European Patent Office

T 0301/95 (Straw man) vom 27.06.1997

Europäischer Rechtsprechungsidentifikator
ECLI:EP:BA:1997:T030195.19970627
Datum der Entscheidung
27. Juni 1997
Aktenzeichen
T 0301/95
Antrag auf Überprüfung von
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Anmeldenummer
88112875.5
IPC-Klasse
B29C 47/10
Verfahrenssprache
Deutsch
Verteilung
An die Kammervorsitzenden verteilt (C)
Amtsblattfassungen
Weitere Entscheidungen für diese Akte
T 0301/95 2000-03-28
Zusammenfassungen für diese Entscheidung
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Bezeichnung der Anmeldung
Vorrichtung zum Aufbereiten thermoplastischer Kunststoffgüter
Name des Antragstellers
INDUPACK AG
Name des Einsprechenden
Emmerich Hartdegen
Kammer
3.2.05
Leitsatz

The following points of law of fundamental importance are referred to the Enlarged Board of Appeal under Article 112(1)(a) EPC:

1. Is an opposition filed by an indirect representative ("straw man") admissible?II. If the answer to I is no, to what extent does the objection to a "straw man" have to be investigated if circumstances are cited raising reasonable suspicion that the opponents are not acting in their own interests?

Schlagwörter
Referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal
Admissibility of opposition filed by a straw man
Evidence of acting as a straw man
Orientierungssatz
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ORDER

For these reasons it is decided that:

The following points of law of fundamental importance are referred to the Enlarged Board of Appeal under Article 112(1)(a) EPC:

1. Is an opposition filed by an indirect representative ("straw man") admissible?

2. If the answer to 1 is no, to what extent does the objection to a "straw man" have to be investigated if circumstances are cited raising reasonable doubt that the opponents are not acting in their own interests?