A.109 EPC Interlocutory revision

(1)

If the department whose decision is contested considers the appeal to be admissible and well founded, it shall rectify its decision. This shall not apply where the appellant is opposed by another party to the proceedings.

(2)

If the appeal is not allowed within three months of receipt of the statement of grounds, it shall be remitted to the Board of Appeal without delay, and without comment as to its merit.

See decision of the Enlarged Board of Appeal G 3/03 (Annex I).

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Date retrieved: 17 May 2021

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EPC Articles

X Part VI Appeals procedure

EPC Implementing Rules

X R.103 EPC Reimbursement of appeal fees

EPO Guidelines - C Procedureal Aspects of Substantive Examination

X GL C V 14 Refusal

EPO Guidelines - E General Procedural Matters

X GL E VIII 3.3 Decision on re-establishment of rights

X GL E XII 1 Suspensive effect

X GL E XII 7.1 General remarks

X GL E XII 7.2 Remittal to the board of appeal

X GL E XII 7.3 Reimbursement of appeal fees

Offical Journal of the EPO

X OJ EPO SE 3/2018, p2 - BOARDS OF APPEAL AND ENLARGED BOARD OF APPEAL CASE LAW 2017

X OJ EPO 2018, A5 - Notice from the EPO dated 18 December 2017 concerning the reduced fee for appeal (Article 108 EPC) for an appeal filed by a natural person or an entity referred to in Rule 6(4) EPC

X OJ EPO 2017, A15 - Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.2.07 dated 27 July 2016 T 1691/15

Case Law Book: III Amendments

X CLR III E 6.1 Department competent to decide upon the request

Case Law Book: V Priority

X CLR V A 2.1 Transitional provisions

X CLR V A 2.2.2.B Examples where the communication was not an appealable decision

X CLR V A 2.9.1 General

X CLR V A 2.9.2 The department of first instance's obligation to rectify the decision

X CLR V A 4.11.4.E Interlocutory revision

X CLR V A 9.6.1 Requirements

X CLR V A 9.6.3 Examining division should have rectified decision

X CLR V A 9.7.1 Causal link between substantial procedural violation and filing of appeal

X CLR V A 9.7.3 Violation of the principle of the protection of legitimate expectations

X CLR V C 2.6.2.A Time limit for appeal / rectification of decisions

Case Law of the Enlarged Board

X G 0003/03 (Reimbursement of the appeal fee/HIGHLAND) of 28.1.2005

X G 0001/10 (Request to correct patent/FISHER-ROSEMOUNT) of 23.7.2012

X G 0001/12 () of 30.4.2014

General Case Law

X J 0010/07 (Subsequent filing of drawings/AMAZONEN-WERKE) of 31.3.2008

X J 0022/12 () of 7.11.2013

X J 0008/13 () of 13.4.2015

X R 0017/09 (Appeal deemed not filed/BASSI) of 1.10.2010

X T 0585/08 (Re-establishment of rights in respect of the time limit for filing … of 20.10.2009

X T 2052/08 (Appeal fee/INGENIUM) of 3.2.2009

X T 0625/09 (Commande tactile/DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES INC.) of 21.7.2010

X T 0933/09 () of 5.6.2012

X T 1973/09 () of 9.8.2011

X T 0726/10 () of 6.9.2013

X T 1832/10 (Elimination of microorganisms/SHARP) of 24.1.2011

X T 0784/11 () of 21.7.2014

X T 1034/11 () of 30.11.2012

X T 1680/11 () of 18.10.2012

X T 1994/11 () of 5.10.2012

X T 2445/11 (Personalized presentations/MOET HENNESSY) of 2.5.2017

X T 1703/12 (Reimbursement of the appeal fee/APPLE) of 14.3.2013

X T 2134/12 (Abhilfe/WACKER CHEMIE) of 16.7.2013

X T 2528/12 (Ereignisanzeige/VODAFONE) of 12.4.2013

X T 1362/13 (Fehlertolerantes Master-Slave-System/BECKHOFF) of 27.11.2013

X T 1765/13 (Lithium battery use/LG CHEM LTD) of 24.4.2014

X T 1766/13 (Method for making lithium battery/LG CHEM LTD) of 17.4.2014

X T 1840/13 () of 16.3.2015

X T 0410/14 () of 31.3.2016

X T 2008/14 (Reorganizing a database/COMPUTER ASSOCIATES THINK) of 16.3.2015

X T 0245/15 () of 16.10.2015

X T 1020/15 () of 23.9.2015

X T 1653/16 (Audio-related system node instantiation/HARMAN) of 25.10.2016

X T 2303/16 () of 8.11.2018

X T 2187/17 () of 24.5.2018