| European Case Law Identifier: | ECLI:EP:BA:1992:T022791.19921215 | ||||||||
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| Date of decision: | 15 December 1992 | ||||||||
| Case number: | T 0227/91 | ||||||||
| Application number: | 86306762.5 | ||||||||
| IPC class: | A61B 17/36 | ||||||||
| Language of proceedings: | EN | ||||||||
| Distribution: | A | ||||||||
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| Title of application: | - | ||||||||
| Applicant name: | Codman & Schurtleff | ||||||||
| Opponent name: | - | ||||||||
| Board: | 3.2.02 | ||||||||
| Headnote: | The purpose of a surgical use alone cannot render the subject-matter of a claim relating to the use of the components of a known instrument for its manufacture, i.e. assembly, novel" (distinguishing from the manufacture of a known medicament for a second therapeutic purpose - cf. Point 5.2 of the Reasons). | ||||||||
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| Keywords: | Lack of clarity; indefinite parameter Lack of novelty; generic claim anticipated by a specific disclosure Relations between use claim and device-by-process claim Second surgical use |
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Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t910227ex1.html
Date retrieved: 17 May 2021
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