| European Case Law Identifier: | ECLI:EP:BA:1987:T004284.19870323 | ||||||||
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| Date of decision: | 23 March 1987 | ||||||||
| Case number: | T 0042/84 | ||||||||
| Application number: | 80304734.9 | ||||||||
| IPC class: | B01D 53/02 | ||||||||
| Language of proceedings: | EN | ||||||||
| Distribution: | A | ||||||||
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| Title of application: | Removal of sulfur and/or sulfur compound from industrial process streams using metal alumina spinel | ||||||||
| Applicant name: | Exxon | ||||||||
| Opponent name: | - | ||||||||
| Board: | 3.4.01 | ||||||||
| Headnote: | 1.The Guidelines not having the binding authority of a legal text, a failure by the Examining Division to follow them is not to be regarded as a procedural violation within the meaning of Rule 67 of the EPC unless it also constitutes a violation of a rule or principle of procedure governed by an article of the EPC or one of the Implementing Regulations. 2. The failure of the Office to enclose the text of Articles 106 to 108 EPC with the decision neither invalidates the decision nor does it constitute a substantial procedural violation. |
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| Keywords: | Remittal for further prosecution Added subject-matter (no) Binding authority of a legal text - Guidelines Reimbursement of appeal fee (no) Applicant's request to be informed by telephone disregarded by Examining Division/substantial procedural violation (no) Failure of the Office to enclose text of Articles 106 to 108 EPC with the decision/substantial procedural violation (no) |
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Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t840042ex1.html
Date retrieved: 17 May 2021
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