| European Case Law Identifier: | ECLI:EP:BA:1997:T046994.19970701 | ||||||||
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| Date of decision: | 01 July 1997 | ||||||||
| Case number: | T 0469/94 | ||||||||
| Application number: | 86113026.8 | ||||||||
| IPC class: | A61K 31/14 | ||||||||
| Language of proceedings: | EN | ||||||||
| Distribution: | B | ||||||||
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| Title of application: | The use of choline or choline releasing compounds in the production of pharmacological compositions capable of reducing fatigue | ||||||||
| Applicant name: | MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | ||||||||
| Opponent name: | - | ||||||||
| Board: | 3.3.02 | ||||||||
| Headnote: | - | ||||||||
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| Keywords: | Non-therapeutic treatment of the human body (yes) Novelty (yes): new and distinguishable non-therapeutic application of choline Invention step (yes): not suggested effect Patentable inventions - medical methods - medical character of the excluded methods Novelty of use - second (further) non-medical indications - first use known in the therapeutic field - new technical application |
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Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t940469eu1.html
Date retrieved: 17 May 2021