T 0459/88 (Admissible) of 13.02.1989
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:1989:T045988.19890213
- Date of decision
- 13 February 1989
- Case number
- T 0459/88
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 81110310.0
- IPC class
- C21C 5/52
- Language of proceedings
- German
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
- Download
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- Other decisions for this case
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
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- Applicant name
- MAN
- Opponent name
- Voest Alpine; ASEA
- Board
- 3.3.01
- Headnote
1. An opponent's appeal is admissible when the written statement of grounds is based solely on the fact that the patent proprietor himself filed the request for revocation of the patent after the appeal was filed.
2. If the patent proprietor requests that his patent be revoked, it is to be revoked on the basis of this request. It is not in the public interest to maintain a patent against the patent proprietor's will (further to Decisions T 186/84, OJ EPO 1986, 79, and T 237/86, OJ EPO 1988, 261).
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 102(3)(a) 1973European Patent Convention Art 108 1973European Patent Convention Art 110(1) 1973European Patent Convention Art 113(2) 1973European Patent Convention R 65 1973
- Keywords
- Request by the patent proprietor for revocation of his patent after notice of appeal has been filed and before statement of grounds is filed
Grounds of appeal relate only to the patent proprietor's request for revocation
Admissibility of the appeal - Catchword
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- Cited cases
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- Citing cases
- T 0677/90T 0322/91T 0492/93T 0961/93T 0820/94T 0007/97T 0084/97T 0368/98T 0473/00T 0655/01T 0904/05T 0856/06T 1526/06T 0646/08T 0381/12T 1960/12T 2405/12T 0744/13T 0989/13T 1520/13T 1535/13T 1652/13T 1898/14T 0170/15T 0220/15T 0522/15T 1012/15T 1517/15T 0766/16T 1090/16T 1467/16T 1785/16T 1832/16T 1833/16T 2418/16T 0311/17T 1400/17T 1671/17T 1945/17T 0341/18T 0761/18T 1450/18T 1511/18T 2168/18T 0717/19T 1032/21T 0398/22T 0492/22T 1077/22T 0815/23
ORDER
For these reasons, it is decided that:
1. The decision of the Opposition Division dated 13 July 1988 is set aside.
2. European patent No. 58 774 is revoked.