T 0925/91 (Combustion effluents) of 26.4.1994

European Case Law Identifier: ECLI:EP:BA:1994:T092591.19940426
Date of decision: 26 April 1994
Case number: T 0925/91
Application number: 84904275.9
IPC class: B01D 53/34
Language of proceedings: EN
Distribution: A
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Decision text in EN (PDF, 623 KB)
Documentation of the appeal procedure can be found in the Register
Bibliographic information is available in: EN
Versions: OJ | Published
Title of application: Non-Catalytic method for reducing the concentration of Nitrogen Oxide in combustion effluents
Applicant name: Exxon Research and Engineering Company
Opponent name: Siemens AG
Board: 3.4.02
Headnote: I. If a notice of opposition is rejected as inadmissible by the first instance, the opposition proceedings are legally terminated without a decision as to the substance of the opposition being issued. It is inconsistent with the procedural principle referred to above for the decision rejecting the opposition as inadmissible to consider its merits.
II. Remarks on substantive matters in a decision rejecting the opposition as inadmissible, have no legal effect. Even if misleading, they do not represent a substantial procedural violation justifying the reimbursement of the appeal fee.
Relevant legal provisions:
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 108
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 99(1)
European Patent Convention 1973 R 65(1)
European Patent Convention 1973 R 64(b)
European Patent Convention 1973 R 56(1)
European Patent Convention 1973 R 55(c)
European Patent Convention 1973 R 67
Keywords: Form of appeal - admissible (yes)
Examination of opposition - admissibility (yes)
Reimbursement of appeal fee (no)
Substantial procedural violation (no)
Catchwords:

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G 0001/84
G 0001/86
G 0005/88
T 0213/85
T 0328/87
T 0169/89
T 0182/89
T 0534/89
T 0289/91
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T 0105/94
T 0947/94
T 0460/95
T 0875/96
T 0380/97
T 0109/99
T 0365/99
T 0101/00
T 0530/00
T 0798/00
T 0858/01
T 0084/04
T 0637/04
T 0782/04
T 0358/08
T 0620/13
T 0551/15

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Date retrieved: 17 May 2021

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