Patents are granted to inventions which
meet patentability requirements. The notion of industrial
application is defined in the Polish Industrial Property Law. The
notion is also used in international conventions and European law
regarding the subject of industrial property as it is broadly
understood, alongside such notions as novelty and inventive
step.
In accordance with Art. 24 of the Industrial Property Act,
patents are granted – regardless of the field of technology
– to inventions which are new, which involve an inventive
step and which are susceptible of industrial application.
Art. 27 stipulates that an invention is deemed susceptible of
industrial application if, by means of that invention, a product
may be produced or a process may be used, in a technical sense, in
any kind of industry, including in agriculture.
