| European Case Law Identifier: | ECLI:EP:BA:1987:T001987.19870416 | ||||||||
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| Date of decision: | 16 April 1987 | ||||||||
| Case number: | T 0019/87 | ||||||||
| Application number: | 82304491.2 | ||||||||
| IPC class: | G03F 7/26 | ||||||||
| Language of proceedings: | EN | ||||||||
| Distribution: | A | ||||||||
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| Title of application: | Method for forming patterned resist layer on semiconductor | ||||||||
| Applicant name: | Fujitsu | ||||||||
| Opponent name: | - | ||||||||
| Board: | 3.4.01 | ||||||||
| Headnote: | 1. If, on the true meaning of a communication from a party, it constitutes a request for oral proceedings, there is no power to issue an adverse decision without first appointing such oral proceedings. 2. A finding in a decision that there had not been a request for oral proceedings, although wrong, did not constitute either a) grounds or evidence on which the decision to refuse was based, so there is no violation of Article 113(1) EPC or b) a substantial procedural violation for the purpose of Rule 67 EPC. |
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| Keywords: | Request for interview as preliminary to oral proceedings Decision to refuse issued without oral proceedings Decision void ab initio and set aside Application remitted to Examining Division for oral proceedings No substantial procedural violation |
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Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t870019ex1.html
Date retrieved: 17 May 2021
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