J 0003/80 (Failure to forward a European patent application) du 31.01.1980
- Identifiant européen de la jurisprudence
- ECLI:EP:BA:1980:J000380.19800131
- Date de la décision
- 31 janvier 1980
- Numéro de l'affaire
- J 0003/80
- Requête en révision de
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- Numéro de la demande
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- Classe de la CIB
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- 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
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- Nom du demandeur
- non publié
- Nom de l'opposant
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- Chambre
- 3.1.01
- Sommaire
I. The obligation to forward European patent applications filed nationally to the European Patent Office rests upon the relevant central industrial property office and not upon the applicant.
II. If the central industrial property office concerned fails to forward an application in time, with the result that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, the applicant cannot claim restitution of rights, since the European Patent Convention provides only for restitution of rights where there has been a failure to observe a time limit which it is for the applicant to observe.
- Dispositions juridiques pertinentes
- European Patent Convention Art 122 1973European Patent Convention Art 77 1973
- Mots-clés
- European application/failure to forward
Application deemed to be withdrawn
Restitutio in integrum (no) - Exergue
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- Affaires citées
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ORDER
For these reasons, it is decided that:
The appeal against the Decision of the Receiving Section of the European Patent Office dated 21 December 1979 and the claim for reimbursement of the appeal fee are rejected.