First Medical Use Claims

G‑VI, 7.1 First or further medical use of known products

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Where the subject-matter of a claim is rendered novel only by a new therapeutic use of a ...

Medical use claims in Asia Pacific Region | Gowling WLG

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Of Molecules & Medicine: Helping You Deduce First and Second …

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A first medical use claim protects that substance for use in treatment or diagnosis in medicine generally, and therefore provides protection for use of that …

First and second medical use claims - taylorwessing.com

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For all claims dating from December 13 2007 and after 1, the European Patent Convention 2000 (EPC) has sanctioned the use of the claim form "X for use in treating Y" (a product …

First medical use claims in European patent applications

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Article 54 (4) of the European Patent Convention (EPC), dealing with first medical use claims, provides that it is possible to claim a known substance or …

Specific Types of Claims - WIPO

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First and second medical uses When compound A has been known, you invent the use of it for treating prostate cancer. Claim it as – “A drug comprising compound A.” or “A drug …

Clarifying the patentability of medical use inventions in …

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The first medical use refers to the therapeutic application of a substance that is known, but never used for medicinal purposes, so that the substance can be used …

Getting the Most from Medical-Use Claims in Australia | Azami

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Method of treatment claims. Australia is one of the few jurisdictions that allows claims directed to “first medical use” as well as “second medical use” claims. …

First and Second Medical Use - Szellemi Tulajdon Nemzeti …

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claims to the use of a substance for the manufacture of a medicament for a specified new and inventive therapeutic application allowable, even in a case in which the process of …