CHAPTER I

Patentability
Article 4
1
The following shall not be patentable:
a
plant and animal varieties;
b
essentially biological processes for the production of plants or animals.
2
Inventions which concern plants or animals shall be patentable if the technical feasibility of the invention is not confined to a particular plant or animal variety.
3
Paragraph 1(b) shall be without prejudice to the patentability of inventions which concern a microbiological or other technical process or a product obtained by means of such a process.