European Patent Office

T 0781/04 (Online filed appeal/FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES) du 30.11.2005

Identifiant européen de la jurisprudence
ECLI:EP:BA:2005:T078104.20051130
Date de la décision
30 novembre 2005
Numéro de l'affaire
T 0781/04
Requête en révision de
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Numéro de la demande
00300249.0
Classe de la CIB
G01S 5/14
Langue de la procédure
Anglais
Distribution
Distribuées aux présidents et aux membres des chambres de recours (B)
Téléchargement
Décision en anglais
Versions JO
Aucun lien JO trouvé
Résumés pour cette décision
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Titre de la demande
On-board GPS sensor systems
Nom du demandeur
Ford Global Technologies, Inc.
Nom de l'opposant
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Chambre
3.5.03
Sommaire
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Mots-clés
Requirement of written form pursuant to Article 108 EPC
Electronic filing (inadmissible)
Exergue
An appeal filed via electronic means - epoline® - does not comply with the requirement of Article 108 EPC that an appeal must be filed in writing. The appropriate sanction for non-compliance is inadmissibility.
If the electronic filing took place well before the end of the appeal period (in the present case nearly one month) and the appeal, although inadmissible, is treated by the Boards as having been duly filed, then the principle of good faith may require that a request for restitutio in integrum be granted.
Interlocutory Decision

ORDER

For these reasons it is decided that:

1. The main request, that the electronically filed appeal be deemed to have been filed correctly, is refused.

2. The auxiliary request, that the appellant be re-established in his rights, is allowed.