T 0742/96 (Textile) vom 09.06.1997
- Europäischer Rechtsprechungsidentifikator
- ECLI:EP:BA:1997:T074296.19970609
- Datum der Entscheidung
- 9. Juni 1997
- Aktenzeichen
- T 0742/96
- Antrag auf Überprüfung von
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- Anmeldenummer
- 89311690.5
- IPC-Klasse
- D06F 39/02
- Verfahrenssprache
- Englisch
- Verteilung
- Im Amtsblatt des EPA veröffentlicht (A)
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- Entscheidung auf Englisch
- Amtsblattfassungen
- Weitere Entscheidungen für diese Akte
- T 0742/96 Textile/UNILEVER 2000-09-05
- Zusammenfassungen für diese Entscheidung
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- Bezeichnung der Anmeldung
- Procédé et dispositif pour traiter le textile
- Name des Antragstellers
- UNILEVER PLC
- Name des Einsprechenden
- Procter & Gamble
- Kammer
- 3.2.05
- Leitsatz
The following question is referred to the Enlarged Board of Appeal: Are the boards of appeal, in application of the principle of good faith, bound to notify the appellant of a missing appeal fee when the notice of appeal is filed so early that the appellant could react and pay the fee in time, even if there was no indication - either in the notice of appeal or in any other document filed in relation to the appeal - from which it could be inferred that the appellant would, without such notification, inadvertently miss the time-limit for payment of the appeal fee?
- Relevante Rechtsnormen
- European Patent Convention Art 108 1973European Patent Convention Art 112(1)(a) 1973
- Schlagwörter
- Referral to the Enlarged Board
Fee for appeal
Principle of good faith - Orientierungssatz
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ORDER
For these reasons it is decided that:
the following question is referred to the Enlarged Board of Appeal:
Are the boards of appeal, in application of the principle of good faith, bound to notify the appellant of a missing appeal fee when the notice of appeal is filed so early that the appellant could react and pay the fee in time, even if there was no indication - either in the notice of appeal or in any other document filed in relation to the appeal - from which it could be inferred that the appellant would, without such notification, inadvertently miss the time-limit for payment of the appeal fee?