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

European Case Law Identifier: ECLI:EP:BA:2009:T058508.20091020
Date of decision: 20 October 2009
Case number: T 0585/08
Application number: 03700147.6
IPC class: H04N 13/00
Language of proceedings: EN
Distribution: C
Download and more information:
Decision text in EN (PDF, 60 KB)
Documentation of the appeal procedure can be found in the Register
Bibliographic information is available in: EN
Versions: Unpublished
Title of application: Apparatus for stereoscopic photography
Applicant name: Perisic, Zoran
Opponent name: -
Board: 3.5.04
Headnote: -
Relevant legal provisions:
European Patent Convention Art 108
European Patent Convention Art 109
European Patent Convention Art 110
European Patent Convention Art 120
European Patent Convention Art 122
European Patent Convention R 131(4)
European Patent Convention R 136(1)
European Patent Convention R 136(2)
EPC Revision Act of 29 November 2000
Decision AC of 28 June 2001 on the transitional provisions under Article 7 of the EPC Revision Act Art 001
Decision AC of 7 December 2006 amending the Implementing Regulations to the EPC 2000 Art 002
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 111
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 119
European Patent Convention 1973 R 78(2)
Keywords: Date of removal of cause of non-compliance determined (yes)
Reasoned request for re-establishment of rights in due time (no)
Duty of the EPO to warn appellant about deficiency (no)
Power of the board to examine appeal on its merits (no)
Catchwords:

The principle of good faith does not impose any obligation on the EPO to scrutinize documents on file to establish whether grounds and facts with respect to a request for re-establishment of rights are missing (points 13-19 of the Reasons).

Cited decisions:
G 0004/91
G 0012/91
G 0002/97
G 0003/03
J 0021/80
J 0007/82
J 0016/82
J 0006/90
J 0013/90
J 0027/90
J 0005/94
J 0018/98
J 0027/01
J 0010/07
T 0013/82
T 0287/84
T 0014/89
T 0371/92
T 0840/94
T 1026/06
Citing decisions:
G 0001/18
J 0013/11
T 0479/10
T 1954/13

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