J 0025/03 (Withdrawal of application/MITSUI CHEMICALS) of 27.4.2005

European Case Law Identifier: ECLI:EP:BA:2005:J002503.20050427
Date of decision: 27 April 2005
Case number: J 0025/03
Application number: 96933616.3
IPC class: C08F 4/658
Language of proceedings: EN
Distribution: A
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Title of application: Solid titanium catalyst component and utilization thereof in olefin polymerization catalyst
Applicant name: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
Opponent name: -
Board: 3.1.01
Headnote: 1. An entry of a withdrawal of a patent application in the Register of European Patents amounts to its notification to the public as well as a publication in the European Patent Bulletin (cf. point 9 of the Reasons, at the end).
2. A request for retraction of a letter of withdrawal of a patent application is no longer possible if the withdrawal has been mentioned in the European Register of Patents at the time its retraction is applied for if, in the circumstances of the case, even after a file inspection there would not have been any reason for a third party to suspect, at the time of the official notification to the public, that the withdrawal could be erroneous and later retracted (cf. points 10 and 11 of the Reasons).
Relevant legal provisions:
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 127
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 129
European Patent Convention 1973 R 88
European Patent Convention 1973 R 92
Keywords: Correction (retraction) of withdrawal of an application (no)- Mention of withdrawal in the Register of European Patents
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