Book contents
- Exclusions from Patentability
- Series page
- Exclusions from Patentability
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Table of cases
- Table of international conventions and regulations
- Table of official documents
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The historical development and current scope of the European Patent Convention
- 3 Computer programs
- 4 Discoveries
- 5 Methods of medical treatment and diagnosis
- 6 Essentially biological processes for the production of plants and animals
- 7 Plant and animal varieties
- 8 Morality and ‘ordre public’
- 9 Towards a coherent interpretation of the exclusions
- 10 Conclusion
- Correspondence from EPO files
- References
- Index
7 - Plant and animal varieties
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 October 2012
- Exclusions from Patentability
- Series page
- Exclusions from Patentability
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Table of cases
- Table of international conventions and regulations
- Table of official documents
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The historical development and current scope of the European Patent Convention
- 3 Computer programs
- 4 Discoveries
- 5 Methods of medical treatment and diagnosis
- 6 Essentially biological processes for the production of plants and animals
- 7 Plant and animal varieties
- 8 Morality and ‘ordre public’
- 9 Towards a coherent interpretation of the exclusions
- 10 Conclusion
- Correspondence from EPO files
- References
- Index
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- Exclusions from PatentabilityHow Far Has the European Patent Office Eroded Boundaries?, pp. 193 - 242Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2012