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| European patents shall not be granted in respect of: |
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| a) inventions the commercial exploitation of which would be contrary to "ordre public" or morality; such exploitation shall not be deemed to be so contrary merely because it is prohibited by law or regulation in some or all of the Contracting States; | - T356/93 | ||||||
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| b) plant or animal varieties or essentially biological processes for the production of plants or animals; this provision shall not apply to microbiological processes or the products thereof; |
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| c) methods for treatment of the human or animal body by surgery or therapy and diagnostic methods practised on the human or animal body; this provision shall not apply to products, in particular substances or compositions, for use in any of these methods. | - Special edition 1 OJ EPO 2011, 66 - G 2/08 - G 1/07
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| - G 1/08 - G 2/07 - G 1/07 (T0992/03) - G 1/04 - G 2/03 - G 1/03 - G 1/98 - G 3/95
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| - Special edition 3 of OJ EPO 2011/41
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| Amended by the Act revising the European Patent Convention of 29.11.2000 |
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