G 0006/91 (Fee reduction) du 06.03.1992
- Identifiant européen de la jurisprudence
- ECLI:EP:BA:1992:G000691.19920306
- Date de la décision
- 6 mars 1992
- Numéro de l'affaire
- G 0006/91
- En ligne le
- 6 mars 1992
- Requête en révision de
- T 0367/90 du 30.06.1992
- Numéro de la demande
- 84114954.5
- Classe de la CIB
- G01R 31/36
- Langue de la procédure
- Français
- Distribution
- Publiées au Journal officiel de l'OEB (A)
- Téléchargement
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- Autres décisions pour cet affaire
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- Résumés pour cette décision
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- Titre de la demande
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- Nom du demandeur
- Asulab
- Nom de l'opposant
- N.V. Philips'Gloeilampenfabrieken
- Chambre
- EBA
- Sommaire
1. The persons referred to in Article 14(2) EPC are entitled to the fee reduction under Rule 6(3) EPC if they file the essential item of the first act in filing, examination or appeal proceedings in an official language of the State concerned other than English, French or German, and supply the necessary translation no earlier than simultaneously.
2. The essential item of the first act in appeal proceedings is the notice of appeal, so to secure entitlement to the reduction in the appeal fee it suffices that said document be filed in a Contracting State official language which is not an official language of the European Patent Office and translated into one of the latter languages, even if subsequent items such as the statement of grounds of appeal are filed only in an EPO official language.
- Dispositions juridiques pertinentes
- European Patent Convention Art 14(2) 1973European Patent Convention Art 14(4) 1973European Patent Convention R 6(3) 1973
- Mots-clés
- Entitlement to fee reduction
- Exergue
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- Affaires citées
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ORDER
For these reasons it is decided that: The points of law referred to the Enlarged Board of Appeal are answered as follows:
Questions 1 and 2
The persons referred to in Article 14(2) EPC are entitled to the fee reduction under Rule 6(3) EPC if they file the essential item of the first act in filing, examination or appeal proceedings in an official language of the State concerned other than English, French or German, and supply the necessary translation no earlier than simultaneously.
Question 3
The essential item of the first act in appeal proceedings is the notice of appeal, so to secure entitlement to the reduction in the appeal fee it suffices that said document be filed in a Contracting State official language which is not an official language of the European Patent Office and translated into one of the latter languages, even if subsequent items such as the statement of grounds of appeal are filed only in an EPO official language.