European Patent Office

T 0778/00 (Notice of appeal/INAUEN) of 06.07.2001

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2001:T077800.20010706
Date of decision
6 July 2001
Case number
T 0778/00
Petition for review of
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Application number
93911720.6
IPC class
B65B 31/02
Language of proceedings
German
Distribution
Published in the EPO's Official Journal (A)
Other decisions for this case
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
Verfahren zum Verpacken von Gut unter Vakuum und Vakuum-Verpackungsmaschine
Applicant name
INAUEN MASCHINEN AG
Opponent name
WEBOMATIC Maschinenfabrik
W.R. Grace & Co.
Board
3.2.04
Headnote

I. Article 108, second sentence, EPC is not to be interpreted as meaning that merely sending the EPO a debit order for the appeal fee constitutes a valid means of filing the appeal (following J 19/90).

II. The absence of a reference to Rule 65 EPC in the annex to the communication of the possibility of appeal does not make the communication incomplete or misleading.

Keywords
Notice of appeal - debit order not suuficient
Communication of possibility of appeal - deficient (no)
Protection of legitimate expectations (no)
Period of grace (no)
Catchword
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ORDER

For these reasons it is decided that:

1. No appeal was filed within the time limit for appeal.

2. The appeal fee is to be reimbursed.