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Date of decision
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30 July 1993
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Case number
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T 0182/90
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Application number
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86102544.3
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Title of the application
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Headnote
I. The presence of a surgical step in a multi-step method for
treatment of the human or animal body normally confers a
surgical character on that method (cf. point 2.5.1).
II. However, a method which includes a surgical step practised
on a living laboratory animal and, in addition, a step of
sacrificing said animal, which step is also necessary to carry
out the method, cannot be regarded in its entirety as a method
for treatment of the animal by surgery in the sense of Article
52(4) EPC (cf. point 2.5.2).
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Keywords
Patentable inventions - surgical treatment (no)
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