When is a Patent not granted?
Answer
A patent is not granted in the inventions and creations of:
- discoveries of new plant or animal species, and biological methods of animal or plant production, except scientific methods of microbiology and microbiological products, as per the executive regulation of the law
- human or animal diagnosis, treatment or surgical methods
- scientific principles, discoveries, theories and mathematical methods
- rules, plans and modalities used in doing business or purely mental activities
- natural materials, except the method used for their extraction or purification
- inventions that violate public order or morals, or harm human life, health, or the environment, when they are used.