J 0012/01 (Request for reimbursement of appeal fee/HIGHLAND INDUSTRIES) du 26.03.2003
- Identifiant européen de la jurisprudence
- ECLI:EP:BA:2003:J001201.20030326
- Date de la décision
- 26 mars 2003
- Numéro de l'affaire
- J 0012/01
- Requête en révision de
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- Numéro de la demande
- 96306765.7
- Classe de la CIB
- D04B 9/44
- Langue de la procédure
- Anglais
- Distribution
- Publiées au Journal officiel de l'OEB (A)
- Téléchargement
- Décision en anglais
- Autres décisions pour cet affaire
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- Résumés pour cette décision
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- Titre de la demande
- Bias-cut, knit cover for a belt, hose or the like
- Nom du demandeur
- HIGHLAND INDUSTRIES, INC.
- Nom de l'opposant
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- Chambre
- 3.1.01
- Sommaire
The following questions are referred to the Enlarged Board of Appeal:
1. In the event of interlocutory revision, does the department of first instance whose decision has been appealed, have the power to refuse a request for reimbursement of the appeal fee, and if so, is such refusal a final or an appealable decision?
2. If a department of first instance, not having that power, refers the request for reimbursement of the appeal fee to the Boards of Appeal for decision, how should the competent board be constituted?
- Dispositions juridiques pertinentes
- European Patent Convention Art 106(5) 1973European Patent Convention Art 109(1) 1973European Patent Convention Art 112 1973European Patent Convention Art 21 1973European Patent Convention R 10(4) 1973European Patent Convention R 67 1973
- Mots-clés
- Interlocutory revision - refusal of the request for reimbursement of the appeal fee - power of the department of first instance - composition of the possibly competent board of appeal - referral to the Enlarged Board
- Exergue
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ORDER
For these reasons it is decided that:
The following questions are referred to the Enlarged Board of Appeal:
1. In the event of interlocutory revision, does the department of first instance whose decision has been appealed, have the power to refuse a request for reimbursement of the appeal fee, and if so, is such refusal a final or an appealable decision?
2. If a department of first instance, not having that power, refers the request for reimbursement of the appeal fee to the Boards of Appeal for decision, how should the competent board be constituted?