European Patent Office

R 0006/22 (Petition clearly unallowable) of 06.11.2023

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2023:R000622.20231106
Date of decision
6 November 2023
Case number
R 0006/22
Petition for review of
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Application number
14824813.1
IPC class
H04W 8/18
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
OJ versions
No OJ links found
Other decisions for this case
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Abstracts for this decision
Abstract on EPC2000 R 106
Application title
METHOD FOR ACCESSING A SERVICE AND A CORRESPONDING DEVICE
Applicant name
Thales Dis France SAS
Opponent name
IDEMIA France
Giesecke+Devrient Mobile Security GmbH
Giesecke & Devrient GmbH
Board
-
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 112a(2)(c)European Patent Convention Art 112a(2)(d)European Patent Convention Art 112a(5)European Patent Convention Art 113European Patent Convention Art 113(1)European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention R 100(2)European Patent Convention R 104(b)European Patent Convention R 106European Patent Convention R 107(1)European Patent Convention R 107(2)European Patent Convention R 108(1)European Patent Convention R 109(2)(a)European Patent Convention R 109(3)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 013(1)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 013(2)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 015(1)Rules of procedure of the Enlarged Board of Appeal Art 12(1)Rules of procedure of the Enlarged Board of Appeal Art 13Rules of procedure of the Enlarged Board of Appeal Art 14(2)
Keywords
Petition for review - grounds clearly inadmissible and clearly unallowable
Petition for review - obligation to raise objection
Petition for review - dismissal of objection by the Board (no)
Petition for review - relevant request within the meaning of Rule 104(b) EPC (no)
Petition for review - fundamental violation of Article 113 EPC (no)
Catchword
In a situation such as the present case - where the board does not react in a recognisable and explicit manner to an intended objection under Rule 106 EPC - a diligent party should normally insist on a discernible response from the board. Failure to do so will leave the party with an indication that weighs against its case (Reasons 16).
Citing cases
T 2194/22

Order

For these reasons it is decided that:

The petition for review is unanimously rejected as being clearly unallowable.