European Patent Office

J 0009/84 (Claims fees) vom 30.04.1985

Europäischer Rechtsprechungsidentifikator
ECLI:EP:BA:1985:J000984.19850430
Datum der Entscheidung
30. April 1985
Aktenzeichen
J 0009/84
Antrag auf Überprüfung von
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Anmeldenummer
82903420.6
IPC-Klasse
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Verfahrenssprache
Englisch
Verteilung
Im Amtsblatt des EPA veröffentlicht (A)
Amtsblattfassungen
Weitere Entscheidungen für diese Akte
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Zusammenfassungen für diese Entscheidung
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Bezeichnung der Anmeldung
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Name des Antragstellers
Burgess
Name des Einsprechenden
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Kammer
3.1.01
Leitsatz

Rule 31(1) EPC is to be interpreted as meaning that claims numbered 1 to 10 upon filing of the European patent application - or transmittal to the European Patent Office of the international application under the PCT - are exempt from fees, and that claims numbered 11 onwards are not. Accordingly, abandoning a fee-exempt claim after filing - or transmittal - does not have the effect that its fee exemption is transferred to another claim.

Relevante Rechtsnormen
European Patent Convention R 31 1973Patent Cooperation Treaty Art 19Patent Cooperation Treaty Art 20Patent Cooperation Treaty Art 22Patent Cooperation Treaty Art 39Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (1969) Art 31Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (1969) Art 32
Schlagwörter
Claims fees
Claims fees/allocation of
Abandonment of claims
Claims/abandonment
Orientierungssatz
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Zitierte Akten
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ORDER

For these reasons, it is decided that:

1. The appeal against the decision of the Receiving Section of 13 March 1984 is dismissed.

2. The request for reimbursement of the fee for appeal is refused.