If the purpose of the invention itself violates the laws of the state, the patent right cannot be granted. Such as equipment, machines or tools for gambling; Drug abuse equipment, etc. Can't be patented. (the purpose of the invention itself does not violate national laws, but it does not belong to this category because it is abused. )
2. Scientific discovery.
It refers to the revelation of objective phenomena, changing processes, characteristics and laws in nature.
3. Rules and methods of intellectual activities.
Intellectual activity refers to human thinking movement, which originates from human thinking and produces abstract results through reasoning, analysis and judgment, or indirectly acts on nature through human thinking movement as a medium to produce results. It is only the rules and methods to guide people to think, identify, judge and remember information. Because no technical means or laws of nature are used, and no technical problems are solved and technical effects are produced, it does not constitute a technical scheme. Such as traffic rules, grammar of various languages, fast algorithm or oral decision-making, psychological test methods, rules and methods of various games and entertainment, music scores, recipes, chess manuals, computer programs themselves, etc.
4. Diagnosis and treatment of diseases.
It is a process of identifying, determining or eliminating the cause and focus with living people or animals as the direct implementation object. For example, pulse diagnosis, psychotherapy, massage, various immune methods to prevent diseases, cosmetic or weight loss treatment, etc. However, drugs or medical equipment can be patented.
5. Species of animals and plants.
However, patents may be granted for the production methods of animal and plant varieties in accordance with this Law.
6. Substances obtained by nuclear transformation.
7. Patterns are mainly used to mark the patterns, colors or the combination of the two.