T 0760/89 (Return of documents) vom 06.09.1993
- Europäischer Rechtsprechungsidentifikator
- ECLI:EP:BA:1993:T076089.19930906
- Datum der Entscheidung
- 6. September 1993
- Aktenzeichen
- T 0760/89
- Antrag auf Überprüfung von
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- Anmeldenummer
- 80107165.5
- IPC-Klasse
- B29D 29/00
- Verfahrenssprache
- Englisch
- Verteilung
- Im Amtsblatt des EPA veröffentlicht (A)
- Download
- Entscheidung auf Englisch
- Amtsblattfassungen
- Weitere Entscheidungen für diese Akte
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- Zusammenfassungen für diese Entscheidung
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- Bezeichnung der Anmeldung
- Method of producing cover fabrics for V belts and cover fabrics so produced
- Name des Antragstellers
- Burlington
- Name des Einsprechenden
- Dayco Products
- Kammer
- 3.2.02
- Leitsatz
Documents filed as evidence during opposition proceedings and submissions referring to them in principle remain in the file until the end of the proceedings and for at least five more years.
Documents filed as evidence may only exceptionally and on a substantiated request remain unconsidered and be returned.
Such an exception exists if the interests of the filing party in having them returned unconsidered clearly prevail over the interests of any other party and the public interest.
This may be the case if the documents were filed in breach of a confidentiality agreement and if they did not belong to the state of the art but were third party statements filed against the opposition, and if the other parties involved agreed with the request.
The same applies to submissions referring to such documents.
- Relevante Rechtsnormen
- European Patent Convention Art 114 1973European Patent Convention Art 117 1973European Patent Convention Art 128 1973European Patent Convention R 93 1973European Patent Convention R 95 1973
- Schlagwörter
- Return of documents of evidence
Return of submissions
Confidentiality agreement
Court order - Orientierungssatz
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- Zitierte Akten
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- Zitierende Akten
- T 0443/93
ORDER
For these reasons, it is decided that:
1. The contested decision is set aside.
2. The case is remitted to the Opposition Division for further prosecution on the basis of the file which does not contain the deposition dated 23 April 1987 and the submissions referring to it which are to be removed and returned in the manner set out in point 12 above.