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CLR I B 3.1.2 Limits to patentability

CLR I B 3.1.1 Definition of the term "plant varieties"

CLR I B 3.1 Plants and plant varieties

CLR I B 3 Patentability of biological inventions

3.1. Plants and plant varieties

3.2. Animals and animal varieties

3.3. Essentially biological processes

3.4. Microbiological processes and the products thereof

CLR I B 2.2.2.C Donor consent

CLR I B 2.2.2.B Concept of "morality" and "ordre public"

CLR I B 2.2.2.A Difference from test under Rule 28(d) EPC

CLR I B 2.2.2 Assessment of an objection according to Article 53(a) EPC

CLR I B 2.2.1 Test date

Assessment of an Art. 53(a) EPC objection was to be made as of the filing or priority date of the patent or application in suit. Evidence arising thereafter might be taken into account provided it was directed to the position at that date (T 315/03).

CLR I B 2.2 ‍‍Article 53(a) EPC

If an invention is not excluded from patentability because it falls under one of the four categories in R. 28 EPC (see above), it must be then examined whether it is covered by the exception to patentability under Art. 53(a) EPC.