No International Preliminary Examining
Authority shall be required to carry out an
international preliminary examination on an
international application if, and to the extent
to which, its subject matter is any of the
following:
(i)
scientific and mathematical theories,
(ii)
plant or animal varieties or essentially
biological processes for the production of plants
and animals, other than microbiological processes
and the products of such processes,
(iii)
schemes, rules or methods of doing business,
performing purely mental acts or playing games,
(iv)
methods for treatment of the human or animal body
by surgery or therapy, as well as diagnostic
methods,
(v)
mere presentations of information,
(vi)
computer programs to the extent that the
International Preliminary Examining Authority is
not equipped to carry out an international
preliminary examination concerning such programs.