Title: | Section 2 (3) of the Patents Law BGBl. No. 259/1970 as last amended by BGBl No. 143/2001 |
Field of IP: | Patents |
Type of flexibility: | Patentability of substances existing in nature |
Summary table: |
Section 1 - Patentable Inventions
(2) The following in particular shall not be regarded as inventions:
1. discoveries, scientific theories, and mathematical methods;
Section 2 - Exceptions to Patentability
Patents shall not be granted in respect of:
3. plant or animal varieties (animal races) or essentially biological processes for the production of plants or animals; these exceptions shall not apply to microorganisms as such nor to microbiological processes and the products obtained by means of such processes.