An inadmissible patent application

Legal analysis: inadmissible patent applications: diagnosis methods of diseases, treatment methods of diseases, laws and methods of intellectual activities, animal and plant varieties, nuclear transformation methods, scientific discoveries, etc. Except for the production methods of animal and plant varieties.

Legal basis: Article 25 of the Patent Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) does not grant 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) 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.