| European Case Law Identifier: | ECLI:EP:BA:2006:T119702.20060712 | ||||||||
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| Date of decision: | 12 July 2006 | ||||||||
| Case number: | T 1197/02 | ||||||||
| Application number: | 95917232.1 | ||||||||
| IPC class: | A61B 3/024 | ||||||||
| Language of proceedings: | EN | ||||||||
| Distribution: | B | ||||||||
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| Title of application: | Method and apparatus for early detection of glaucoma | ||||||||
| Applicant name: | THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY | ||||||||
| Opponent name: | - | ||||||||
| Board: | 3.2.02 | ||||||||
| Headnote: | - | ||||||||
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| Keywords: | Diagnostic method (yes) Apparatus formally acceptable (after amendments) |
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In a claim concerning a diagnostic method, only the steps strictly describing the examination phase involving the collection of data, the comparison of these data with standard values, the finding of any significant deviation and the attribution to a clinical picture have to be taken into account for determining the diagnostic character of the claimed method. Additional, intermediate, preparatory steps which may be introduced into the claimed method are irrelevant when assessing the diagnostic character of the method. It is therefore not necessary that these additional steps which are of a technical nature or are using technical means, fulfil the criterion "practised on the human or animal body" (see point 2.2). |
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Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t021197eu1.html
Date retrieved: 17 May 2021