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New EPO practice on the patentability of surgical methods

By Mikael Henriksson | Posted on February 17, 2010

The Enlarged Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office has in its latest decision G 1/07 of 15 February 2010 provided guidelines on the exception to patentability on methods for treatment of the body by surgery. The purpose of this exclusion is to free the medical profession from constraints by patents. The context of...

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