| European Case Law Identifier: | ECLI:EP:BA:1999:T051797.19991025 | ||||||||
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| 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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| 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) |
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| 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). |
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| 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) |
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Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t970517ep1.html
Date retrieved: 17 May 2021
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