European Patent Office

J 0015/85 (Abandonment of claim) of 10.07.1986

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:1986:J001585.19860710
Date of decision
10 July 1986
Case number
J 0015/85
Petition for review of
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Application number
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IPC class
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Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
Published in the EPO's Official Journal (A)
Other decisions for this case
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
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Applicant name
non publié
Opponent name
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Board
3.1.01
Headnote

If an applicant cancels claims included in a European patent application but fails to state at the same time that their deletion is without prejudice to the filing of a divisional application, the Examining Division will be obliged to refuse its consent to the subsequent filing of a divisional application.

Keywords
Abandonment of claim
Divisional application: refusal of consent
Catchword
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ORDER

For these reasons, it is decided that:

the appeal against the Decision of the Receiving Section dated 25 January 1985 is dismissed.