J 0006/05 of 17.10.2005
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2005:J000605.20051017
- Date of decision
- 17 October 2005
- Case number
- J 0006/05
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 04100377.3
- IPC class
- E03F 5/22
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen and members (B)
- Download
- Decision in English
- OJ versions
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- Other decisions for this case
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- Abstracts for this decision
- -
- Application title
- Method of pumping wastewater, and wastewater pump
- Applicant name
- Uponor Innovation AB
- Opponent name
- -
- Board
- 3.1.01
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 14(1) 1973European Patent Convention Art 14(2) 1973European Patent Convention Art 80(d) 1973Paris Convention Art 002(2)
- Keywords
- Application documents in language of a Contracting State other than English, French or German; further requirements of Article 14(2) EPC met (no)
According a filing date (no) - Catchword
- Until the Revised EPC 2000 enters into force, an application filed in an official language of a Contracting State other than English, French or German, e.g. in the Finnish language, does not produce the result provided for in Article 80 EPC, i.e. no date of filing is attributed, if the other conditions provided for in Article 14(2) EPC, namely the applicant having its residence or principal place of business within the territory or being a national of that (same) Contracting State (here: Finland), are not fulfilled.
ORDER
For these reasons it is decided that:
The appeal is dismissed.