European Patent Office

G 0006/83 (Second medical indication) of 05.12.1984

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:1984:G000683.19841205
Date of decision
5 December 1984
Case number
G 0006/83
Petition for review of
T 0024/82 1983-06-20
Application number
79400380.6
IPC class
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Language of proceedings
French
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Published in the EPO's Official Journal (A)
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Applicant name
Pharmuka
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Headnote

I. A European Patent with claims directed to the use may not be granted for the use of a substance or composition for the treatment of the human or animal body by therapy.

II. A European patent may be granted with claims directed to the use of a substance or composition for the manufacture of a medicament for a specified new and inventive therapeutic application. For corresponding English text see decision G_0005/83

Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 52(1) 1973European Patent Convention Art 52(4) 1973European Patent Convention Art 54(5) 1973European Patent Convention Art 57 1973Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (1969) Art 31Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (1969) Art 32
Keywords
Interpretation of the EPC
Interpretation of the Vienna Convention
Therapeutical use claims
Second medical indication
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