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Patentability of inventions relating to diagnostic methods at the EPO

25/03/2024

Under Article 53(c) of the European Patent Convention (EPC), diagnostic methods practised on the human or animal body are excluded from patentability. The purpose behind this exclusion is to avoid patent infringement by medical and veterinary practitioners when...

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Authors

Portrait ofNadège Beynon
Nadège Beynon
Associate
London
Jessica Witts
Sheffield