T 2260/22 (Missing statement of grounds/CERENCE) 16-02-2023
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SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING FOLLOW-UP RESPONSES TO PRIOR NATURAL LANGUAGE INPUTS OF A USER
Admissibility of appeal - (no)
Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds
I. The appeal is directed against the decision of the examining division to refuse European patent application No. 15 851 593.2, posted on 29 March 2022.
II. The appellant filed a notice of appeal on 27 May 2022 and paid the appeal fee on the same day.
III. By communication of 13 October 2022, which was delivered via the EPO Mailbox, the Registry of the Board informed the appellant that it appeared from the file that the written statement of grounds of appeal had not been filed, and that it was therefore to be expected that the appeal would be rejected as inadmissible pursuant to Article 108, third sentence, EPC in conjunction with Rule 101(1) EPC. The appellant was informed that any observations had to be filed within two months of notification of the communication.
IV. No reply was received within the deadline set.
No written statement of grounds of appeal was filed within the time limit provided by Article 108, third sentence, EPC in conjunction with Rule 127(2) EPC. In addition, neither the notice of appeal nor any other document filed contains anything that could be regarded as a statement of grounds pursuant to Article 108 EPC and Rule 99(2) EPC. Therefore, the appeal has to be rejected as inadmissible (Rule 101(1) EPC).
For these reasons it is decided that:
The appeal is rejected as inadmissible.