Patents

An invention shall be granted legal protection if it is new, involves an inventive step and capable of being industrially applicable, shall be deemed new if it is not anticipated by prior state of art.

An invention shall involve an inventive step if, having regard to the state of the art, it is not obvious to a person skilled in the art.
The state of the art shall consist of any kind of information published anywhere in the world, and made available to the public, before the priority date of the invention.