_.::.- PART I: PATENTS CHAPTER 3 DclinlllollS 01 "Paicu: .iud or "lnICnIJOn" M"IICJ Excluded (rom [':Itcnl Proiccuon 8( I) For the purposes of this Act, "patent" means the title granted to protect an invention (2)(a) For the purposes of this Act, "intention" means an idea of an inventor which permits in practice the solution to a specific problem in the field of technology (b) An invention may be, or may relate to, a product or a process (3) The following, even if they are inventions within the meaning of subsection (2), shall be excluded from patent protection Patentable Inventions (II discoveries, scientific theories and mathematical methods, (l l) schemes, rules or methods for doing business, performing purely mental acts or playing games: (II I) 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 those methods Il( I) An invention is patentable if it IS new, involves an inventive step and is industrially applicable (2)(a) An invention is new ifit is not anticipated by prior art (b) Prior art shall consist of everything disclosed to the public, anywhere in the world, by publication in tangible form or by oral disclosure, by use or III any other way, prior to the filing or, where appropriate, the priority date, or the application claiming the invention (c) For the purposes of paragraph (b), disclosure to the public of the invention shall not be taken into consideration if it occurred with in twelves months preceding the filing date or, where applicable, the priority date of the application and ifit was by reason or in consequence ofacts committed by the applicant or his predecessor in title or of an abuse committed by a third party With regard to the applicant or his predecessor in title (3) An invention shall be considered as involving an inventive step if, havlng regard to the prior art relevant to the application claiming the invention and as defined in subsection (2)(b), it would not have been obvious to a person having ordinary skill in the art. (4) An invention shall be considered industrially applicable if it can be made or used in any kind of industry "Industry" shaJl be understood in its broadest sense, it shall cover, in particular, handicraft, agriculture, fishery and sen Ices