Patentable Invention Sample Clauses
Patentable Invention.
(1) An invention that is new, involves an inventive step and is industrially applicable may be the subject of an invention patent (hereinafter called “patent”).
(2) The invention may consist of or relate to a product or a process or to a use thereof.
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Patentable Invention. (1) An invention that is new, involves an inventive step and is industrially applicable may be the subject of an invention patent (hereinafter, “patent”).
(2) The following shall not be patentable:
(a) inventions whose exploitation is contrary to public policy or morality, it being understood that the working of the invention shall not be considered contrary to public policy or morality merely because it is prohibited by law or regulation;
(b) methods for the treatment of the human or animal body by surgery or therapy, including diagnostic methods; and
(c) inventions having as their subject matter plant varieties, animal species and essentially biological processes for the breeding of plants or animals other than microbiological processes and the products of such processes.
(3) Subject to the provisions of paragraph (2) above, any substance included in the prior art shall not be excluded from patentability provided it is put to new use.