European Patent Office

J 0002/87 (Admissibility of appeal) vom 20.07.1987

Europäischer Rechtsprechungsidentifikator
ECLI:EP:BA:1987:J000287.19870720
Datum der Entscheidung
20. Juli 1987
Aktenzeichen
J 0002/87
Antrag auf Überprüfung von
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Anmeldenummer
82901198.0
IPC-Klasse
H04H 5/00
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
Motorola
Name des Einsprechenden
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Kammer
3.1.01
Leitsatz

1. The minimal requirements of Art. 108 EPC are satisfied when the notice of appeal can be interpreted as containing a request for rectification of the decision concerned on the grounds that due to the fact that the conditions set forth in a former Communication of the EPO were now fulfilled, the decision was no longer justified.

2. Principles of good faith govern the relations between the EPO and applicants for European Patents and a Communication from the EPO containing erroneous information which has misled the Appellant into an action causing the refusal of his patent application is void and of no effect in its entirety.

3. Decision J 22/86 "Disapproval/MEDICAL BIOLOGICAL", points 8 and 9, OJ EPO 1987, 280, followed.

Schlagwörter
Admissibility of appeal - filing of written statement of grounds
Appeal/admissibility
Dissapproval (no express) of text of patent application
Invalid communication
Time limit for restitutio
Restitutio/time limit
Principle of good faith
Good faith/principle of
Procedural practice to be applied equally to all similar cases
Orientierungssatz
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Zitierte Akten
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ORDER

For these reasons, it is decided that:

1. The decision of the Head of the Formalities Section of Directorate-General 2 dated 28 May 1985 is set aside.

2. The Communication of the Formalities Section of Directorate General 2 of the European Patent Office dated 27 December 1984 is declared to be void and of no effect.

3. The case is remitted to the first instance with the order to issue a new Communication under Rule 51(4) and (5) EPC.