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G 0001/04
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16 December 2005 |
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Diagnostic
methods |
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Keywords
"Diagnostic methods under Article 52(4) EPC representing
inventions excluded from patentability by means
of a legal
fiction"
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Proper construction of the terms 'diagnostic
methods' and
'practised on the human or animal body' referred
to in
Article 52(4) EPC - requirements of clarity
and legal
certainty - difficulty of defining medical
and veterinary
practitioners on a European level within the
framework of the
EPC - essential features of a diagnostic method
excluded from
patent protection under Article 52(4) EPC -
qualification of
an activity as having a diagnostic character
- requirements
for a diagnostic method to be regarded as being
practised on
the human or animal body" |
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