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An invention is patentable in the Philippines if it is:

  1. Merely a scientific theory
  2. New, involves an inventive step and is industrially applicable
  3. A mathematical method alone
  4. Already sold publicly for many years

Answer

B. New, involves an inventive step and is industrially applicable

Solution

Discoveries, scientific theories and mathematical methods are not patentable as such.

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