T 0371/92 (Appeal not filed) of 02.12.1993
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:1993:T037192.19931202
- Date of decision
- 2 December 1993
- Case number
- T 0371/92
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 86870088.1
- IPC class
- C08G 18/42
- Language of proceedings
- French
- Distribution
- Published in the EPO's Official Journal (A)
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- Other decisions for this case
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Polyesteruréthanes hydroxy-fonctionnels, leur préparation et compositions les contenant
- Applicant name
- FINA
- Opponent name
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- Board
- 3.3.03
- Headnote
Payment of the appeal fee does not in itself constitute the valid filing of the appeal. Consequently, where there is no appeal, it is not for the board of appeal to judge whether there has been a substantial procedural violation by the first instance, whose decision therefore definitively acquires the force of res judicata.
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 106 1973European Patent Convention Art 108 1973European Patent Convention Art 109 1973European Patent Convention Art 112 1973European Patent Convention Art 116(1) 1973European Patent Convention Art 121 1973European Patent Convention Art 122 1973European Patent Convention Art 86(1) 1973European Patent Convention Art 97(1) 1973European Patent Convention R 64 1973European Patent Convention R 69(2) 1973
- Keywords
- Payment of appeal fee without notice of appeal - appeal not filed
Restitutio in integrum (no) - insufficient care taken in view of the circumstances
Valid filing of appeal essential for setting aside of a decision claimed to be void and without legal effect - Catchword
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ORDER
For these reasons it is decided that:
1. The main request and the auxiliary requests are refused.
2. Reimbursement of the appeal fee is ordered.