| European Case Law Identifier: | ECLI:EP:BA:1987:T001986.19871015 | ||||||||
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| Date of decision: | 15 October 1987 | ||||||||
| Case number: | T 0019/86 | ||||||||
| Application number: | 82200705.0 | ||||||||
| IPC class: | A61K 39/245 | ||||||||
| Language of proceedings: | EN | ||||||||
| Distribution: | A | ||||||||
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| Title of application: | - | ||||||||
| Applicant name: | Duphar | ||||||||
| Opponent name: | - | ||||||||
| Board: | 3.3.01 | ||||||||
| Headnote: | 1.Both prophylactic and curative treatments of disease are within the meaning of the word "therapy" as used in Article 52(4) EPC. 2.The therapeutic application of a vaccine, which is known for treatment of a particular class of animal (here sero-negative pigs), to a new and different class of the same animal (here sero-positive pigs), is a second medical use within the principle set out in Decision Gr 05/83 (OJ EPO 1985,64) and is thereforef patentable if such new use is inventive. |
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| Keywords: | Known therapeutic treatment Application to new class of animals Further medical use |
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Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t860019ex1.html
Date retrieved: 17 May 2021
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