T 2251/12 (Filing of documents by facsimile around midnight) of 26.03.2014
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2014:T225112.20140326
- Date of decision
- 26 March 2014
- Case number
- T 2251/12
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 04758742.3
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
- Download
- Decision in English
- 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
- METHODS FOR DRIVING BISTABLE ELECTRO-OPTIC DISPLAYS
- Applicant name
- E Ink Corporation
- Opponent name
- -
- Board
- 3.4.03
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- Arrangement for Deposit Accounts - Decision President of the European Patent Office dated 31 January 2009 concerning the publication of a revised version of the Arrangements for deposit accounts and their annexesDecision President of the European Patent Office dated 12 July 2007 concerning the filing of patent applications and other documents by facsimileEuropean Patent Convention Art 108European Patent Convention Art 110European Patent Convention Art 122(1)European Patent Convention R 100(1)European Patent Convention R 136(1)
- Keywords
- Admissibility of appeal - statement of grounds
Admissibility of appeal - filed within time limit (no)
Re-establishment of rights - request admissible (no) - Catchword
- The technical means of communication operated by the EPO not only must determine the legally effective date, but also the legally effective time in general, i.e. the time stamp of the European Patent Office must be considered as the correct one when it must be decided if a given document was received in time or not
- Cited cases
- T 0116/00
Order
For these reasons it is decided that:
1. The request for re-establishment of rights concerning the time limit for filing the grounds of appeal is rejected as inadmissible.
2. The appeal is rejected as inadmissible.