W 0016/92 (Draping of curtains) of 06.05.1992
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:1992:W001692.19920506
- Date of decision
- 6 May 1992
- Case number
- W 0016/92
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- PCT/EP1991/01858
- IPC class
- A47H 19/00
- Language of proceedings
- German
- Distribution
- Published in the EPO's Official Journal (A)
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- Other decisions for this case
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Vorrichtung und Verfahren zum Drapieren von Vorhängen
- Applicant name
- AB A. Svensson
- Opponent name
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- Board
- 3.2.04
- Headnote
1. Under Rule 40.2(c) PCT, a protest against an invitation to pay additional search fees must be supported by a reasoned statement. Insufficiently substantiated protests are rejected as inadmissible.
2. The reasoned statement must contain grounds which show why the applicant believes that his international application does not lack unity. A mere assertion to this effect is not a reasoned statement within the meaning of Rule 40.2(c) PCT.
- Relevant legal provisions
- Patent Cooperation Treaty R 40(2)(c)
- Keywords
- Unsubstantiated protest
- Catchword
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- Cited cases
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ORDER
For these reasons it is decided that:
The protest under Rule 40.2(c) PCT is rejected as inadmissible.