European Patent Office

R 0003/24 (Petition for review) du 31.03.2026

Identifiant européen de la jurisprudence
ECLI:EP:BA:2026:R000324.20260331
Date de la décision
31 mars 2026
Numéro de l'affaire
R 0003/24
En ligne le
8 avril 2026
Requête en révision de
T 1656/17 du 13.01.2023
Numéro de la demande
08745686.9
Langue de la procédure
Anglais
Distribution
Non distribuées (D)
Téléchargement
Décision en anglais
Versions JO
Aucun lien JO trouvé
Autres décisions pour cet affaire
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Résumés pour cette décision
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Titre de la demande
VIDEO CAMERA
Nom du demandeur
RED.COM,LLC
Nom de l'opposant
D Young & Co LLP
Chambre
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Sommaire
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Mots-clés
Breach of secrecy of deliberation (Article 19(1) RPBA) a fundamental defect under Article 112a(2)(d) EPC or per se leading to violation of right to be heard (no)
Petition allowable (no) no violation of petitioner's right to be heard
Exergue
1. A request to uphold an appeal on the basis of a specific piece of prior art is not a request in the meaning of Rule 104(b) EPC (point 3.1 of the Reasons).
2. Article 112a(2)(d) EPC is not a "catch-all clause" for procedural defects. It merely empowers the legislature to define defects in the Implementing Regulations in addition to the defects mentioned in Article 112a EPC. Rule 104 EPC exhaustively defines exactly two defects; a violation of any of the provisions of the RPBA is not among them. (R 12/23, point 3.1 affirmed.) (See point 3.2 of the Reasons).
This applies in particular to an asserted violation of Article 19(1), third sentence, RPBA according to which "[t]he deliberations shall be secret." A remedy for the breach of the secrecy of the deliberation does exist: board members may be liable to disciplinary action by the Administrative Council. (See points 4.1.2 and 4.3.1 of the Reasons).
Affaires citées
R 0012/23
Affaires citantes
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Order

For these reasons it is decided that:

The petition for review is unanimously rejected as being clearly unallowable.