G 0001/83 (Second medical indication) vom 05.12.1984

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