No Contact with the Human Body, Please! Patentability of Diagnostic Method Inventions after G01/04
Abstract
When the referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBA) was made in respect of diagnostic method inventions, high expectations were present that the decision would bring an end to existing confusion and legal uncertainty with regard to diagnostic method patent applications. As will be seen further in this comment, the EBA had not entirely delivered.
Industriële eigendom, Octrooirecht
Bibtex
Article{nokey,
title = {No Contact with the Human Body, Please! Patentability of Diagnostic Method Inventions after G01/04},
author = {Bostyn, S.},
url = {http://www.ivir.nl/publicaties/download/993.pdf},
year = {0809},
date = {2007-08-09},
journal = {European Intellectual Property Review},
number = {6},
abstract = {When the referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBA) was made in respect of diagnostic method inventions, high expectations were present that the decision would bring an end to existing confusion and legal uncertainty with regard to diagnostic method patent applications. As will be seen further in this comment, the EBA had not entirely delivered.},
keywords = {Industriële eigendom, Octrooirecht},
}