# Patents Act 1977, Paragraph 11


In this Schedule:
“essentially biological process” means a process for the production of animals and plants which consists entirely of natural phenomena such as crossing and selection;
“microbiological process” means any process involving or performed upon or resulting in microbiological material;
“plant variety” means a plant grouping within a single botanical taxon of the lowest known rank, which grouping can be:
(a)defined by the expression of the characteristics that results from a given genotype or combination of genotypes; and
(b)distinguished from any other plant grouping by the expression of at least one of the said characteristics; and
(c)considered as a unit with regard to its suitability for being propagated unchanged.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1977/37/schedule/A2/paragraph/11 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/patents-act-1977/schedule-A2/paragraph-11
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