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T 2364/12 (Payment of opposition fee/W.R. GRACE & Co.) of 18.12.2013

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2013:T236412.20131218
Date of decision
18 December 2013
Case number
T 2364/12
Petition for review of
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Application number
03723769.0
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
OJ versions
No OJ links found
Other decisions for this case
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
COATING COMPOSITION COMPRISING COLLOIDAL SILICA
Applicant name
W.R. GRACE & CO.-CONN.
Opponent name
Evonik Degussa GmbH
Board
3.3.01
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
Arrangements for debit accounts (ADA), point 6(3)European Patent Convention Art 111(1)European Patent Convention Art 99(1)European Patent Convention R 103(1)(a)Regulation on the European qualifying examination Art 5(2)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 11
Keywords
Payment of opposition fee
Conditional debit order
Deposit account
Right to be heard
Principle of protection of legitimate expectations
Substantial procedural violation - (yes)
Reimbursement of appeal fee - (yes)
Catchword
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Citing cases
T 1474/19

Order

For these reasons it is decided that:

1. The decision under appeal is set aside.

2. The matter is remitted to the first instance for

further prosecution.

3. The appeal fee is to be reimbursed.