T 1000/19 of 20.03.2020
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T100019.20200320
- Date of decision
- 20 March 2020
- Case number
- T 1000/19
- Online on
- 25 March 2020
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 11848633.1
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen (C)
- 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
- STABLE POLYACRYLIC ACIDS, THEIR MANUFACTURE AND THEIR USE
- Applicant name
- BASF SE
- Opponent name
- NIPPON SHOKUBAI CO., LTD.
- Board
- 3.3.03
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 99(1)EPC2000 R 139 Sentence 1Rules relating to fees Art 5(2)Rules relating to fees Art 7(2)Arrangements for deposit accounts (ADA) 5.1.2, 5.4.1, 5.4(2)
- Keywords
- Correction of error - form for payment of opposition fee (yes)
- Catchword
- An error in a duly filed form for paying the opposition fee may be corrected under Rule 139, first sentence, EPC (points 4.1 to 4.6 of the reasons).
Order
For these reasons it is decided that:
1. The request for correction under Rule 139, first sentence, EPC is allowed.
2. The opposition is deemed to have been filed.