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==Legislation== | ==Legislation== | ||
| − | + | ''(See [http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/pa1990109/ Australian Patents Act 1990])'' | |
| + | [http://www.med.govt.nz/templates/MultipageDocumentPage____1461.aspx#P444_107121] | ||
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| + | ==Patent office practice== | ||
| + | The Australian patent office is: [http://www.ipaustralia.gov.au/patents/index.shtml IPAustralia] | ||
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| + | According to IPAustralia, the [http://www.ipaustralia.gov.au/patents/apply_eligible.shtml criteria for eligibility] include: "''Your invention must ... be a 'manner of manufacture'. It includes any device, substance, method or process, but it excludes artistic creations, mathematical methods, plans, schemes or other purely mental processes;''" | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
| − | * http://www.aipla.org/html/Patent-Handbook/countries/australia/AUsoftware.html | + | * [http://www.aipla.org/html/Patent-Handbook/countries/australia/AUsoftware.html A US organisation |
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[[Category:Region or jurisdiction]] | [[Category:Region or jurisdiction]] | ||
[[Category:Australia]] | [[Category:Australia]] | ||
[[Category:Country and regional info]] | [[Category:Country and regional info]] | ||
Revision as of 20:24, 7 June 2009
Legislation
(See Australian Patents Act 1990)
Patent office practice
The Australian patent office is: IPAustralia
According to IPAustralia, the criteria for eligibility include: "Your invention must ... be a 'manner of manufacture'. It includes any device, substance, method or process, but it excludes artistic creations, mathematical methods, plans, schemes or other purely mental processes;"
