Title: | Section 2 (2) (i), (iv) and (v) of the Patents Act No. 23 of 29/12/2003 |
Field of IP: | Patents |
Type of flexibility: | Patentability of substances existing in nature |
Summary table: |
(2) The following, even if they are inventions within the meaning of subsection (I), shall be excluded from patent protection:
(i) discoveries, scientific theories and mathematical methods;
(iv) plants and animals other than micro-organisms;
(v) essentially biological processes for the production of plants or animals other than non-biological and microbiological processes;