T 0002/87 (Telegraphic money order) of 11.08.1987
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:1987:T000287.19870811
- Date of decision
- 11 August 1987
- Case number
- T 0002/87
- Online on
- 1 September 1987
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 81402002.0
- IPC class
- F02M 9/36
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Published in the EPO's Official Journal (A)
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- Application title
- Distribution injection pump for diese engines
- Applicant name
- Bosch
- Opponent name
- Robert Bosch GmbH
- Board
- 3.2.02
- Headnote
1. The European Patent Office is under no legal obligation to receive cash payments delivered outside office hours, whether or not it is adivsed by the payer that such a payment is going to be made.
2. The concept of notional crediting to an account cannot reasonably be stretched to allow for recognition of notional receipt of cash on a day earlier than the day of actual receipt.
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 99(1) 1973Rules relating to fees Art 8(1)
- Keywords
- Belated payment of opposition fee
Opposition deemed not filed
Opposition fee/belated payment
Telegraphic money order/actual receipt of cash
Analogy with Rule 85 EPC (no)
Re-establishment of rights (not provided for) - Catchword
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ORDER
9. For the foregoing reasons, the present appeal must be dismissed.
10. The Appellant has not pursued the application for re- establishment of rights, which is not provided for in the circumstances of the case by Article 122 EPC. The reasoning of the decision under appeal in this respect must be affirmed. ...