Excuse me, can I apply for a patent for the secret recipe for treating stomach diseases? How many conditions do I need to meet?

The prescription for treating diseases can be patented.

As long as the general conditions of patent application are met.

Article 22 of the Patent Law stipulates:

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.