Knowledge Development Box (Certification of Inventions) Act 2017

Cases in which KDB certificate shall not be issued

5. (1) A KDB certificate shall not be issued in respect of—

(a) an invention the commercial exploitation of which would be contrary to public order or morality, provided that the exploitation shall not be deemed to be so contrary only because it is prohibited by law,

(b) a plant or animal variety or an essentially biological process for the production of plants or animals other than a micro-biological process or the products thereof, or

(c) subject to subsection (2), a method for treatment of a human or animal body by surgery or therapy and a diagnostic method practised on the human body or animal body.

(2) Subsection (1)(c) shall not apply to products, in particular substances or compositions, for use in any such method.