G 0001/86 (Re-establishment of rights of opponent) of 24.06.1987

European Case Law Identifier: ECLI:EP:BA:1987:G000186.19870624
Date of decision: 24 June 1987
Case number: G 0001/86
Petition for review of: T 0110/85 1986-08-06
Application number: 79890023.9
IPC class: E21C 35/00
Language of proceedings: German
Distribution: Published in the EPO's Official Journal (A)
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Applicant name: Voest Alpine
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Headnote: Article 122 EPC is not to be interpreted as being applicable only to the applicant and patent proprietor. An appellant as opponent may have his rights re-established under Article 122 EPC if he has failed to observe the time limit for filing the statement of grounds of appeal.
Relevant legal provisions: EPC1973_Art_108_Sent_3European Patent Convention Art 112(1) 1973 European Patent Convention Art 122 1973
Keywords: Re-establishment of rights of appellant as opponent
Time limit for filing grounds of appeal
Grounds of appeal/time limit for filing
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Citing cases: G 0001/97 G 0002/08 G 0001/18 G 0002/24 R 0001/10 J 0003/95 J 0009/07 T 0520/89 T 0682/89 T 0167/90 T 0190/90 T 0315/90 T 0612/90 T 0413/91 T 0532/91 T 0925/91 T 0059/92 T 0153/93 T 0473/93 T 0613/93 T 0748/93 T 0562/94 T 0635/94 T 0903/94 T 0789/95 T 1001/95 T 0148/96 T 0301/96 T 1081/96 T 0036/97 T 0266/97 T 0943/97 T 0247/98 T 0377/98 T 0428/98 T 0445/98 T 0718/98 T 0777/98 T 0954/98 T 1130/98 T 0001/99 T 0971/99 T 0283/01 T 0314/01 T 0622/01 T 0874/01 T 0044/02 T 0596/02 T 0864/02 T 1091/02 T 1108/02 T 1198/03 T 1126/04 T 0068/05 T 0971/05 T 0335/06 T 0993/06 T 0079/07 T 0130/07 T 0175/07 T 0178/07 T 1465/07 T 1487/07 T 0582/08 T 1644/10 T 2336/10 T 1789/11 T 1796/11 T 1797/11 T 1798/11 T 1799/11 T 1800/11 T 2254/11 T 2454/11 T 0316/13 T 1171/13 T 0181/14 T 0578/14 T 0251/15 T 1946/15 T 1545/16 T 2580/16 T 2620/18 T 0608/19 T 0538/20 T 2194/22

ORDER

For these reasons, it is decided that:

The question on a point of law submitted to the Enlarged Board of Appeal is to be answered as follows: Article 122 EPC is not to be interpreted as being applicable only to the applicant and patent proprietor. An appellant as opponent may have his rights re-established under Article 122 EPC if he has failed to observe the time limit for filing the statement of grounds for appeal.