J 0012/80 (Correction of mistakes) of 26.3.1981

European Case Law Identifier: ECLI:EP:BA:1981:J001280.19810326
Date of decision: 26 March 1981
Case number: J 0012/80
Application number: 79103186.7
IPC class: -
Language of proceedings: DE
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Title of application: -
Applicant name: Hoechst
Opponent name: -
Board: 3.1.01
Headnote: I. Correction of mistakes in the request for grant of a European patent is not excluded, provided the request for correction is made promptly, even when the application has been published in its uncorrected form while an appeal against refusal of the request to correct the mistakes is pending.
II. Protection of third parties who may have started to use the invention in reliance on the contents of the published uncorrected application, before correction is allowed, is a matter for national courts: the EPC contains no express provisions for protection of third parties in such circumstances analogous to those in Article 122(6).
Relevant legal provisions:
European Patent Convention 1973 R 88
Keywords: Correction
Publication while appeal pending
Protection of third parties
Third parties/protection of
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Cited decisions:
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Date retrieved: 17 May 2021

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