In Australia, there is no particular exclusion for patents relating to software. The subject matter of an invention is patentable in Australia, if it is a "manner of manufacture" within the meaning of section 6 of the Statute of Monopolies. The High Court of Australia has refrained from ruling on the precise definition of manner of manufacture stating that any such attempt is bound to fail for the policy reason of encouraging national development in fields that may be unpredictable. In assessing whether an invention is a manner of manufacture, the High Court has relied on the inquiry of whether the subject of the claims defining the invention has as its end result an "artificially created state of affairs".