T 1172/03 of 04.05.2005
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2005:T117203.20050504
- Date of decision
- 4 May 2005
- Case number
- T 1172/03
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 96914574.7
- IPC class
- A61B 17/36
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen and members (B)
- Download
- Decision in English
- OJ versions
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- Other decisions for this case
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Apparatus for skin resurfacing
- Applicant name
- Thermage
- Opponent name
- -
- Board
- 3.2.02
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 52(4) 1973
- Keywords
- Method of treatment by surgery excluded from patentability (yes)
- Catchword
- The patentability of a surgical method claimed as a cosmetic method must be excluded, if the cosmetic use of the method is only expressed in the claim as a mere intention of the person using the method.
ORDER
For these reasons it is decided that:
The appeal is dismissed.