W 0053/91 (Second invitation) du 19.02.1992
- Identifiant européen de la jurisprudence
- ECLI:EP:BA:1992:W005391.19920219
- Date de la décision
- 19 février 1992
- Numéro de l'affaire
- W 0053/91
- Requête en révision de
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- Numéro de la demande
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- Classe de la CIB
- A61K 31/16
- 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
- Pharmacologically active amide carboxylate derivatives
- Nom du demandeur
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- Nom de l'opposant
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- Chambre
- 3.3.02
- Sommaire
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- Dispositions juridiques pertinentes
- European Patent Convention Art 106(1) 1973European Patent Convention Art 154(3) 1973European Patent Convention Art 21 1973Patent Cooperation Treaty Art 17(3)(a)Patent Cooperation Treaty Art 18Patent Cooperation Treaty R 40(2)Patent Cooperation Treaty R 42
- Mots-clés
- PCT protests - appeals by analogy - suspensive effect of protest - subsequent incompetence of ISA
Second invitation null and void ab initio - Exergue
- 1. The provisions of the EPC on appeals and appeal procedure are based on generally recognised principles of procedural law. Appeals under the EPC are decided by a separate instance, the Boards of Appeal (Article 21 EPC). Protests under the PCT are also to be examined by a separate instance (Rule 40.2(c) PCT). By analogy, protest cases are therefore to be considered and treated as appeals within the framework of the provisions of the EPC on appeals and appeals procedure, provided that no conflict arises between the two treaties.
2. Given the analogy between protests under the PCT and appeals under the EPC, an invitation against which a protest has been lodged cannot validly be replaced by a second invitation. - Affaires citées
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ORDER
For these reasons, it is ordered that:
1. The invitation of 1 October 1991 is declared null and void ab initio.
2. The reimbursement of the fees paid under protest with regard to the invitation of 1 October 1991 is ordered.