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G 0001/90 (Revocation of the Patent) of 5.3.1991

European Case Law Identifier:

ECLI:EP:BA:1991:G000190.19910305

Date of decision:

05 March 1991

Case number:

G 0001/90

Application number:

-

IPC class:

-

Language of proceedings:

DE

Distribution:

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Versions:	OJ

Title of application:

-

Applicant name:

-

Opponent name:

-

Board:

EBA

Headnote:

The revocation of a patent under Article 102(4) and (5) EPC requires a decision.

Relevant legal provisions:

European Patent Convention 1973 Art 102(4)
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 102(5)
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 106
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 112(1)(b)
European Patent Convention 1973 R 58(5)
European Patent Convention 1973 R 69(1)

Keywords:

Revocation of the patent by a decision
Revocation, failure to meet formal requirements when the patent is maintained as amended
Termination of opposition proceedings
Loss of rights
Legal fictions

Catchwords:

-

Cited decisions:

T 0073/84
T 0026/88
T 0387/88
T 0014/89

Citing decisions:

G 0004/98
G 0002/12
G 0002/13
G 0001/18
J 0007/92
J 0010/93
J 0007/96
J 0008/96
J 0004/11
J 0019/13
J 0023/14
J 0010/16
T 0196/91
T 0691/91
T 0634/92
T 0195/94
T 0584/94
T 0343/95
T 0636/95
T 0016/99
T 0386/01
T 1003/01
T 1197/01
T 0555/08
T 0884/08
T 1571/08
T 1801/08
T 2206/08
T 0606/09
T 0028/10
T 1402/13
T 0541/15
T 1815/15
T 1403/16
T 1492/17

Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/g900001ep1.html

Date retrieved: 17 May 2021

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EPC Articles

X A.101 EPC Examination of the opposition – Revocation or maintenance of the European patent

X A.106 EPC Decisions subject to appeal

X A.112 EPC Decision or opinion of the Enlarged Board of Appeal

EPC Implementing Rules

X R.82 EPC Maintenance of the European patent in amended form

X R.112 EPC Noting of loss of rights

Offical Journal of the EPO

X OJ EPO SE 1/2021, p179 - Annex 1 - Index of published decisions of the boards of appeal and the Enlarged Board of Appeal - (as at 31 December 2020)

X OJ EPO SE 1/2020, p174 - Annex 1 - Index of published decisions of the boards of appeal and the Enlarged Board of Appeal - (as at 31 December 2019)

X OJ EPO 2020, A26 - Opinion of the Enlarged Board of Appeal dated 18 July 2019G 1/18

X OJ EPO SE 1/2019, p158 - XVI. - Index of published decisions of the boards of appeal and the Enlarged Board of Appeal - (as at 31 December 2018)

X OJ EPO SE 3/2018, p91 - ANNEX 2

X OJ EPO SE 3/2018, p2 - BOARDS OF APPEAL AND ENLARGED BOARD OF APPEAL CASE LAW 2017

X OJ EPO 2016, A27 - Decision of the Enlarged Board of Appeal dated 25 March 2015 - G 2/12

Case Law Book: II Conditions to be met by an Application

X CLR II F 3.5.7 Pendency in case of deemed withdrawal of earlier application and no reaction to loss of rights communication under Rule 112(1) EPC

Case Law Book: III Amendments

X CLR III E 4.1.1 Two-month time limit from the removal of the cause of non-compliance

X CLR III E 6.1 Department competent to decide upon the request

X CLR III H 1.2.1 Grammatical interpretation

X CLR III K 4.1 Purpose of notification of loss of rights under Rule 112(1) EPC

X CLR III Q 1.1 Surrender of patent

Case Law Book: IV Divisional Applications

X CLR IV C 8.1 Revocation of a European patent for failure to fulfil formal requirements – by way of decision

Case Law Book: V Priority

X CLR V A 2.2.2.B Examples where the communication was not an appealable decision

X CLR V A 3.2.1.G Abandonment of subject-matter

Case Law of the Enlarged Board

X G 0004/98 (Designation fees) of 27.11.2000

X G 0002/12 () of 25.3.2015

X G 0002/13 () of 25.3.2015

X G 0001/18 (Filing an appeal) of 18.7.2019

General Case Law

X J 0007/92 (Restitutio in integrum) of 17.2.1994

X J 0010/93 (Transfer) of 14.6.1996

X J 0007/96 (Suspension of proceedings) of 20.1.1998

X J 0008/96 (Suspension of proceedings) of 20.1.1998

X J 0004/11 () of 25.11.2011

X J 0019/13 (Deficiency concerning the signature on the request for grant) of 30.5.2016

X J 0023/14 (Re-establishment of rights) of 15.12.2016

X J 0010/16 (Teilanmeldung/Fiktion der ZurÃ¼cknahme der Stammanmeldung) of 26.9.2016

X T 0073/84 (Revocation by the patent proprietor) of 26.4.1985

X T 0026/88 (Automatic Revocation) of 7.7.1989

X T 0014/89 (Re-establishmentof rights/deficiency) of 12.6.1989

X T 0196/91 () of 5.12.1991

X T 0691/91 (Pest control/BEND RESEARCH) of 10.12.1995

X T 0343/95 (Rice/NESTLE) of 17.11.1997

X T 0386/01 (Verzicht auf das Patent/BESTA) of 24.7.2003

X T 1003/01 () of 8.12.2003

X T 0555/08 () of 4.6.2013

X T 0028/10 (Fungizide Wirkstoffkombination/BAYER CROPSCIENCE AG) of 12.12.2011

X T 1402/13 (Appeal fee/GBC METALS) of 31.5.2016

X T 1815/15 () of 15.4.2016

X T 1403/16 (Discontinuation of the opposition proceedings / re-establishment of … of 27.8.2018