T 0586/88 (Final decision) of 22.11.1991
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:1991:T058688.19911122
- Date of decision
- 22 November 1991
- Case number
- T 0586/88
- Online on
- 10 August 1994
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 82401940.0
- IPC class
- F28F 9/00
- Language of proceedings
- French
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
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- Other decisions for this case
- T 0586/88 L'absence de prise en considération d'une requête / Novatome 1994-07-19
- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Dispositif de fixation d'un faisceau de tubes notamment pour générateur de vapeur
- Applicant name
- Novatome
- Opponent name
- Sulzer
- Board
- 3.2.04
- Headnote
The following point of law is referred to the Enlarged Board of Appeal:
"If the decision of an Examining or Opposition Division is pronounced not at the end of oral proceedings but following written proceedings or proceedings continued in writing after oral proceedings, at what point is the internal decision-making process within that department of the EPO completed?"
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 112(1)(a) 1973
- Keywords
- Point referred to the Enlarged Board of Appeal
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ORDER
For these reasons it is decided that: Under Article 112(1)(a) EPC, the following point of law is referred to the Enlarged Board of Appeal:
"If the decision of an Examining or Opposition Division is pronounced not at the end of oral proceedings but following written proceedings or proceedings continued in writing after oral proceedings, at what point is the internal decision-making process within that department of the EPO completed?"