Practice question
What does section 22.3 state concerning methods for treating the human or animal body by surgery or therapy and diagnostic methods practiced on that body?
- They are all automatically patented.
- They require no application.
- They are protected solely by choosing a business name.
- They necessarily prevent patenting every medical product.
- The described methods are excluded, but the provision does not apply to products and compositions for use in those methods.
Legal references
- Intellectual Property Code, RA 8293, sections 21–27, https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1997/ra_8293_1997.html
- RA 9502, sections 5–6 amending IP Code sections 22.1 and 26, https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2008/ra_9502_2008.html
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