T 0385/09 () of 25.11.2010

European Case Law Identifier: ECLI:EP:BA:2010:T038509.20101125
Date of decision: 25 November 2010
Case number: T 0385/09
Application number: 00946559.2
IPC class: A01K 13/00
Language of proceedings: EN
Distribution: C
Download and more information:
Decision text in EN (PDF, 31 KB)
Documentation of the appeal procedure can be found in the Register
Bibliographic information is available in: EN
Versions: Unpublished
Title of application: A method of cooling animals
Applicant name: Lely Enterprises AG
Opponent name: DeLaval International AB
Board: 3.2.04
Headnote: -
Relevant legal provisions:
European Patent Convention Art 53(a)
European Patent Convention Art 53(c)
European Patent Convention Art 111(1)
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 100(a)
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 100(b)
Keywords: Invention excluded from patentability (no): sufficiency of disclosure (yes)
Remittal (yes)
Catchwords:

A method of cooling animals such as cows in which a liquid reduced to a fine spray is applied to the animals and air is blown over the wetted animals is not necessarily a therapeutic method.

Cited decisions:
G 0001/03
G 0002/03
T 0774/89
T 0329/94
Citing decisions:
T 1916/19

Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t090385eu1.html

Date retrieved: 17 May 2021

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