Subject to the provisions of articles L. 613-2-1 et L. 611-18, the protection conferred by a patent on a product containing or consisting of genetic information extends to any material in which the product is incorporated and in which the genetic information is contained and performs the function indicated.
This protection does not apply in the case of the adventitious or accidental presence of patented genetic information in seeds, plant propagating material, seedlings and plants or parts of plants.
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