European Patent Office

T 0447/00 (Restitutio/BRITISH NUCLEAR FUELS) of 26.07.2001

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2001:T044700.20010726
Date of decision
26 July 2001
Case number
T 0447/00
Petition for review of
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Application number
95920997.4
IPC class
G21F 5/14
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
Distributed to board chairmen (C)
OJ versions
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Other decisions for this case
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
STILLAGE FOR STORING DRUMS
Applicant name
British Nuclear Fuels PLC
Opponent name
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Board
3.4.01
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 122(1)European Patent Convention Art 86(2)European Patent Convention R 71(2)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 9
Keywords
Restitutio - all due care - no
Supervision of an assistant - not sufficient
Isolated mistake - no
Catchword
1. It is not excluded that, in certain circumstances, a chain of errors could be qualified as an isolated mistake within a normally satisfactory system (obiter dictum).
2. Reasonable supervision of an assistant cannot be limited to spot checks in a situation where a representative has become aware of an inadvertent deviation from the normal course of action.
Citing cases
T 3085/19

Order

For these reasons it is decided that:

The appeal is dismissed.