G 0004/88 (Transfer of opposition) of 24.04.1989

European Case Law Identifier: ECLI:EP:BA:1989:G000488.19890424
Date of decision: 24 April 1989
Case number: G 0004/88
Petition for review of: T 0349/86 1988-04-29
Application number: 79200785.8
IPC class: B62D 47/00 B62D 53/00 B62D 7/14
Language of proceedings: French
Distribution: Published in the EPO's Official Journal (A)
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Applicant name: Delta
Opponent name: MAN
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Headnote: An opposition pending before the European Patent Office may be transferred or assigned to a third party as part of the opponent's business assets together with the assets in the interests of which the opposition was filed.
Relevant legal provisions: European Patent Convention Art 112(1)(a) 1973 European Patent Convention Art 99(4) 1973 European Patent Convention R 60(2) 1973
Keywords: Transfer of rights - status of party in opposition proceedings
Dissolution of opposing company - legal person
Catchword: -
Cited cases: -
Citing cases: G 0002/04 T 0563/89 T 0653/89 T 0667/92 T 0870/92 T 0933/94 T 0670/95 T 0019/97 T 0298/97 T 0565/97 T 0702/97 T 0799/97 T 1137/97 T 0429/98 T 0590/98 T 0656/98 T 0864/98 T 0711/99 T 0009/00 T 0074/00 T 0147/00 T 0416/00 T 0136/01 T 0561/01 T 0329/02 T 0413/02 T 1013/02 T 1091/02 T 0229/03 T 0261/03 T 0345/03 T 0503/03 T 0956/03 T 1178/04 T 0004/05 T 0006/05 T 0163/05 T 0184/05 T 0425/05 T 0659/05 T 0675/05 T 0677/05 T 0693/05 T 0724/05 T 1421/05 T 0426/06 T 1081/06 T 1206/06 T 1324/06 T 1514/06 T 0391/07 T 0881/07 T 1149/07 T 1668/07 T 1697/07 T 0025/08 T 0261/08 T 0384/08 T 0428/08 T 0960/08 T 1196/08 T 1588/08 T 1877/08 T 2058/08 T 1911/09 T 1982/09 T 0284/10 T 0518/10 T 1032/10 T 1957/10 T 0044/11 T 0184/11 T 0423/11 T 1756/11 T 2136/11 T 0544/12 T 0545/12 T 1138/12 T 2016/12 T 2357/12 T 0261/13 T 1204/13 T 1729/13 T 1842/14 T 0194/15 T 0219/15 T 0347/15 T 0660/15 T 0722/15 T 0833/15 T 1113/15 T 0445/16 T 1564/16 T 0007/17 T 1268/17 T 1493/17 T 1575/17 T 0234/18 T 0488/18 T 0874/18 T 0318/19 T 1012/19 T 2241/19 T 3273/19 T 0201/20 T 1127/23

ORDER

For these reasons, it is decided that:

The point of law submitted to the Enlarged Board of Appeal is to be settled as follows: An opposition pending before the European Patent Office may be transferred or assigned to a third party as part of the opponent's business assets together with the assets in the interests of which the opposition was filed."