GL H V 7.1 Product claim to use claim

If a patent is so amended that a claim to a product (a physical entity) is replaced by a claim to the use of this product, the degree of protection is not extended, provided that the use claim in reality defines the use of a particular physical entity to achieve an effect and does not define such a use to produce a product (see G 2/88).

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EPO Guidelines - H Amendments and Corrections

Case Law of the Enlarged Board