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T 0061/22 22-06-2022
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HIGH-STRENGTH HOT-DIP GALVANNEALED STEEL SHEET WITH SUPERIOR PHOSPHATABILITY
Summary of Facts and Submissions
I. The appeal contests the decision of the Opposition Division posted on 9 November 2021 rejecting the opposition against European patent No. 2 112 247.
II. The appellant (opponent) filed a notice of appeal on 7 January 2022 and paid the appeal fee on the same day.
III. By communication of 5 April 2022, receipt of which was not confirmed by the appellant, but was tracked on the Post.NL website and specified as successfully delivered, the Registry of the Board informed the appellant that it appeared from the file that the written statement of grounds of appeal had not been filed, and that it was therefore to be expected that the appeal would be rejected as inadmissible pursuant to Article 108, third sentence, EPC in conjunction with Rule 101(1) EPC.
The appellant was informed that any observations had to be filed within two months of notification of the communication.
IV. No reply was received.
Reasons for the Decision
1. No written statement of grounds of appeal was filed within the time limit provided by Article 108, third sentence, EPC in conjunction with Rule 126(2) EPC. In addition, neither the notice of appeal nor any other document filed contains anything that could be regarded as a statement of grounds pursuant to Article 108 EPC and Rule 99(2) EPC. Therefore, the appeal has to be rejected as inadmissible (Rule 101(1) EPC).
Order
For these reasons it is decided that:
The appeal is rejected as inadmissible.