T 0154/90 (Apportionment of costs) du 19.12.1991
- Identifiant européen de la jurisprudence
- ECLI:EP:BA:1991:T015490.19911219
- Date de la décision
- 19 décembre 1991
- Numéro de l'affaire
- T 0154/90
- Requête en révision de
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- Numéro de la demande
- 84308814.7
- Classe de la CIB
- B65B 69/00
- 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
- De la Rue Systems
- Nom de l'opposant
- GAO
- Chambre
- 3.2.04
- Sommaire
1. If the appeal relating to the revocation of a patent is rejected as inadmissible and there is no other admissible request, an appeal relating to apportionment of costs is inadmissible, it being the sole subject of an appeal (Article 106(4) EPC).
2. If, however, the impugned decision did not take into account the withdrawal of the request for oral proceedings and was, therefore, based on a substantial procedural violation, the part of the impugned decision relating to apportionment of costs is to be set aside.
- Dispositions juridiques pertinentes
- European Patent Convention Art 106(4) 1973European Patent Convention Art 108 1973European Patent Convention Art 116 1973European Patent Convention R 63 1973European Patent Convention R 65 1973
- Mots-clés
- Admissibility of appeal
Withdrawal of request for oral proceedings - in time
Apportionment of costs - Exergue
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- Affaires citées
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ORDER
For these reasons, it is decided that:
1. The subject of appeal relating to the revocation of the patent is rejected as inadmissible.
2. The subjects of appeal relating to the cancellation of the impugned interlocutory decision on the ground that the EPO did not consider the withdrawal of the request for oral proceedings, and to the apportionment of costs are both admissible.
3. The part of the impugned interlocutory decision relating to the apportionment of costs is set aside.
4. The patent is maintained on the basis of the documents accompanying the impugned interlocutory decision.
5. The Patentee's costs incurred as a result of the oral proceedings held before the Opposition Division are not to be borne by the Opponent.