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Under Section 3 Patents Act 1970, which of the following is NOT a patentable invention?

AA drug compound passing the Section 3(d) efficacy test for therapeutic benefit (cf. Patents Act 1970, Section 3(h) and Section 3(i))
BA novel machine for industrial use with industrial application and inventive step (cf. Patents Act 1970, Section 3(h) and Section 3(i))
CA method of agriculture, horticulture or of treatment of human beings or animals to render free of disease
DA new chemical process producing a useful industrial product not known before (cf. Patents Act 1970, Section 3(h) and Section 3(i))
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. A method of agriculture, horticulture or of treatment of human beings or animals to render free of disease
1. Section 3 Patents Act 1970 lists EXCLUSIONS from patentability. 2. Section 3(h): 'a method of agriculture or horticulture' is NOT an invention. 3. Section 3(i): 'any process for the medicinal, surgical, curative, prophylactic, diagnostic, therapeutic or other treatment of human beings or any process for a similar treatment of animals to render them free of disease or to increase their economic value or that of their products' is NOT an invention. 4. Other Section 3 exclusions: frivolous inventions or contrary to natural laws (a); commercial exploitation contrary to public order or morality (b); discoveries of scientific principle or formulation of abstract theory (c); new forms of known substances without efficacy (d); admixtures (e); mere arrangement or re-arrangement of known devices (f); methods of doing business (k); mathematical or business methods or computer programs per se (k); literary or artistic creations (l); presentation of information (n); topographies (o); traditional knowledge (p); plants and animals other than micro-organisms (j); atomic energy (4). 5. Hence option C is correct. _Source: Patents Act 1970 / Copyright Act 1957 / Trade Marks Act 1999 (Bare Acts, IPIndia portal + Copyright Office) — Patents Act 1970, Section 3(h) and Section 3(i)_
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