| European Case Law Identifier: | ECLI:EP:BA:1986:T014483.19860327 | ||||||||
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| Date of decision: | 27 March 1986 | ||||||||
| Case number: | T 0144/83 | ||||||||
| Application number: | 79300879.8 | ||||||||
| IPC class: | A61K 31/445 | ||||||||
| Language of proceedings: | EN | ||||||||
| Distribution: | A | ||||||||
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| Title of application: | - | ||||||||
| Applicant name: | Du Pont | ||||||||
| Opponent name: | - | ||||||||
| Board: | 3.3.01 | ||||||||
| Headnote: | The fact that a chemical product has both a cosmetic and therapeutic effect when used to treat the human or animal body does not render the cosmetic treatment unpatentable (as in the present case where it may be used to cause loss of weight or to cure obesity). | ||||||||
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| Keywords: | Cosmetic treatments Industrial application Biological processes (essentially) |
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Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t830144ex1.html
Date retrieved: 17 May 2021
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