European Patent Office

J 0014/82 (Priority declaration) du 19.01.1983

Identifiant européen de la jurisprudence
ECLI:EP:BA:1983:J001482.19830119
Date de la décision
19 janvier 1983
Numéro de l'affaire
J 0014/82
Requête en révision de
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Numéro de la demande
81305433.5
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
Johnson Matthey
Nom de l'opposant
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Chambre
3.1.01
Sommaire

I. If a mistake is made in a declaration of priority, it may be corrected in accordance with Rule 88 EPC, provided that a request has been made for correction sufficiently early for a warning to be included in the publication of the application (cf. Decision of the Legal Board of Appeal in Case J 04/82, Official Journal of the EPO 1982, 385).

II. If such a warning is not published, the question must be considered whether the public interest would be adversely affected by allowing the correction, taking into account any special circumstances of the case.

III. A Board of Appeal has no power to order refund of fees paid in respect of a European patent application which is not the subject of an appeal before that Board.

Mots-clés
Priority declaration
Public interest
Procedural violation (substantial)
Reimbursement of appeal fee
Appeal fee/reimbursement of
Exergue
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Affaires citées
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ORDER

For these reasons, it is decided that:

1. The Decision of the Receiving Section of the European Patent Office dated 30 March 1982 is set aside.

2. It is ordered that the Request for Grant form filed on European patent application No. 81305433.5 is to be corrected by adding references to United Kingdom patent applications 8108392,8112331 and 8127289, filed respectively on 18 March 1981, 21 April 1981 and 9 September 1981, for Part VII of page 2 thereof.

3. It is ordered that the appeal fee be reimbursed to the appellants.

4. No order is made concerning the refund of any fees paid in respect of European patent application No. 82301389.1.