T 1474/19 (Payment by debit order/SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC) of 06.04.2022

European Case Law Identifier: ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T147419.20220406
Date of decision: 6 April 2022
Case number: T 1474/19
Petition for review of: -
Application number: 11771337.0
IPC class: G06F 17/30
Language of proceedings: English
Distribution: Distributed to board chairmen and members (B)
Download: Decision in English
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Abstracts for this decision: -
Application title: METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING ACCESS TO DATA AND MEASUREMENTS IN A MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
Applicant name: Schneider Electric IT Corporation
Opponent name: -
Board: 3.5.07
Headnote: -
Relevant legal provisions: Arrangements for deposit accounts (ADA), version in force from 1 December 2017European Patent Convention Art 108 European Patent Convention R 6(4)European Patent Convention R 6(5)European Patent Convention R 6(6)Rules relating to fees Art 2(1), 5(1), 5(2), 7(2), 8
Keywords: Appeal fee (paid) - appeal deemed to have been filed
Catchword: I. A debit order has to be interpreted on its substance, according to the (objectively) clear intention of the appellant expressed therein to pay a fee in the applicable amount.
II. Under the Arrangements for deposit accounts valid as from 1 December 2017 (ADA 2017), a debit order having the clear purpose of paying a particular fee (here: the appeal fee) authorises the EPO to debit that fee in the applicable amount.
Cited cases: G 0002/97 G 0001/12 G 0001/18 R 0004/09 J 0011/85 J 0004/91 J 0027/92 J 0015/98 J 0014/08 J 0014/12 J 0008/18 J 0008/19 T 0130/82 T 0152/82 T 0017/83 T 0170/83 T 0152/85 T 0290/90 T 0451/90 T 0905/90 T 0690/93 T 0045/94 T 0161/96 T 0806/99 T 0079/01 T 0971/05 T 0871/08 T 1265/10 T 0642/12 T 2364/12 T 2317/13 T 2035/14 T 0198/16 T 2620/18 T 3023/18 T 0225/19 T 0317/19 T 0703/19 T 1000/19 T 1060/19 T 1222/19 T 2575/19 T 0333/20 T 0444/20 T 0637/21
Citing cases: J 0013/19 T 2474/19 T 0071/21 T 1678/21

Order

For these reasons it is decided that:

1. The appeal is deemed to have been filed.

2. The fee for the request for re-establishment of rights is reimbursed.