Are methods of medical or surgical treatment patentable under Philippine patent law?
Methods of medical or surgical treatment are generally not patentable in the Philippines. Section 22.3, Intellectual Property Code of the Philippines, excludes methods for treatment of the human or animal body by surgery or therapy and diagnostic methods practiced on the human or animal body from patent protection. However, the same provision clarifies that this exclusion does not apply to products and compositions for use in such methods. Consequently, medicines and medical devices can still be patented if they meet other patentability requirements, even though the treatment methods themselves cannot. 20-Dec-25About Nicolas and De Vega Law Offices
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