European Patent Office

J 0009/84 (Claims fees) du 30.04.1985

Identifiant européen de la jurisprudence
ECLI:EP:BA:1985:J000984.19850430
Date de la décision
30 avril 1985
Numéro de l'affaire
J 0009/84
Requête en révision de
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Numéro de la demande
82903420.6
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
Burgess
Nom de l'opposant
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Chambre
3.1.01
Sommaire

Rule 31(1) EPC is to be interpreted as meaning that claims numbered 1 to 10 upon filing of the European patent application - or transmittal to the European Patent Office of the international application under the PCT - are exempt from fees, and that claims numbered 11 onwards are not. Accordingly, abandoning a fee-exempt claim after filing - or transmittal - does not have the effect that its fee exemption is transferred to another claim.

Dispositions juridiques pertinentes
European Patent Convention R 31 1973Patent Cooperation Treaty Art 19Patent Cooperation Treaty Art 20Patent Cooperation Treaty Art 22Patent Cooperation Treaty Art 39Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (1969) Art 31Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (1969) Art 32
Mots-clés
Claims fees
Claims fees/allocation of
Abandonment of claims
Claims/abandonment
Exergue
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Affaires citées
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ORDER

For these reasons, it is decided that:

1. The appeal against the decision of the Receiving Section of 13 March 1984 is dismissed.

2. The request for reimbursement of the fee for appeal is refused.