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CLR I B 3.4.2 Difference between microbiological and genetic‑engineering processes

CLR I B 3.4.1 The concept of "microbiological processes"

R. 26(6) EPC defines a "microbiological process" as any process involving or performed upon or resulting in microbiological material. The boards have not yet issued a decision interpreting this definition.

CLR I B 3.4 Microbiological processes and the products thereof

The exception to patentability for plant or animal varieties or essentially biological processes for the production of plants or animals does not apply to microbiological processes or the products thereof (Art. 53(b) EPC, second part of sentence, EPC).

CLR I B 3.3.3 Product claims for plants or plant material

CLR I B 3.3.2.B Patentable technical processes

CLR I B 3.3.2.A ‍‍G 2/07 and G 1/08

CLR I B 3.3.2 Essentially biological processes for the production of plants

a) ‍‍G 2/07 and G 1/08

b) Patentable technical processes

CLR I B 3.3.1 Essentially biological processes for the production of animals

CLR I B 3.3 Essentially biological processes

Processes for the production of plants or animals are not patentable (under either the old or the revised version of the EPC) if they are essentially biological processes. Processes which are not essentially biological, on the other hand, are patentable.

CLR I B 3.2 Animals and animal varieties