RA 165 Section 8

Inventions not patentable.

Section 8

SEC. 8. Inventions not patentable.—An invention shall not be patentable if it is contrary to the public order or morals, or to the public health or welfare, or if it constitutes a mere idea, scientific principle or abstract theorem not embodied in an invention as specified in section seven hereof, or any process not directed to the making or improving of a commercial product.

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