Patents Act, 1970
5. Inventions where only methods or processes of
manufacture patentable.
1 [(1)] In the case of inventions-
(a) claiming substances intended for use, or
capable of being used, as food or as medicine or drug, or
(b) relating to substances prepared or
produced by chemical processes (including alloys, optical glass,
semi-conductors and inter-metallic compounds), no patent shall be granted in
respect of claims for the substances themselves, but claims for the methods or
processes of manufacture shall be patentable.
2 [(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section
(1), a claim for patent of an invention for a substance itself intended for
use, or capable of being used, as medicine or drug, except the medicine or drug
specified under sub-clause (v) of clause (1) of sub-section (1) of section 2,
may be made and shall be dealt, without prejudice to the other provisions of
this Act, in the manner provided in Chapter IVA.]