"PATENTS"..a general concept!

"PATENT" MEANS A PATENT GRANTED UNDER THE PATENT ACT WHICH ALSO MEANS THE MONOPOLY GIVEN TO A PERSON WHO MAKES AN INVENTION.
"INVENTION" MEANS A NEW PRODUCT OR A PROCESS INVOLVING AN INVENTIVE STEP AND CAPABLE OF INDUSTRIAL APPLICATION.
"INVENTIVE STEP" MEANS A FEATURE THAT MAKES THE INVENTION NOT OBVIOUS TO A PERSON SKILLED IN THE ART.
"INVENTION" MEANS A NEW PRODUCT OR A PROCESS INVOLVING AN INVENTIVE STEP* AND CAPABLE OF INDUSTRIAL APPLICATION.
"INVENTIVE STEP" MEANS A FEATURE THAT MAKES THE INVENTION NOT OBVIOUS TO A PERSON SKILLED IN THE ART.

INVENTIONS NOT PATENTABLE

THE FOLLOWING ARE NOT INVENTIONS:

FRIVOLOUS OR OBVIOUS INVENTIONS.

WHICH COULD BE CONTRARY TO LAW OR MORALITY OR INJURIOUS TO HUMAN, ANIMAL OR PLANT LIFE AND HEALTH OR TO THE ENVIRONMENT.

MERE DISCOVERY OF THE SCIENTIFIC PRINCIPLE OR THE FORMULATION OF AN ABSTRACT THEORY OR DISCOVERY OF ANY LIVING THING OR NON-LIVING SUBSTANCES OCCURING IN NATURE. .

MERE DISCOVERY OF ANY NEW PROPERTY OR MERE NEW USE FOR KNOWN SUBSTANCE OR THE MERE USE OF A KNOWN PROCESS, MACHINE OR APPARATUS- UNLESS RESULTS TO NEW PRODUCTS OR EMPLOYS ONE NEW REACTANT.

PRODUCING A NEW SUBSTANCE BY MERE ADMIXTURES OF SUBSTANCES

MERE ARRANGEMENT / REARRANGEMENT OR DUPLICATION OF KNOWN DEVICES FUNCTIONING INDEPENDENTLY.

METHOD OF AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE

ANY PROCESS FOR THE MEDICINAL OR SURGICAL, CURATIVE PROPHYLACTIC, DIAGNOSTIC,

THERAPEUTIC OR OTHER TREATMENT OF HUMAN BEINGS, ANIMALS TO RENDER THEM FREE OF DISEASE OR TO INCREASE THEIR ECONOMIC VALUE OR THAT OF THEIR PRODUCTS.

THE BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES FOR PRODUCTION OR PROPAGATION OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS IN WHOLE OR ANY PART THEREOF OTHER THAN MICRO-ORGANISMS BUT INCLUDING SEEDS, VARIETIES AND SPECIES (NEW PLANT VARIETIES CAN BE PROTECTED BY THE PROTECTION OF PLANT VARIETIES AND FARMERS ACT 2001).

A MATHEMATICAL OR BUSINESS METHOD OR ALGORITHMS

A COMPUTER PROGRAMME per se OTHER THAN ITS TECHNICAL APPLICATION TO INDUSTRY OR A COMBINATION WITH HARDWARE

ASTHETIC CREATION INCLUDING CINEMATOGRAPHY AND TELEVISION PRODUCTION.
METHOD FOR PERFORMING MENTAL ACT OR PLAYING GAME.

PRESENTATION OF INFORMATION.

TOPOGRAPHY OF INTEGRATED CIRCUITS.

INVENTION WHICH IN EFFECT, IS TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE OR WHICH IS AN AGGREGATION OR DUPLICATION OF KNOWN PROPERTIES OF TRADITIONALLY KNOWN COMPONENTS.

INVENTIONS RELATING TO ATOMIC ENERGY.

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