G 0001/09 (Pending application/SONY) of 27.9.2010

European Case Law Identifier: ECLI:EP:BA:2010:G000109.20100927
Date of decision: 27 September 2010
Case number: G 0001/09
Referral: J 0002/08
Application number: 05027368.9
IPC class: G06F 11/273
Language of proceedings: EN
Distribution: A
Download and more information:
Decision text in EN (PDF, 155 KB)
Documentation of the appeal procedure can be found in the Register
Bibliographic information is available in: EN
Versions: OJ | Published
Title of application: Device diagnostics
Applicant name: Sony Deutschland GmbH
Opponent name: -
Board: EBA
Headnote: In the case where no appeal is filed, a European Patent application which has been refused by a decision of the Examining Division is thereafter still pending within the meaning of Rule 25 EPC 1973 (Rule 36(1) EPC) until the expiry of the time limit for filing a notice of appeal.
Relevant legal provisions:
European Patent Convention Art 112(1)
European Patent Convention R 36(1)
European Patent Convention R 111(1)
Patent Cooperation Treaty Art 22
Patent Cooperation Treaty Art 23(1)
Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (1969) Art 31, 32
§705 of the German Code of the Civil Procedure (Zivilprozess- ordnung)
§411 of the Austrian Code of Civil Procedure (Zivilprozess- ordnung)
Art 500of the French Code of Civil Procedure (Nouveau Code de Procédure Civile, NCPC)
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 60
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 64(1)
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 67
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 67(4)
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 71
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 76
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 97(1)
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 97(4)
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 106
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 108
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 125
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 150(2)
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 175(2)
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 175(3)
European Patent Convention 1973 R 13(1)
European Patent Convention 1973 R 13(3)
European Patent Convention 1973 R 25(1)
European Patent Convention 1973 R 29(2)
European Patent Convention 1973 R 48(2)
European Patent Convention 1973 R 51
European Patent Convention 1973 R 51(4)
German Bundesgerichtshof, decision of 28.3.2000 - X ZB 36/98 (BPatG) - Graustufenbild
Keywords: Pending application - Definition
Divisional application
Appeal period
Catchwords:

-

Cited decisions:
G 0005/83
G 0012/91
G 0010/92
G 0001/05
G 0001/07
G 0002/08
J 0018/04
J 0020/05
Citing decisions:
J 0002/08
J 0018/09
J 0019/10
J 0024/10
J 0026/10
J 0004/11
J 0009/12
J 0010/12
J 0017/12
J 0020/12
J 0022/13
J 0023/13
J 0016/14
J 0017/14
J 0018/14
J 0019/14
J 0020/14
J 0021/14
J 0022/14
J 0010/16
J 0008/19
T 0028/10
T 1785/15
T 0646/20

Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/g090001ex1.html

Date retrieved: 17 May 2021

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