What inventions can't be patented?

Legal subjectivity:

The following inventions cannot be patented: rules and methods of scientific discovery and intellectual activities; Diagnosis and treatment of diseases; Animal and plant varieties; Substances obtained by nuclear transformation; Mainly used as the design of the logo of the pattern, color or the combination of the two in plane printed matter.

Legal objectivity:

Patent application is a necessary procedure for obtaining patent right. To obtain a patent right, the applicant shall file an application with the State Patent Office, which shall approve and issue a certificate. When filing a patent application with the State Patent Office, the applicant shall also submit a series of application documents, such as the request, specification, abstract and patent claim. In terms of patent application, the provisions of the patent laws of all countries in the world are basically the same. Patent application: An invention-creation must be applied by the applicant to the competent government departments (in China, at present, People's Republic of China (PRC) and China National Intellectual Property Administration), and the patent right can only be obtained after being examined and approved by People's Republic of China (PRC) and China National Intellectual Property Administration according to legal procedures. In China, there are currently three types of inventions, namely, inventions, utility models and designs. In the application stage, they are called application for invention patent, application for utility model patent and application for design patent respectively. After being authorized, they are called invention patent, utility model patent and design patent respectively. At this point, the applicant is the patentee of the corresponding patent. According to the relevant provisions of China's patent law, the following items are not granted patent rights: 1) scientific discovery; 2) Rules and methods of intellectual activities; 3) Diagnosis and treatment of diseases; 4) New varieties of animals and plants; 5) Obtaining substances by nuclear transformation.