T 0517/97 (Intervention) of 25.10.1999

European Case Law Identifier: ECLI:EP:BA:1999:T051797.19991025
Date of decision: 25 October 1999
Case number: T 0517/97
Application number: 89401365.5
IPC class: D06F 39/02
Language of proceedings: FR
Distribution: A
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Documentation of the appeal procedure can be found in the Register
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Versions: OJ
Title of application: Method and device for washing laundry in a machine using a powdery product
Applicant name: THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY
Opponent name: Henkel KGaA
Unilever PLC (Intervener I)
Lever Brothers Ltd (Intervener II)
Board: 3.2.05
Headnote: I. If the precise time of day at which the EPO receives notice of withdrawal of appeal can be established, then withdrawal is effective from that moment (Reasons point 4).
II. If the sole appellant's notice of withdrawal of appeal and a notice of intervention are filed by fax on the same day, the chronological order in which they arrive must be taken into account, because for a notice of intervention to be valid the appeal proceedings must be pending when it is filed (Reasons point 5).
Relevant legal provisions:
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 80
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 105
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 106(1)
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 107
European Patent Convention 1973 R 83(1)
Keywords: Faxed withdrawal of appeal by sole appellant, followed on same day by Intervener I's faxed declaration of intervention
Appeal proceedings pending (no)
Notices of intervention from Interveners I and II deemed filed (no)
Fees paid by Interveners I and II refunded (yes)
Catchwords:

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Cited decisions:
G 0002/91
G 0004/91
G 0008/91
G 0008/93
G 0001/94
J 0028/94
T 1011/92
T 0798/95
Citing decisions:
J 0024/10
T 1026/98
T 1007/01

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