European Patent Office

T 1060/19 (Incorrect appeal fee/DASSAULT) of 11.02.2020

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T106019.20200211
Date of decision
11 February 2020
Case number
T 1060/19
Petition for review of
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Application number
12855099.3
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
Distributed to board chairmen (C)
OJ versions
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
COMPUTER SIMULATION OF PHYSICAL PROCESSES
Applicant name
Dassault Systemes Simulia Corp.
Opponent name
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Board
3.5.06
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
Decision of the Administrative Council of 13 December 2017 amending Article 2 and 14 of the Rules relating to Fees (CA/D 17/17)European Patent Convention Art 108 (2007)European Patent Convention Art 122(1) (2007)European Patent Convention R 101 (2007)European Patent Convention R 136 (2007)European Patent Convention R 6 (2014)Notice from the EPO dated 18 December 2017 concerning the reduced fee for appeal (Article 108 EPC) for an appeal filed by a natural person or an entity referred to in Rule 6(4) EPCRFees Art. 2(1), 5(2), 7(2)
Keywords
Payment of the appropriate fee for appeal in time (no)
Re-establishment of rights (no)
Payment of the appropriate fee for appeal in time (no)
Re-establishment of rights (no)
Catchword
The declaration of entitlement mentioned in the Notice of 18 December 2017 concerning the reduced appeal fee can be filed until the end of the appeal period, despite the wording of point 4, last sentence, of the Notice, which must be reconciled with the meaning of point 11 of the Notice.

Order

For these reasons it is decided that:

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

2. The request for re-establishment of rights is refused.