the natural biological processes.
18. The following are not patentable:
II. substances, materials, mixtures, elements or products of any kind, as well as the
modification of their physical- chemical properties and the respective processes for obtainment or modification, when resulting from the transformation of the atomic nucleus;
Article 31 of the Provisional measure No. 2.186-16
The grant of industrial property rights by the component bodies for a process or product obtained using samples of components of the genetic heritage is contingent on the observance of this Provisional Measure, the applicant being obliged to specify the origin of the genetic material and the associated traditional knowledge, as the case may be.