T 1075/06 du 17.05.2011
- Identifiant européen de la jurisprudence
- ECLI:EP:BA:2011:T107506.20110517
- Date de la décision
- 17 mai 2011
- Numéro de l'affaire
- T 1075/06
- Requête en révision de
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- Numéro de la demande
- 00961403.3
- Classe de la CIB
- A61M 37/00
- Langue de la procédure
- Anglais
- Distribution
- Distribuées aux présidents et aux membres des chambres de recours (B)
- Téléchargement
- Décision en anglais
- Versions JO
- Aucun lien JO trouvé
- Autres décisions pour cet affaire
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- Résumés pour cette décision
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- Titre de la demande
- Blood separation systems and methods using a multiple function pump station to perform different on-line processing tasks
- Nom du demandeur
- Fenwal, Inc.
- Nom de l'opposant
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- Chambre
- 3.2.02
- Sommaire
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).
- Dispositions juridiques pertinentes
- European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 52(4) 1973European Patent Convention Art 53(c)European Patent Convention Art 54(1)European Patent Convention Art 54(2)
- Mots-clés
- Exclusion from patentability (yes)
Novelty (no) - Exergue
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ORDER
For these reasons it is decided that:
The appeal is dismissed.