European Patent Office

J 0003/80 (Failure to forward a European patent application) vom 31.01.1980

Europäischer Rechtsprechungsidentifikator
ECLI:EP:BA:1980:J000380.19800131
Datum der Entscheidung
31. Januar 1980
Aktenzeichen
J 0003/80
Antrag auf Überprüfung von
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Anmeldenummer
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IPC-Klasse
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Verfahrenssprache
Englisch
Verteilung
Im Amtsblatt des EPA veröffentlicht (A)
Amtsblattfassungen
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Name des Antragstellers
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Kammer
3.1.01
Leitsatz

I. The obligation to forward European patent applications filed nationally to the European Patent Office rests upon the relevant central industrial property office and not upon the applicant.

II. If the central industrial property office concerned fails to forward an application in time, with the result that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, the applicant cannot claim restitution of rights, since the European Patent Convention provides only for restitution of rights where there has been a failure to observe a time limit which it is for the applicant to observe.

Schlagwörter
European application/failure to forward
Application deemed to be withdrawn
Restitutio in integrum (no)
Orientierungssatz
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Zitierte Akten
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Zitierende Akten
J 0019/03J 0001/12

ORDER

For these reasons, it is decided that:

The appeal against the Decision of the Receiving Section of the European Patent Office dated 21 December 1979 and the claim for reimbursement of the appeal fee are rejected.