The objective of patent law is the promotion of technical and practical solutions, rather than the monopolization of theoretical knowledge, and therefore an invention has to be capable of industrial application. Again, the TRIPS Agreement provides no definition of this term. According to the traditional concept used in European countries, an invention is capable of industrial application if it may be manufactured or used in any commercial activity, including agriculture.206 In other words, developments not leading to an industrial product or lacking technical effect cannot be patented.