Can a new bacterial virus be patented in China?

Article 25 of the Patent Law shall not grant a patent right to 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) substances obtained by nuclear transformation;

(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.

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