Abstract
The increasing number of attacks on patent applications and granted patents concerning biological inventions under Articles 53(a) and 53(b) of the EPC are discussed. The issue in the Harvard Mouse and similar cases involving patents for animals are outlined and the problems arising in plant and animal variety cases described. A brief history of the Community's Draft Directive on Legal Protection for Biotechnological Inventions is included.
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