T 0152/85 (Unpaid opposition fee) du 28.05.1986
- Identifiant européen de la jurisprudence
- ECLI:EP:BA:1986:T015285.19860528
- Date de la décision
- 28 mai 1986
- Numéro de l'affaire
- T 0152/85
- Requête en révision de
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- Numéro de la demande
- 80850012.8
- Classe de la CIB
- B23B 13/04
- 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
- Sandvik
- Nom de l'opposant
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- Chambre
- 3.2.01
- Sommaire
1. Failure to pay a fee within a required time limit, when payment was intended, is a mistake of fact which cannot be corrected under Rule 88 EPC, first sentence.
2. Before the EPO can appropriate funds from a particular deposit account in payment of a fee, it must be possible to derive a clear and unambiguous intention to pay that fee from a particular identified deposit account.
3. Where responsibilities for deciding whether to carry out an act such as payment of a fee within a time limit lies with a person, there is no obligation upon the EPO to remind the person prior to expiry of the time limit, even when the person holds a deposit account with the EPO.
- Dispositions juridiques pertinentes
- ADA (Arrangements for deposit accounts)European Patent Convention Art 122(1) 1973European Patent Convention Art 99(1) 1973European Patent Convention R 88 1973
- Mots-clés
- Opposition fee not paid and not referred to
Correction of factual mistake
Debit order - appraisal of circumstances - 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 Formalities Section of the