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[FYI] {OT} On Patenting Euthanasia
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- From: "Axel H Horns" <horns@t-online.de>
- Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2000 09:31:47 +0100
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On Patenting Euthanasia
By Alexandra Kemmerer
MUNICH. "Euthanasia Compositions." This title given to a blend of
chemicals for the "humane killing of mammals" certainly does not lack
for clarity. And, thus far at least, the specifications of the patent
have been equally clear that the term "mammal" includes humans.
The European Patent Office registered the 1996 patent application for
the deadly mixture under patent no. EP 0 516 811 B 1. Yet on Tuesday,
an EPO appeals board sustained several objections that have been
filed on the grounds that this terminology was morally offensive,
contrary to acceptable public policy and hence not eligible for
registration. The patent was reworded and patent protection now
embraces only its use on animals.
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