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Article L611-16 of the French Intellectual Property Code

Methods for the surgical or therapeutic treatment of the human or animal body and diagnostic methods applied to the human or animal body shall not be patentable. This provision shall not apply to products, in particular substances or compositions, for the implementation of one of these methods.

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Article L611-16

Ne sont pas brevetables les méthodes de traitement chirurgical ou thérapeutique du corps humain ou animal et les méthodes de diagnostic appliquées au corps humain ou animal. Cette disposition ne s’applique pas aux produits, notamment aux substances ou compositions, pour la mise en oeuvre d’une de ces méthodes.

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