2. Is it possible to patent treatment and diagnostic methods applied to animals?
2.1 Principle of exclusion
The law expressly excludes from patentability :
methods of surgical or therapeutic treatment of the human or animal body;
diagnostic methods applied to the human or animal body.
(see article L. 611-16 du Code de la propriété intellectuelle and article 53 c) de la Convention sur le brevet européen ).
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