European Patent Office

R 0016/23 (Petition for review) vom 21.11.2025

Europäischer Rechtsprechungsidentifikator
ECLI:EP:BA:2025:R001623.20251121
Datum der Entscheidung
21. November 2025
Aktenzeichen
R 0016/23
Antrag auf Überprüfung von
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Anmeldenummer
14811009.1
Verfahrenssprache
Englisch
Verteilung
An die Kammervorsitzenden und -mitglieder verteilt (B)
Amtsblattfassungen
Keine AB-Links gefunden
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Zusammenfassungen für diese Entscheidung
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Bezeichnung der Anmeldung
BIO-MINERALIZED CATHODE AND ANODE MATERIALS FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL
Name des Antragstellers
Upreti, Shailesh
Name des Einsprechenden
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Kammer
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Leitsatz
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Schlagwörter
Petition for review - failure to arrange oral proceedings
Petition for review - decision under review set aside
Petition for review - re-opening of proceedings
Orientierungssatz
1. As oral proceedings had been requested by the appellant-applicant in the event that an adverse decision on the request for re-establishment of rights and on the appeal were taken, the Board should have arranged for the holding of oral proceedings pursuant to Article 116(1) EPC before taking any such adverse decision.
2. The failure to arrange oral proceedings constitutes a fundamental procedural defect within the meaning of Article 112a(2)(d) and Rule 104(a) EPC since, as a result, the appellant-applicant did not have the opportunity to present the case orally on the decisive issues of re-establishment of rights and the admissibility of the appeal.
3. As a consequence, the decision is to be set aside, proceedings before the Board are to be re-opened and the fee for the petition for review is to be reimbursed.
Zitierende Akten
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Order

For these reasons it is decided that:

1. The decision under review is set aside.

2. The proceedings before the Legal Board of Appeal are re-opened.

3. The fee for the petition for review is reimbursed.