Can I apply for a patent for intellectual activities?

The rules of intellectual activity are usually not patentable. Because the relevant provisions of China's patent law point out that patents are not granted for the diagnosis and treatment of diseases, rules and methods of intellectual activities, animal and plant varieties, nuclear transformation methods, scientific discoveries, etc.

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.