Can food be patented?

Food can be patented. However, the application can only be passed if the following conditions are met:

1. The patent applied for this food belongs to invention and utility model, and should be novel, creative and practical;

2. Food should be inventions, utility models and designs.

legal ground

Article 2 of the Patent Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) shall come into force on June 1 20265438.

Invention-creation as mentioned in this Law refers to inventions, utility models and designs.

Article 22

Inventions and utility models granted patent rights should be novel, creative and practical.

Novelty means that the invention or utility model does not belong to the prior art; Before the filing date, no unit or individual filed an application for the same invention or utility model with the administrative department for patent in the State Council, and it was recorded in the patent application documents published or announced after the filing date.

Creativity means that compared with the prior art, the invention has outstanding substantive features and remarkable progress, and the utility model has substantive features and progress.

Practicality means that the invention or utility model can be manufactured or used and can produce positive effects.