J 0002/12 (Missing drawings) of 07.08.2013
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2013:J000212.20130807
- Date of decision
- 7 August 2013
- Case number
- J 0002/12
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 08154835.6
- IPC class
- B41J 13/00G03G 15/01G03G 15/00
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen and members (B)
- Download
- Decision in English
- OJ versions
- No OJ links found
- Other decisions for this case
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Image forming apparatus
- Applicant name
- Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Opponent name
- -
- Board
- 3.1.01
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention R 40(1)European Patent Convention R 56
- Keywords
- Drawings to be added to application documents - yes
- Catchword
- Where (a) the description as filed with an application includes references to numbered drawings and (b) drawings with corresponding numbering are also filed with the application, different drawings may nevertheless be filed later under Rule 56 EPC as "missing drawings" if it can be established without having to apply technical knowledge that the drawings originally filed with the application are not the drawings referred to in the description and that the later-filed drawings are the drawings referred to in the description (see point 9).
- Cited cases
- J 0027/10
ORDER
For these reasons it is decided that:
1. The decision under appeal is set aside.
2. The filing date of the application shall remain 18 April 2008 and the application shall include Figures 1 to 11 as filed with the letter dated 30 June 2008.
3. The case is remitted to the Receiving Section for further prosecution.