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European Patent Convention (EPC 1973)

A revised version of the European Patent Convention entered into force on 13 December 2007. The provisions of the revised Convention apply unless the transitional provisions provide for the applicability of the EPC 1973.
EUROPEAN PATENT CONVENTION 1973 - Table of Contents
IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS TO THE CONVENTION ON THE GRANT OF EUROPEAN PATENTS European Patent Convention Protocol on Recognition
PART II - IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS TO PART II OF THE CONVENTION PART I - IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS TO PART I OF THE CONVENTION PART III - IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS TO PART III OF THE CONVENTION
Chapter VI - Biotechnological inventions Chapter V - Prior European applications  
Rule 23c - Patentable biotechnological inventions Rule 23b - General and definitions Rule 23d - Exceptions to patentability


Rule 23c

Patentable biotechnological inventions

Art. 52



Biotechnological inventions shall also be patentable if they concern:


(a) biological material which is isolated from its natural environment or produced by means of a technical process even if it previously occurred in nature;


(b) plants or animals if the technical feasibility of the invention is not confined to a particular plant or animal variety;


(c) a microbiological or other technical process, or a product obtained by means of such a process other than a plant or animal variety.


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