| European Case Law Identifier: | ECLI:EP:BA:2011:T107506.20110517 | ||||||||
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| Date of decision: | 17 May 2011 | ||||||||
| Case number: | T 1075/06 | ||||||||
| Application number: | 00961403.3 | ||||||||
| IPC class: | A61M 37/00 | ||||||||
| Language of proceedings: | EN | ||||||||
| Distribution: | B | ||||||||
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| Title of application: | Blood separation systems and methods using a multiple function pump station to perform different on-line processing tasks | ||||||||
| Applicant name: | Fenwal, Inc. | ||||||||
| Opponent name: | - | ||||||||
| Board: | 3.2.02 | ||||||||
| Headnote: | 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). |
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| Keywords: | Exclusion from patentability (yes) Novelty (no) |
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Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t061075eu1.html
Date retrieved: 17 May 2021