European Patent Office

J 0005/79 (Party adversely affected by a decision) of 17.01.1980

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:1980:J000579.19800117
Date of decision
17 January 1980
Case number
J 0005/79
Petition for review of
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Application number
79100556.4
IPC class
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Language of proceedings
German
Distribution
Published in the EPO's Official Journal (A)
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Applicant name
Siemens
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3.1.01
Headnote

I. The applicant for a European patent whose right of priority has been declared lost for failure to file a copy of the priority document within the permitted 16-months period but whose right has been restored before publication of the European patent application is not thereafter adversely affected by the decision that the right had been lost.

II. Third party rights to continue use of an invention where an applicant's rights have been lost and restored cannot arise if the loss and restoration of the applicant's rights occur before publication of the European patent application.

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Right to continue use
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ORDER

For these reasons, it is decided that:

The appeal against the decision of the Receiving Section of the European Patent Office of 22 August 1979 is rejected as inadmissible