T 0329/94 (Blood extraction method) du 11.06.1997
- Identifiant européen de la jurisprudence
- ECLI:EP:BA:1997:T032994.19970611
- Date de la décision
- 11 juin 1997
- Numéro de l'affaire
- T 0329/94
- Requête en révision de
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- Numéro de la demande
- 88901721.6
- Classe de la CIB
- A61M 1/02
- Langue de la procédure
- Anglais
- Distribution
- Publiées au Journal officiel de l'OEB (A)
- Téléchargement
- Décision en anglais
- Autres décisions pour cet affaire
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- Résumés pour cette décision
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- Titre de la demande
- APPAREIL ET PROCEDE AUXILIAIRES D'EXTRACTION SANGUINE
- Nom du demandeur
- BAXTER INTERNATIONAL
- Nom de l'opposant
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- Chambre
- 3.2.02
- Sommaire
I. The need for a medical practitioner to perform a measure on the human body or supervise such an operation is not the sole criterion by which a method step has to be assessed with regard to the exclusion of subject-matter from patenting under Art. 52(4) EPC. The purpose and inevitable effect of the step at issue are much more important.
II. If the claimed subject-matter is actually confined to operating an apparatus for performing a method with the technical aim of facilitating blood flow towards a blood extraction point, the operating method has no therapeutic purpose or effect and, therefore, is not excluded from patentability.
- Dispositions juridiques pertinentes
- European Patent Convention Art 52(4) 1973
- Mots-clés
- Therapeutic, surgical or diagnostic method - (no)
- Exergue
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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 for further prosecution on the basis of claims 1 to 17 according to the main request (see point II(1)).