European Patent Office

J 0004/93 (Re-establishment) vom 24.05.1993

Europäischer Rechtsprechungsidentifikator
ECLI:EP:BA:1993:J000493.19930524
Datum der Entscheidung
24. Mai 1993
Aktenzeichen
J 0004/93
Antrag auf Überprüfung von
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Anmeldenummer
90914566.6
IPC-Klasse
G01N 21/35
Verfahrenssprache
Englisch
Verteilung
An die Kammervorsitzenden und -mitglieder verteilt (B)
Amtsblattfassungen
Keine AB-Links gefunden
Weitere Entscheidungen für diese Akte
J 0004/93 Re-establishment 1994-06-09
Zusammenfassungen für diese Entscheidung
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Bezeichnung der Anmeldung
Method for analyzing agent gas
Name des Antragstellers
Nellcor Incorporated
Name des Einsprechenden
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Kammer
3.1.01
Leitsatz
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Schlagwörter
Enlarged Board of Appeal - referral
Restitutio - inapplicable time limits - scope of
General principles - legitimate expectation
Orientierungssatz
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Zitierte Akten
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Zitierende Akten
J 0025/96

ORDER

For these reasons, it is decided that:

The following points of law are referred to the Enlarged Board of Appeal:

1. Is the EPO and are the Boards of Appeal, in the light of Article 172 EPC, competent to exclude, by way of interpretation of Article 122(5) EPC, the time limit provided for in Rule 104b(l)(b) EPC from re-establishment of rights?

2. If the answer is yes (and the decision G 3/91 is confirmed with regard to the time limit provided for in Rule 104b(l)(b) EPC): Is the former, constant practice of the EPO regarding the applicability of Article 122 EPC to the time limit referred to in Rule 104b(1)(b) EPC a sufficient basis for the legitimate expectations of a party to have its request for re-establishment examined according to this former practice, if the request was filed before the party was duly informed of the decision G 3/91?

3. If the answer to question 2 is yes: From which date can the users of the EPO be assumed to have been duly informed of decision G 3/91?