European Patent Office

T 1075/06 of 17.05.2011

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2011:T107506.20110517
Date of decision
17 May 2011
Case number
T 1075/06
Petition for review of
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Application number
00961403.3
IPC class
A61M 37/00
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
Distributed to board chairmen and members (B)
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
Blood separation systems and methods using a multiple function pump station to perform different on-line processing tasks
Applicant name
Fenwal, Inc.
Opponent name
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Board
3.2.02
Headnote

I. Venipuncture of blood donors and the extraction of blood from a donor's body represent substantial physical interventions on the body which require professional medical expertise to be carried out and which entail a substantial health risk even when carried out with the required professional care and expertise. A method claim comprising steps encompassing such procedures is a method for treatment of the human body by surgery which is excluded from patentability under Article 53(c) EPC (Reasons, 2.1.1).

II. A method claim comprising the step of returning processed blood, depleted of some of its components and charged with an anticoagulant, to a donor is a method for treatment of the human body by therapy which is excluded from patentability under Article 53(c) EPC (Reasons, 2.1.2).

Keywords
Exclusion from patentability (yes)
Novelty (no)
Catchword
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ORDER

For these reasons it is decided that:

The appeal is dismissed.