T 0034/90 (Viscosity reduction) of 15.10.1991
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:1991:T003490.19911015
- Date of decision
- 15 October 1991
- Case number
- T 0034/90
- Online on
- 8 January 1992
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 84200271.9
- IPC class
- C11D 3/08
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Published in the EPO's Official Journal (A)
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
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- Applicant name
- Unilever
- Opponent name
- Henkel
- Board
- 3.3.01
- Headnote
1. Appeal proceedings are wholly separate and independent from the first instance proceedings. Their function is to give a judicial decision upon the correctness of a separate earlier decision of the first instance department.
2. Therefore, even if a representative had lawfully used an alternative official language in the oral proceedings before the first instance, he has to file a new notice pursuant to Rule 2(1) EPC for the appeal proceedings.
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention R 2(1) 1973
- Keywords
- Role of appeal proceedings: non-continuation of first instance ones
- Catchword
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- Cited cases
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- Citing cases
- J 0018/98J 0005/11J 0006/11T 0852/90T 0025/91T 0506/91T 0501/92T 0583/04T 1182/05T 1356/05T 1360/05T 0520/07T 0952/07T 1251/07T 1685/07T 1837/07T 0724/08T 1866/08T 0719/09T 0936/09T 1693/10T 0353/11T 2393/11T 1511/12T 2245/12T 1855/13T 2344/15T 1656/17T 0177/18T 2764/18T 0238/19T 2702/19
ORDER
Accordingly, the Respondent's attempt to use an alternative official language, without fulfilling the requirements of Rule 2(1) EPC as they apply to these proceedings, is rejected. ...