European Patent Office

J 0014/82 (Priority declaration) vom 19.01.1983

Europäischer Rechtsprechungsidentifikator
ECLI:EP:BA:1983:J001482.19830119
Datum der Entscheidung
19. Januar 1983
Aktenzeichen
J 0014/82
Antrag auf Überprüfung von
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Anmeldenummer
81305433.5
IPC-Klasse
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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
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Name des Antragstellers
Johnson Matthey
Name des Einsprechenden
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Kammer
3.1.01
Leitsatz

I. If a mistake is made in a declaration of priority, it may be corrected in accordance with Rule 88 EPC, provided that a request has been made for correction sufficiently early for a warning to be included in the publication of the application (cf. Decision of the Legal Board of Appeal in Case J 04/82, Official Journal of the EPO 1982, 385).

II. If such a warning is not published, the question must be considered whether the public interest would be adversely affected by allowing the correction, taking into account any special circumstances of the case.

III. A Board of Appeal has no power to order refund of fees paid in respect of a European patent application which is not the subject of an appeal before that Board.

Schlagwörter
Priority declaration
Public interest
Procedural violation (substantial)
Reimbursement of appeal fee
Appeal fee/reimbursement of
Orientierungssatz
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Zitierte Akten
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ORDER

For these reasons, it is decided that:

1. The Decision of the Receiving Section of the European Patent Office dated 30 March 1982 is set aside.

2. It is ordered that the Request for Grant form filed on European patent application No. 81305433.5 is to be corrected by adding references to United Kingdom patent applications 8108392,8112331 and 8127289, filed respectively on 18 March 1981, 21 April 1981 and 9 September 1981, for Part VII of page 2 thereof.

3. It is ordered that the appeal fee be reimbursed to the appellants.

4. No order is made concerning the refund of any fees paid in respect of European patent application No. 82301389.1.