Patents Act · s 13

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s 13Patentable inventions

(1)

Subject to subsection (2), a patentable invention is one that satisfies the following conditions —

(a)

the invention is new;

(b)

it involves an inventive step; and

(c)

is capable of industrial application.

(2)

An invention the publication or exploitation of which would be generally expected to encourage offensive, immoral or anti-social behaviour is not a patentable invention.

(3)

For the purposes of subsection (2), behaviour shall not be regarded as offensive, immoral or anti-social only because it is prohibited by any law in force in Brunei Darussalam.