Intellectual Property Act 2003 · As enacted · Part IV · Chapter
62. Definition of invention
Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.
Official translationFrom Department of Government Printing, unchanged
For the purposes of this Part, “invention” means an idea of an inventor which permits in practice the solution to a specific problem in the field of technology.
An invention may be, or may relate to, a product or process.
The following, notwithstanding they are inventions within the meaning of subsection (1), shall not be patentable—
discoveries, scientific theories and mathematical methods ;
plants, animals and other micro organism other than transgenic micro organism and an essentially biological process for the production of plants and animals other than non-biological and microbiological processes :
Provided however, that a patent granted in respect of micro-organisms shall be subject to the provisions of this Act;
schemes, rules, or methods for doing business, performing purely mental acts or playing games ;
methods for the treatment of the human or animal body by surgery or therapy, and diagnostic methods practiced on the human or animal body :
Provided however, any product used in any such method shall be patentable ;
an invention which is useful in the utilization of special nuclear material or atomic energy in an atomic weapon ;
any invention, the prevention within Sri Lanka of the commercial exploitation of which is necessary to protect the public order, morality including the protection of human, animal or plant life or health or the avoidance of serious prejudice to the environment.
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