常用歐洲專利法-Article 53

Article 53
Exceptions to patentability
排除可專利的內容有：
(a)違反法令限制有關公眾秩序或道德的發明不可專利
(b)動植物變種，或是生產不可專利，但不限於微生物方法與其產品
(c)用於人類或動物的外科手術、治療與診斷方法，但不限於其應用的產品，尤其是物質與成份

[原文]
European patents shall not be granted in respect of:
(a) inventions the commercial exploitation of which would be contrary to "ordre public" or morality; such exploitation shall not be deemed to be so contrary merely because it is prohibited by law or regulation in some or all of the Contracting States;
(b) plant or animal varieties or essentially biological processes for the production of plants or animals; this provision shall not apply to microbiological processes or the products thereof;
(c) methods for treatment of the human or animal body by surgery or therapy and diagnostic methods practised on the human or animal body; this provision shall not apply to products, in particular substances or compositions, for use in any of these methods.

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