J 0005/23 of 04.09.2023
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2023:J000523.20230904
- Date of decision
- 4 September 2023
- Case number
- J 0005/23
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 21204983.7
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen (C)
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- Other decisions for this case
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- Abstracts for this decision
- Abstract on EPC2000 Art 072
- Application title
- TIP ASSEMBLIES FOR REAL-TIME SAMPLING SYSTEM
- Applicant name
- Gyrus ACMI, Inc. d/b/a Olympus Surgical Technologies America
- Opponent name
- -
- Board
- 3.1.01
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- blankRegulation (EU) No 910/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 on electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions in the internal market Art 3(10), 3(11), 3(12), 25(2)European Patent Convention Art 113European Patent Convention Art 116European Patent Convention Art 164(1)European Patent Convention Art 164(2)European Patent Convention Art 33(1)(c)European Patent Convention Art 72European Patent Convention R 103(1)(a)European Patent Convention R 2European Patent Convention R 22European Patent Convention R 41(2)(h)European Patent Convention R 50(3)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(8)Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (1969) Art 2(1)(a), 5, 31, 32
- Keywords
- Assignment of a European patent application - signature requirement
Registration of transfers - evidence
Notice from the EPO - legal nature - Catchword
- In the absence of a different definition in the Implementing Regulations, the term "signature" in Article 72 EPC must be understood as referring to a handwritten depiction of someone's name (Reasons 2.9).
- Citing cases
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Order
For these reasons it is decided that:
The appeal is dismissed.