J 0002/08 (Pending application/SONY) of 27.05.2009

European Case Law Identifier: ECLI:EP:BA:2009:J000208.20090527
Date of decision: 27 May 2009
Case number: J 0002/08
Petition for review of: -
Application number: 05027368.9
IPC class: G06F 11/273
Language of proceedings: English
Distribution: Published in the EPO's Official Journal (A)
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Other decisions for this case: J 0002/08 Pending application/SONY 2010-12-10
Abstracts for this decision: -
Application title: Device diagnostics
Applicant name: Sony Deutschland GmbH
Opponent name: -
Board: 3.1.01
Headnote: -
Relevant legal provisions: Art 2 of the Decision_AC of 7 December 2006Art 7 of the Revision Act of 29 November 2000Art 8(2) of the Protocol on Recognition § 39, paragraph 1, German Patent Law (Patentgesetz, PatG)Art_500of the French Civil Procedure (Nouveau Code de Procédure Civil, NCPC)Bundesgerichtshof, Beschl. v. 28.3.2000 - X ZB 36/98 (BPatG)European Patent Convention Art 10(2)(a) 1973 European Patent Convention Art 10(2)(c) 1973 European Patent Convention Art 106 1973 European Patent Convention Art 108 1973 European Patent Convention Art 112(1) 1973 European Patent Convention Art 112(3) 1973 European Patent Convention Art 125 1973 European Patent Convention Art 175(2) 1973 European Patent Convention Art 175(3) 1973 European Patent Convention Art 64(1) 1973 European Patent Convention Art 76 1973 European Patent Convention Art 80 1973 European Patent Convention Art 90(2) 1973 European Patent Convention Art 93(1) 1973 European Patent Convention Art 97(1) 1973 European Patent Convention Art 97(3)European Patent Convention Art 97(4) 1973 European Patent Convention R 13(1) 1973 European Patent Convention R 13(3) 1973 European Patent Convention R 25(1) 1973 European Patent Convention R 29(1) 1973 European Patent Convention R 36(1)European Patent Convention R 39 1973 European Patent Convention R 48(2) 1973 European Patent Convention R 51 1973 European Patent Convention R 51(4) 1973 European Patent Convention R 68(1) 1973 European Patent Convention R 69(1) 1973 European Patent Convention R 69(2) 1973 European Patent Convention R 78(2) 1973 European Patent Convention R 92(1)(p) 1973 European Patent Convention R 98(2) 1973
Keywords: Pending application" - "Definition
Divisional application
Appeal period
Application of Article 125 (no)
Violation of good faith (no)
Referral to the Enlarged Board (yes)
Catchword: The following point of law is referred to the Enlarged Board of Appeal:
Is an application which has been refused by a decision of the Examining Division thereafter still pending within the meaning of Rule 25 EPC 1973 (Rule 36(1) EPC) until the expiry of the time limit for filing a notice of appeal, when no appeal has been filed?
Cited cases: G 0004/91 G 0012/91 G 0002/97 G 0001/05 G 0001/06 R 0005/08 J 0007/96 J 0002/01 J 0024/03 J 0028/03 J 0003/04 J 0007/04 J 0018/04 J 0003/06 J 0010/07 T 1177/00
Citing cases: J 0002/08 J 0005/08 J 0019/10 J 0026/10 T 1088/11 T 2068/11 T 0579/16

ORDER

For these reasons it is decided that:

The following point of law is referred to the Enlarged Board of Appeal:

Is an application which has been refused by a decision of the Examining Division thereafter still pending within the meaning of Rule 25 EPC 1973 (Rule 36(1) EPC) until the expiry of the time limit for filing a notice of appeal, when no appeal has been filed?