T 1165/97 (Feminine hygiene device/ULTRAFEM INC.) of 15.2.2000

European Case Law Identifier: ECLI:EP:BA:2000:T116597.20000215
Date of decision: 15 February 2000
Case number: T 1165/97
Application number: 91901923.2
IPC class: A61F 13/15
Language of proceedings: EN
Distribution: B
Download and more information:
Decision text in EN (PDF, 32 KB)
Documentation of the appeal procedure can be found in the Register
Bibliographic information is available in: EN
Versions: Unpublished
Title of application: Feminine Hygiene device
Applicant name: Ultrafem, Inc.
Opponent name: -
Board: 3.2.06
Headnote: -
Relevant legal provisions:
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 52(1)
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 52(4)
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 57
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 123(2)
Keywords: Industrial application of a method of collecting and disposing of vaginal discharge (yes)
Amendments -added subject-matter (yes)
Catchwords:

A method of placing a vaginal discharge collector, holding it in place in the vaginal canal of a woman, collecting discharge in the collector, retrieving it and disposing of the collector after a single use can be considered susceptible of industrial application if it is imaginable that these steps are carried out as a paid service and are not exclusively dependent for their execution on the instructions of the woman in question. (points 3.1 and 3.2)

Cited decisions:
T 0144/83
T 0385/86
T 0074/93
Citing decisions:
G 0001/04
T 1012/01

Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t971165eu1.html

Date retrieved: 17 May 2021

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