G 0002/24 (SKIN CLEANSER) vom 25.09.2025
- Europäischer Rechtsprechungsidentifikator
- ECLI:EP:BA:2025:G000224.20250925
- Datum der Entscheidung
- 25. September 2025
- Aktenzeichen
- G 0002/24
- Online am
- 25. September 2025
- Antrag auf Überprüfung von
- T 1286/23 (Intervention) vom 26.02.2026
- Anmeldenummer
- 14735118.3
- IPC-Klasse
- A47K 7/04A61H 23/02
- Verfahrenssprache
- Englisch
- Verteilung
- Im Amtsblatt des EPA veröffentlicht (A)
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- Zusammenfassungen für diese Entscheidung
- Zusammenfassung von Article 105 EPC
- Bezeichnung der Anmeldung
- SKIN CLEANSER
- Name des Antragstellers
- FOREO LIMITED
- Name des Einsprechenden
- Beurer GmbH
GESKE GmbH & Co. KG - Kammer
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- Leitsatz
After withdrawal of all appeals, appeal proceedings may not be continued with a third party who intervened during the appeal proceedings in accordance with Article 105 EPC.
The intervening third party does not acquire an appellant status corresponding to the status of a person entitled to appeal within the meaning of Article 107, first sentence, EPC.
- Relevante Rechtsnormen
- European Patent Convention Art 97(3)European Patent Convention Art 99European Patent Convention Art 99(1)European Patent Convention Art 99(3)European Patent Convention Art 100European Patent Convention Art 100(a)European Patent Convention Art 100(c)European Patent Convention Art 105European Patent Convention Art 105(1)European Patent Convention Art 105(2)European Patent Convention Art 106European Patent Convention Art 106(1)European Patent Convention Art 107European Patent Convention Art 108European Patent Convention Art 112(1)European Patent Convention Art 112(1)(a)European Patent Convention Art 112(2)European Patent Convention Art 113European Patent Convention Art 114(1)European Patent Convention Art 115European Patent Convention Art 116European Patent Convention Art 122European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention R 76European Patent Convention R 76(1)European Patent Convention R 84(2)European Patent Convention R 86European Patent Convention R 89European Patent Convention R 136European Patent Convention Art 99(1) 1973European Patent Convention Art 105 1973European Patent Convention Art 105(2) 1973European Patent Convention Art 107 1973European Patent Convention R 55 1973European Patent Convention R 57(4) 1973European Patent Convention R 79(4) 1973Rules of procedure of the Enlarged Board of Appeal Art 9Rules of procedure of the Enlarged Board of Appeal Art 10Rules of procedure of the Enlarged Board of Appeal Art 13Rules of procedure of the Enlarged Board of Appeal Art 14Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(2)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 021Law of the Contracting States and the Unified Patent CourtSwitzerlandCode of Civil Procedure (Zivilprozessordnung) Art 76, 76(1), 76(2)GermanyFranceThe NetherlandsCode of Civil Procedure (Wetboek van Burgerlijke Rechtsvordering) Art 217Administrative Law Act (Algemene wet bestuursrecht)Art_8:12bUnited KingdomCivil Procedure Rules (CPR), R. 3.1, 19.2, 38, 38.2, 38.3, 38.5, 54, 54.17Unified Patent CourtRPBA, R. 265, 313, 315, 316, 316aDecisions of national courts citedSwitzerland - Bundesgericht- 142 III 629- 142 III 271Germany - Bundesverwaltungsgericht- 8 C 2.05Bundesgerichtshof- Ia ZR 212/63- Ia ZR 237/63- X ZB 18/06- Xa ZR 110/08 (BPatG)Bundespatentgericht- 20 W (pat) 324/05France - Conseil d'Etat- no. 120241- no. 32813- no. 105798- no. 40674Cour de cassation- no. 04-13.008- no. 12-18.931- no. 15-10.577- no. 18-22.984United Kingdom - Supreme Court- MS (Pakistan) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Respondent) [2020] UKSC 9High Court of Justice Chancery Division- Hunt v Aziz [2011] EWHC 714 (Ch)- The Queen on the application of Philip Morris Brands Sarl v Secretary of State for Health [2014] EWHC 3669 (Administrative Court)- UPC CFI 755/2024- UPC CFI 457/2023- UPC CFI 487/2023- UPC ORD 10348/2025- UPC ORD 18404/2024LiteratureF.-K. Beier/K. Haertel/G. Schricker, 20th edition, July 1997 Art 106-112, 107 (Moser)Schulte, Patentgesetz mit EPC, editor: R. Schulte, 12th edition, 2024Visser's Annotated European Patent Convention, 2024 edition, Suominen, de Lange, Rudge, Ferara, 2025
- Schlagwörter
- admissibility of referrals - yes
referral of a point of law anew: substantiated reasons - yes
intervention during the appeal proceedings - yes
appellant status of the intervener at the appeal stage - no
continuation of the appeal proceedings with the intervener after withdrawal of all appeals - no - Orientierungssatz
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ORDER
For these reasons it is decided that the questions of law referred to the Enlarged Board of Appeal are answered as follows:
After withdrawal of all appeals, appeal proceedings may not be continued with a third party who intervened during the appeal proceedings in accordance with Article 105 EPC.
The intervening third party does not acquire an appellant status corresponding to the status of a person entitled to appeal within the meaning of Article 107, first sentence, EPC.