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''(See [http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/pa1990109/ Australian Patents Act 1990])'' | ''(See [http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/pa1990109/ Australian Patents Act 1990])'' | ||
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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;"
External links
- A US organisation of patent lawyers give comments on patents in Australia