European Patent Office

T 0514/05 (Online filed appeal/TEXAS INSTRUMENTS) of 08.09.2005

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2005:T051405.20050908
Date of decision
8 September 2005
Case number
T 0514/05
Petition for review of
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Application number
99204298.6
IPC class
H01L 23/485
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
Integrated circuit having a bonding pad and manufacturing method thereof
Applicant name
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
Opponent name
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Board
3.4.03
Headnote

1. The use of "other means of communication" (Rule 24(1) and 36(5) EPC) must be expressly permitted by the President of the EPO, before parties may use those means of communication for filing documents with a department of the EPO, including the EPO Board of Appeal; cf point 3.

2. An appeal filed via epoline® cannot have any legal effect absent explicit permission of the President of the EPO; cf point 10.

Keywords
Legal effect of appeal filed via epoline; formal requirements of documents filed by other means of communication
Catchword
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Cited cases
J 0019/90

ORDER

For these reasons it is decided that:

1. The purported appeal is deemed not to have been filed.

2. The appeal fee shall be reimbursed.