Legal Basis
Article 25 of the Patent Law of the People's Republic of China does not grant patents for the following: (1) scientific discoveries; (2) rules and methods of intellectual activity; (3) methods of diagnosis and treatment of diseases; (4) animal and plant varieties; (5) methods of atomic nucleus transformations, and substances obtained by means of such transformations; (6) methods for the production of medical technology. (v) atomic nuclear transformation methods and substances obtained by atomic nuclear transformation methods; (vi) designs for graphic prints that primarily serve the purpose of identification by means of patterns, colors or a combination of the two. For the production methods of the products listed in item (d) of the preceding paragraph, patents may be granted in accordance with the provisions of this Law.