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
- 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)
- Download
- Decision in English
- 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
- 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
For these reasons, it is decided that:
1. The decision under appeal is set aside.
2. The case is remitted to the first instance with the order to maintain the patent in an amended form on the basis of the main request submitted in the course of oral proceedings.