What are the legal consequences of not granting a patent?

Unauthorized patents include the following contents: nuclear transformation methods, substances, animal and plant varieties obtained by nuclear transformation methods, diagnosis methods of diseases, treatment methods of diseases, scientific discoveries, etc. However, the production method mentioned in the second item above can be patented according to law.

legal ground

Article 25 of the Patent Law of People's Republic of China (PRC)

No patent right shall be granted for the following items:

(1) scientific discoveries;

(2) rules and methods of intellectual activities;

(3) Methods of diagnosis and treatment of diseases;

(4) Species of animals and plants;

(5) Nuclear transformation methods and substances obtained by nuclear transformation methods;

(six) the design of the pattern, color or the combination of the two.

The production method of the products listed in Item (4) of the preceding paragraph may be granted a patent right in accordance with the provisions of this Law.