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There is no such thing as an international patent. Patents are issued country by country.
 
TRIPS provides foundation for harmonization of minimum standards.
 
 

 
1.    Subject to the provisions of paragraphs 2 and 3, patents shall be available for any inventions, whether products or processes, in all fields of technology, provided that they are new, involve an inventive step and are capable of industrial application...

3.    Members may also exclude from patentability:
 
(b)    plants and animals other than micro-organisms, and essentially biological processes for the production of plants or animals other than non-biological and microbiological processes. However, Members shall provide for the protection of plant varieties either by patents or by an effective sui generis system or by any combination thereof.
 
 
 


1.    A patent shall confer on its owner the following exclusive rights:
 
(a)    where the subject matter of a patent is a product, to prevent third parties not having the owner’s consent from the acts of: making, using, offering for sale, selling, or importing for these purposes...
 
2.    Patent owners shall also have the right to assign, or transfer by succession, the patent and to conclude licensing contracts.
 
 
 


The term of protection available shall not end before the expiration of a period of 20 years counted from the filing date
 
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