What discoveries may be patented in the Dominican Republic?
Patents may be obtained to protect inventions, utility models and industrial designs. Inventions are defined as any idea or creation of the human intellect, whether related to products or processes, capable of being applied to industry. Not patentable subject matter include natural substances, scientific theories and mathematic methods, solely aesthetic creations, presentations of information, computer programs, therapeutic, chirurgical or diagnostic methods for human or animal treatment, living matter and new uses of patented products or processes.
