| European Case Law Identifier: | ECLI:EP:BA:2001:T078996.20010823 | ||||||||
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| Date of decision: | 23 August 2001 | ||||||||
| Case number: | T 0789/96 | ||||||||
| Application number: | 92918047.9 | ||||||||
| IPC class: | A61N 1/36 | ||||||||
| Language of proceedings: | FR | ||||||||
| Distribution: | A | ||||||||
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| Title of application: | - | ||||||||
| Applicant name: | ELA MEDICAL | ||||||||
| Opponent name: | - | ||||||||
| Board: | 3.4.01 | ||||||||
| Headnote: | A method applied to the human or animal body involving the use of a pacemaker with a therapeutic effect is not a therapy within the meaning of Article 52(4) EPC if the invention consists in refining said method but the refinement does not have the effect of preventing or treating a pathological condition. | ||||||||
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| Keywords: | Method for treatment of the human or animal body by therapy - no | ||||||||
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Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t960789ep1.html
Date retrieved: 17 May 2021
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