| European Case Law Identifier: | ECLI:EP:BA:2010:J001809.20100901 | ||||||||
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| Date of decision: | 01 September 2010 | ||||||||
| Case number: | J 0018/09 | ||||||||
| Application number: | - | ||||||||
| IPC class: | - | ||||||||
| Language of proceedings: | EN | ||||||||
| Distribution: | A | ||||||||
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| Title of application: | XXX | ||||||||
| Applicant name: | - | ||||||||
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| Board: | 3.1.01 | ||||||||
| Headnote: | - | ||||||||
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| Keywords: | Pending earlier European patent application (no) Valid entry into the European phase of an international patent application as requirement for a pending earlier European patent application (yes) |
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An international application which does not fulfil the requirements according to Article 22 PCT for entering the European phase is not pending before the European Patent Office and therefore cannot be considered a pending earlier European patent application pursuant to Rule 36(1) EPC. |
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Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/j090018ex1.html
Date retrieved: 17 May 2021
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