Patentable vs. Non-Patentable Inventions

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1. Under IP Code section 21, a patentable technical solution must satisfy which substantive combination?
2. Which subject is expressly excluded as such under section 22.1?
3. What does section 22.3 state concerning methods for treating the human or animal body by surgery or therapy and diagnos…
4. A claimed technical improvement is new and industrially applicable but is stipulated to be obvious to a person skilled …
5. A new surgical instrument is claimed as a product, not as a method of operating on the body. A reviewer rejects it sole…
6. Before Applicant A's filing and any claimed priority date, an independent third party publicly discloses the identical …
7. A drug patent application claims only a newly identified polymorph of a known substance. The stipulated evidence establ…
8. Explain the distinct roles of novelty, inventive step and industrial applicability in section 21. A technical solution …
9. Compare a surgical treatment method with a surgical instrument claimed as a product under section 22.3. Explain the sco…
10. A drug application claims a mere new form of a known substance without enhanced known efficacy. Explain the drug-specif…
11. Which subject is expressly excluded from patent protection by IPCode Section22.5?
12. What does IPCode Section22.6 exclude from patent protection?