Patents - What can I patent?

Patents cover a broad range of subject matter. Some examples include:a method of manufacture;a method of diagnosis or testing;-mprovements to products;apparatus or equipment;chemical substances;new or improved compositions;new organisms;veterinary treatments;pharmaceuticals
though many other innovations may be patentable.

Most suitable for patent protection are physical products, ideally embodying one or more novel functional aspects.

Processes for testing, or manufacturing are typically also protectable if they are novel.

New products, such as a new device for doing something, or a new pharmaceutical product, are often also patentable.

An improvement is often also patentable if novel, particularly if it solves a problem or improves performance.

New methods of doing something may be patentable, particularly if a new result is achieved or they use new and novel processes or products.

While medicinal and pharmaceutical products fall within the patentable group

Genetically modified animal and plant material is patentable though currently under review, particularly with regard to indigenous rights, and overall benefits to the country.