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Court of Appeal Wellington
8, 9, 10, 11 November 1982; 30 March 1983
Cooke, McMullin and Somers JJ
8, 9, 10, 11 November 1982; 30 March 1983
Cooke, McMullin and Somers JJ
Patents — Application for letters patent for a process of treating or preventing meningeal leukemia or neoplasms in the brain — Whether a method of treating a human ailment with a known substance is patentable — Whether the applicant's process is an "invention" under the Act — Whether it relates to a "manner of new manufacture" — Patents Act 1953, ss 2(1) and 51.