European Patent Office

T 0811/90 (Exclusion of documents from file inspection) du 02.04.1992

Identifiant européen de la jurisprudence
ECLI:EP:BA:1992:T081190.19920402
Date de la décision
2 avril 1992
Numéro de l'affaire
T 0811/90
Requête en révision de
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Numéro de la demande
85302903.1
Classe de la CIB
F02F 3/00
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
-
Nom du demandeur
AE PLC
Nom de l'opposant
-
Chambre
3.2.04
Sommaire

1. It is the duty of the Opposition Division, having communicated its intention to organise oral proceedings, to inform the parties as soon as possible of a withdrawal of the request for oral proceedings by one of the parties and the subsequent change of attitude of the Opposition Division towards holding oral proceedings.

2. Filed documents, which, as a consequence of a substantial procedural violation, are to be withdrawn from the part of the file available for public inspection and which furthermore do not fall under one of the alternatives (a) to (d) of Rule 93 EPC have to be returned to the filing party on its request.

Mots-clés
Opponent did not appeal against the decision rejecting the opposition and is not a party in the present appeal (section 2)
A modified request of a party and the change of a previously communicated intention of the Opposition Division should be communicated to the parties before a decision is taken
Substantial procedural violation
Letter and its enclosures filed by the Appellant to be withdrawn from the file and to be returned to him
Reimbursement of the appeal fee - yes
Exergue
-
Affaires citées
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ORDER

For these reasons, it is decided that:

1. The decision under appeal is set aside.

2. The letter dated 25 January 1990 filed by the Patentee and its accompanying submissions, amended Claim 1 and amended part of the description are to be removed from the opposition file, and have to be returned to the Patentee.

3. The appeal fee is to be reimbursed.