4 No. 10 Patents and Industrial Designs Act 2012 No. 10 (a) � acts committed by the applicant or his predecessor-in- title; or Industrial application of invention. (2) For the purposes of this section "industry" shall be understood in its broadest sense and shall cover, in particular handicraft, agriculture, fishery and services. Nonpatentable inventions. (f) � biological processes for the protection of plants or animals other than non-biological and micro-biological processes; and 4. An invention shall be considered as involving an inventive step if, having regard to the prior art relevant to the application claiming the invention, it would not have been obvious to a person having ordinary skill in the art. 5. (1) An invention shall be considered industrially applicable if it can be made or used in any kind of industry. 6. The following shall not be regarded as inventions for the purposes of patent protection:(a) � discoveries, scientific theories and mathematical methods; (b) � schemes, rules or methods for doing business, performing purely mental acts or playing games; (c) � methods for treatment of the human or animal body by surgery or therapy, as well as diagnostic methods practiced on the human or animal body; this provision shall not apply to products for use in any of these methods; (d) � inventions the commercial exploitation of which would be contrary to public order, morality, public health and safety, principles of humanity and environmental conservation; 5 2012 (e) � plants and animals other than microorganisms; (b) � an abuse committed by a third party or his predecessor- in-title. Inventive step. Patents and Industrial Designs Act (g) � plant varieties. PART III - RIGHT TO PATENT AND NAMING OF INVENTOR 7. (1) The right to a patent shall belong to the inventor. Right to patent. (2) If two or more persons have jointly made an invention, the right to the patent shall belong to them jointly. (3) If and to the extent to which two or more persons have made the same invention independently of each other, the person whose application has the earliest filing date or, if priority is claimed, the earliest validly claimed priority date shall have the right to the patent, unless the application is withdrawn, abandoned or rejected. (4) The right to a patent may be assigned or transferred by succession. (5) Sections, 60, 61, 63 and 75 shall apply mutatis mutandis to contracts assigning the right to a patent. 8. Where the applicant has obtained the essential elements of the invention which is the subject of his application from the invention of another person he shall, unless authorised by the person who has the right to the patent for the latter invention to apply for the patent or own the patent, be obliged to assign to such person the application or where the patent has already been granted, the patent right. Unauthorized application based on invention of another person.