See ISPE Guidelines 5.12.
For activities practised upon living things, see GL/PCT‑EPO G‑II, 4.2 and GL/PCT‑EPO G‑II, 5.4, which relate to subject-matter that may be excluded from search or preliminary examination.
Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/legal-texts/html/guidelinespct/e/f_iv_3_1.htm
Date retrieved: 17 May 2021