Exclusions from Patentable Subject Matter - India

The exclusion from Patentable Subject Matter for India Patent Office are: 1. Inventions which are frivolous or obviously contrary to well established natural law. 2. Inventions use or commercial exploitation of which is contrary to law or morality or causes serious prejudice to human, animal, or plant life or health or to the environment. 3. Discoveries of a scientific principle or formulation of an abstract theory or discovery of any living thing or non- living substance...

Prior art definition: Top Countries

United States of America  1. An invention which was known or used by others in US, or patented or described in a printed publication in US or a foreign country, before the invention by the applicant; 2. An invention which was patented or described in a printed publication in US or a foreign country or in public use or on sale in US, more than one year before the filing date; 3. An invention abandoned by the applicant; 4. An invention which was patented, or was...