| European Case Law Identifier: | ECLI:EP:BA:1987:T024587.19870925 | ||||||||
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| Date of decision: | 25 September 1987 | ||||||||
| Case number: | T 0245/87 | ||||||||
| Application number: | 84110884.8 | ||||||||
| IPC class: | G01F 1/704 | ||||||||
| Language of proceedings: | DE | ||||||||
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| Title of application: | - | ||||||||
| Applicant name: | Siemens | ||||||||
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| Board: | 3.4.01 | ||||||||
| Headnote: | A method of measuring the flow of small quantities of liquid is not automatically excluded from patentability by Article 52(4) EPC, even if used in an implanted device for controlled drug administration, as long as there is no functional link between the method claimed and the dosing of the drug administered by means of the device. | ||||||||
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| Keywords: | Operation of therapeutic devices Controlled drug administration implant |
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Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t870245ep1.html
Date retrieved: 17 May 2021
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