...protection! 1) discoveries, scientific theories and mathematical methods) 11) plant or animal varieties or essentially biological processes for the production of plants or animals, other than microbiological processes and the products of such processes! Section 113 Petentable Inventions An...

..."diagnostic, therapeutic and surgical methods for the treatment of humans or animals,"** as well as "plants and animals other than micro-organisms, and...biological processes for the production of plants and animals other than non-biological and microbial processes."" Members, however, must provide plant...

...methods for the treatment of humans or animals; (b) plants and animals other than microorganisms; and (c) essentially biological processes for the production...than non-biological and microbiological processes for such production. Notwithstanding subparagraph (b), each Party shall provide for the protection...

...methods for the treatment of humans or animals; (b) plants and animals other than microorganisms; and (c) essentially biological processes for the production...than non-biological and microbiological processes for such production. Notwithstanding subparagraph (b), each Party shall provide for the protection...

...invention, whether products or processes." Article 27 also states that "exclusions are allowed for other than microorganisms and essentially biological...non-biological and micro-biological processes. However, parties shall provide for the protection of plant varieties either by patents or any effective sui...

...deal with this issue, that Convention certainly has implications for the protection of plants. 418 the production of plants or animals other than non-biological and microbiological processes. However, the text goes on to require members to provide for the protection of plant varieties either by patents...

...somewhat ambiguous. Clearly, three starts off, "members may also exclude from patentability"; and then, B, "plants and animals other than microorganisms,...biological processes for the production of plants and animals other than nonbiological and macrobiological processes." Then it says, however, "members...

...draft TRIPs text that was created in 1991. "However, plants and animals other than microorganisms, and biological processes for the production of plants...than nonbiological and microbiological processes, could be excluded bom patentability. 1'One such sui generis protection scheme would be the breeder's...

...health or to avoid serious prejudice to the environment. Diagnostic, therapeutic and surgical methods; plants and animals other than micro-organisms; and...processes for the production of plants or animals may also be excluded from patentability.81 The latter exception follows practice in many European countries,...

...be the World Trade Organization [WTO]) will be allowed to exclude from patentability the following: "...plants and animals other than microorganisms,...biological processes for the production of plants and animals other than non-biological and microbiological organisms. . . " This language excludes from...