(1) Where a patent concerns biological material possessing specific characteristics as a result of an invention, the effects of section 9 extend to any biological material derived from that biological material through propagation or multiplication in an identical or divergent form and possessing those same characteristics.
(2) Where a patent concerns a process which enables biological material to be produced which possesses specific characteristics as a result of an invention, the effects of section 9 extend to biological material directly obtained through that process and to any other biological material derived from the directly obtained biological material through propagation or multiplication in an identical or divergent form and possessing those same characteristics.
(3) Where a patent concerns a product which contains or consists of genetic information as a result of an invention, the effects of section 9 extend to all material in which the product is incorporated and in which the genetic information is contained and performs its function. Section 1a (1) remains unaffected.