Rule 27
Patentable biotechnological inventions

Biotechnological inventions shall also be patentable if they concern:

(a) biological material which is isolated from its natural environment or produced by means of a technical process even if it previously occurred in nature; 

(b)⁴¹ without prejudice to Rule 28, paragraph 2, plants or animals if the technical feasibility of the invention is not confined to a particular plant or animal variety;

(c)⁴² a microbiological or other technical process, or a product obtained by means of such a process other than a plant or animal variety.