European Patent Office

T 0331/08 of 23.09.2010

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2010:T033108.20100923
Date of decision
23 September 2010
Case number
T 0331/08
Petition for review of
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Application number
99937629.6
IPC class
G01N 27/26
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
Distributed to board chairmen (C)
OJ versions
No OJ links found
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
Method for producing hydrophilic monomers and uses thereof
Applicant name
Lonza Rockland, Inc.
Opponent name
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Board
3.3.03
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
Decision President of the European Patent Office dated 12 July 2007 concerning the electronic filing of patent applications and other documents (OJ EPO 2007, SE No. 3, Page 12)Decision President of the European Patent Office dated 29 October 2002 on the electronic filing of patent applications and other documents (OJ EPO 2002, 543)European Patent Convention Art 108 1973European Patent Convention Art 122 1973European Patent Convention R 36 1973European Patent Convention R 78 1973Notice from the European Patent Office dated 3 December 2003 concerning the electronic filing of documents within the meaning of R_36EPC (OJ EPO 2003, 609)
Keywords
Notice of appeal filed by non-permitted means - no legal effect
Good faith - responsibility of professional representative to ensure instructions of the EPO are followed
Restitution in integrum - no - not all due care
Catchword
See Reasons 4, 5 and 6
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ORDER

For these reasons it is decided that:

1. The Appeal is deemed not to have been filed.

2. The request for restitutio in integrum is rejected.

3. Reimbursement of the appeal fee is ordered.