plan

English translation: plan

11:54 May 7, 2007
French to English translations [PRO]
Law/Patents - Law: Patents, Trademarks, Copyright
French term or phrase: plan
From a text on patent applications:

"Sont notamment exclus de la protection des brevets les plans, les méthodes mathématiques et les créations esthétiques."

searching online for "what cannot be patented" I found:

Laws of nature
Physical phenomena
Abstract ideas
Literary, dramatic, musical, and artistic works (these can be Copyright protected).
Inventions which are:
Not useful (such as perpetual motion machines); or
Offensive to public morality

No mention of drawings, plans, layouts, diagrams...
Perhaps it means a plan as in an idea, a procedure, a "way of doing something".

Could an expert in patents enlighten me?
Many thanks.
Sandra Petch
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English translation:plan
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4 +1layout design or layout
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layout design or layout


Explanation:
layout design or just layout

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plan


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