G 0001/11 (Non-refund of further search fees/BAUER) of 19.03.2014

European Case Law Identifier: ECLI:EP:BA:2014:G000111.20140319
Date of decision: 19 March 2014
Case number: G 0001/11
Petition for review of: -
Application number: 07001768.6
IPC class: E02D 17/13
Language of proceedings: German
Distribution: Published in the EPO's Official Journal (A)
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Application title: Bodenabtragsvorrichtung
Applicant name: BAUER Maschinen GmbH
Opponent name: -
Board: -
Headnote: A technical board of appeal is competent to hear an appeal against an EPO examining division's decision taken separately from its decision granting a patent or refusing the application not to refund search fees under Rule 64(2) EPC.
Relevant legal provisions: European Patent Convention Art 112(1)(a)European Patent Convention Art 154(3) 1973 European Patent Convention Art 17 European Patent Convention Art 21(2)European Patent Convention Art 21(3)European Patent Convention Art 21(4)European Patent Convention Art 82 European Patent Convention R 112(2)European Patent Convention R 44 European Patent Convention R 46(2) 1973 European Patent Convention R 64(2)European Patent Convention R 9(3) 1973Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (1969) Art 31Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (1969) Art 32
Keywords: Appeal against decision of examining division refusing request for refund of search fees under Rule 64(2) EPC Competence of technical board of appeal
Catchword: -
Cited cases: G 0001/83 G 0002/90 G 0003/03 G 0001/08 J 0024/96 J 0012/01 T 0039/91 T 0094/91
Citing cases: G 0004/19 R 0025/22 J 0016/13 T 2482/12 T 1402/13 T 0318/14 T 0755/14 T 0756/14 T 2526/17 T 1482/21

Order

For these reasons it is decided that:

The question referred to the Enlarged Board of Appeal is answered as follows:

A technical board of appeal is competent to hear an appeal against an examining division's decision taken separately from its decision granting a patent or refusing the application not to refund search fees under Rule 64(2) EPC.