European Patent Office

G 0002/97 (Good faith) vom 12.11.1998

Europäischer Rechtsprechungsidentifikator
ECLI:EP:BA:1998:G000297.19981112
Datum der Entscheidung
12. November 1998
Aktenzeichen
G 0002/97
Antrag auf Überprüfung von
T 0742/96 1997-06-09
Anmeldenummer
89311690.5
IPC-Klasse
D06F 39/02
Verfahrenssprache
Englisch
Verteilung
Im Amtsblatt des EPA veröffentlicht (A)
Amtsblattfassungen
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Zusammenfassungen für diese Entscheidung
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Bezeichnung der Anmeldung
Method and device for treating textile
Name des Antragstellers
Unilever Plc, et al
Name des Einsprechenden
Procter & Gamble European Technical Center N.V.
Kammer
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Leitsatz

The principle of good faith does not impose any obligation on the boards of appeal to notify an appellant that an appeal fee is missing when the notice of appeal is filed so early that the appellant could react and pay the fee in time, if there is no indication--either in the notice of appeal or in any other document filed in relation to the appeal--from which it could be inferred that the appellant would, without such notification, inadvertently miss the time-limit for payment of the appeal fee.

Schlagwörter
Fee for appeal
Principle of good faith
Principle of the protection of legitimate expectations
Orientierungssatz
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ORDER

For these reasons it is decided that:

The question of law referred to the Enlarged Board of Appeal is answered as follows:

The principle of good faith does not impose any obligation on the boards of appeal to notify an appellant that an appeal fee is missing in the circumstances mentioned in the question referred, ie when the notice of appeal is filed so early that the appellant could react and pay the fee in time, if there is no indication--either in the notice of appeal or in any other document filed in relation to the appeal--from which it could be inferred that the appellant would, without such notification, inadvertently miss the time-limit for payment of the appeal fee.