T 0074/93 (Contraceptive method) of 09.11.1994
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:1994:T007493.19941109
- Date of decision
- 9 November 1994
- Case number
- T 0074/93
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 88904588.6
- IPC class
- C07C 103/737
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Published in the EPO's Official Journal (A)
- Download
- Decision in English
- Other decisions for this case
- -
- Abstracts for this decision
- -
- Application title
- Alicyclic compounds and their contraceptive use
- Applicant name
- BRITISH TECHNOLOGY GROUP LIMITED
- Opponent name
- -
- Board
- 3.3.01
- Headnote
A method of contraception which is to be applied in the private and personal sphere of a human being is not susceptible of industrial application.
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 52(1) 1973European Patent Convention Art 52(4) 1973European Patent Convention Art 57 1973
- Keywords
- Patentability of a contraceptive method applied in the private and personal sphere (no)
- Catchword
- -
ORDER
For these reasons it is decided that:
1. The decision under appeal is set aside.
2. The case is remitted to the first instance with the order to grant a patent in the following version:
Description: Pages 1 to 6, 8 to 17 as originally filed Page 7 as submitted during oral proceedings
Claims 1 to 9 as submitted during oral proceedings as auxiliary request.