T 0448/00 (Restitutio/BRITISH NUCLEAR FUELS) of 26.07.2001
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2001:T044800.20010726
- Date of decision
- 26 July 2001
- Case number
- T 0448/00
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 95919565.2
- IPC class
- G21F 5/14
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen (C)
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- Decision in English
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- STORAGE SYSTEM FOR HAZARDOUS WASTE
- Applicant name
- British Nuclear Fuels PLC
- Opponent name
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- Board
- 3.4.01
- Headnote
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.
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 122(1) 1973European Patent Convention Art 86(2) 1973European Patent Convention R 71(2) 1973Rules 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
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- Citing cases
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ORDER
For these reasons it is decided that:
The appeal is dismissed.