T 0631/97 (Doped regions/TOSHIBA) of 17.02.2000
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2000:T063197.20000217
- Date of decision
- 17 February 2000
- Case number
- T 0631/97
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 88311511.5
- IPC class
- H01L 21/22
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Published in the EPO's Official Journal (A)
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- Decision in English
- Other decisions for this case
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Réalisation de régions dopées à l'aide de phosphore et d'arsenic
- Applicant name
- KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
- Opponent name
- -
- Board
- 3.4.03
- Headnote
Having regard to Opinion G 2/92, in a case where an applicant fails to pay further search fees when requested to do so by the search division under Rule 46(1) EPC, Rule 46 EPC does not prohibit a review by the examining division of the correctness of the search division's finding of lack of unity of invention.
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 111(2) 1973European Patent Convention Art 150 1973European Patent Convention Art 82 1973European Patent Convention Art 97 1973European Patent Convention R 112 1973European Patent Convention R 46 1973European Patent Convention R 86(4) 1973Guidelines_B-III,4(2)Guidelines_C-III,7.10Guidelines_C-VI,3.2aGuidelines_C-VI,8(5)Patent Cooperation Treaty Art 17(3)(a)Patent Cooperation Treaty R 13(1)Patent Cooperation Treaty R 13(2)
- Keywords
- Non-payment of further search fees
- Catchword
- -
ORDER
For these reasons it is decided that:
1. The decision under appeal is set aside.
2. The case is remitted to the department of the first instance for further prosecution on the basis of claims 1 to 9 filed with the statement of the grounds of appeal on 28 May 1997.