TY  - BOOK
AU  - Leverve,Florian
AU  - Phillips,Jeremy
ED  - Intellectual Property Institute.
TI  - The exclusion of surgical, therapeutic and diagnostic inventions from patentability under Article 52(4) of the European Patent Convention: a report prepared for the Intellectual Property Institute 
SN  - 9781874001959 (pbk.)
U1  - 346.0486 LEV 
PY  - 2008///]
CY  - London
PB  - Intellectual Property Institute
KW  - European Patent Convention
KW  - (1973)
KW  - Medical innovations
KW  - Law and legislation
KW  - European Union Countries
KW  - Patent laws and legislation
N1  - The scope of the exclusion of surgical, therapeutic and diagnostic inventions from patentability (under Article 52(4) of the EPC) is of enormous economic significance to the healthcare industries. This aspect of patent law in Europe was conceived some three decades ago, during which time medical technology and practice have evolved rapidly. In a new publication from the IP Institute, Florian Leverve (Queen Mary IP Research Institute, London) and Jeremy Phillips (IPI research director and well known to IPI members) have examined the policy behind Article 52(4) exclusions and the manner in which this provision has been applied in the EPO. The report investigates whether the exclusion has been broadly or narrowly applied, and whether it is working to achieve its original aims in a consistent way in today\'s healthcare environment-- From Intellectual Property Institute website
ER  -