J 0019/80 (Missing drawings) of 03.02.1981
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:1981:J001980.19810203
- Date of decision
- 3 February 1981
- Case number
- J 0019/80
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 80101010.9
- IPC class
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- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Published in the EPO's Official Journal (A)
- Download
- Decision in English
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
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- Applicant name
- Franklin Electric
- Opponent name
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- Board
- 3.1.01
- Headnote
I. If a part of a drawing identified as a Figure is missing, the missing part is not to be considered as a missing drawing for the purposes of Rule 43 EPC; but the whole Figure is to be considered as an incorrect drawing. The correction of drawings is dealt with in Rule 88 EPC.
II. The evidence required to support a request for correction of a drawing by adding a missing part must be unambiguous.
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention R 43 1973European Patent Convention R 88 1973
- Keywords
- Drawings missing
Missing drawings
Correction of drawings
Evidence required - Catchword
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ORDER
For these reasons, it is decided that:
1. The Decision of the Receiving Section of the European Patent Office dated 27 May 1980 is set aside.
2. It is ordered that European patent application No. 80101010.9 is to be corrected by the addition to the drawings filed thereon of the sheet of drawings identified as "Fig. 3 B".