Decision G3/19
14.05.2020
Patentability of plants and animals exclusively obtained by essentially biological processes
The Enlarged Board of Appeal of the EPO, overturning its prior case law, held in its decision G3/19 that plants and animals exclusively obtained by essentially biological processes are not patentable.The full decision is not yet available. See Press Communiqué from EPO <link https: www.epo.org law-practice case-law-appeals communications external-link-new-window internal link in current>here.
