Protecting your intellectual property rights: Patents
Protecting your intellectual property rights: Patents
Patents
An invention shall be patentable if it is novel, involves an inventive step and is industrially applicable.
What may not be patented?
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discoveries, scientific theories and mathematical methods;
aesthetic creations;
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schemes, rules and methods for performing mental acts, playing games or doing business and programs for computers;
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presentations of information;
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a method for the treatment of the human or animal body by surgery or therapy and a diagnostic method practiced on the human or animal body;
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an invention the exploitation of which would be contrary to public order or morality.