T 0383/03 (Hair removal method/THE GENERAL HOSPITAL CORP.) of 1.10.2004

European Case Law Identifier: ECLI:EP:BA:2004:T038303.20041001
Date of decision: 01 October 2004
Case number: T 0383/03
Application number: 02076295.1
IPC class: A61B 18/20
Language of proceedings: EN
Distribution: A
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Decision text in EN (PDF, 31 KB)
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Versions: OJ | Published
Title of application: Hair removal method using optical pulses
Applicant name: THE GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION
Opponent name: -
Board: 3.2.02
Headnote: If a method involving a physical intervention on the human or animal body (treatment by surgery) is clearly neither suitable nor potentially suitable for maintaining or restoring the health, the physical integrity, or the physical well-being of the person or animal, then the method does not fall under the exclusion from patentability provided for in Article 52(4) EPC.
Relevant legal provisions:
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 52(4)
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 57
Keywords: Method of treatment by surgery excluded from patentability (no)
Catchwords:

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