T 0167/97 (Admissibility) of 16.11.1998 | XEPC: EPC and PCT resource

European Case Law Identifier:

ECLI:EP:BA:1998:T016797.19981116

Date of decision:

16 November 1998

Case number:

T 0167/97

Application number:

90304778.5

IPC class:

B23D 65/00

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Decision text in EN (PDF, 30Â KB)
Documentation of the appeal procedure can be found in the Register
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3.2.02

Headnote:

1. The requirement of Article 122(2), second sentence, EPC that the "omitted act" must be completed within the prescribed period implies that the completed act also must meet the requirements of the EPC - ie in the present case that the statement of grounds of appeal is admissible for the purpose of Article 108, last sentence, EPC.
2. Where the statement of grounds filed with the request for re-establishment is insufficient for the appeal to be declared admissible, the request for re-establishment must itself be declared inadmissible.

Relevant legal provisions:

European Patent Convention 1973 Art 108
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 122

Keywords:

Re-establishment - inadmissible
Omitted act - inadmissible grounds of appeal
Appeal - inadmissible

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Cited decisions:

T 0220/83
T 0222/85
T 0432/88
T 0250/89

Citing decisions:

T 0283/01
T 0642/05

Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t970167ex1.html

Date retrieved: 17 May 2021