| European Case Law Identifier: | ECLI:EP:BA:1987:T008184.19870515 | ||||||||
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| Date of decision: | 15 May 1987 | ||||||||
| Case number: | T 0081/84 | ||||||||
| Application number: | 80900811.3 | ||||||||
| IPC class: | - | ||||||||
| Language of proceedings: | EN | ||||||||
| Distribution: | A | ||||||||
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| Title of application: | - | ||||||||
| Applicant name: | Rorer | ||||||||
| Opponent name: | - | ||||||||
| Board: | 3.3.02 | ||||||||
| Headnote: | Irrespective of the origin of pain, discomfort or incapacity, its relief, by the administration of an appropriate agent, is to be construed as "therapy" or "therapeutic use" in the sense of Article 52(4) EPC, and must be considered in the light of the decision of the Enlarged Board of Appeal in respect of claims directed to the use of a substance or composition for the manufacture of a medicament for a specified, new and inventive therapeutic application (GR 05/83, "Second medical indication", OJ EPO 3/1985,64). | ||||||||
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| Keywords: | Therapy- treatment of pain, discomfort and incapacity Second medical indication |
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Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t840081ex1.html
Date retrieved: 17 May 2021
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