Are transgenic plants and animals now patentable under the European Patent Convention? : Decision of the Administrative Council to adapt the EPC according to the biotech directive (EU Directive No. 98744EC) / Martin Grund.
Are transgenic plants and animals now patentable under the European Patent Convention? : Decision of the Administrative Council to adapt the EPC according to the biotech directive (EU Directive No. 98744EC) / Martin Grund.
"The extensive revisions to the rules governing patentable subject-matter of biotechnological inventions, in particular to new Rules 23b to 23e EPC, will significantly change the current standards for patentability of claims directed to plants and animals".