| European Case Law Identifier: | ECLI:EP:BA:2011:J002510.20110721 | ||||||||
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| Date of decision: | 21 July 2011 | ||||||||
| Case number: | J 0025/10 | ||||||||
| Application number: | 07865305.2 | ||||||||
| IPC class: | A61B 5/042 | ||||||||
| Language of proceedings: | EN | ||||||||
| Distribution: | A | ||||||||
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| Title of application: | Catheters having linear electrode arrays and their method of use | ||||||||
| Applicant name: | Medtronic Vascular, Inc. | ||||||||
| Opponent name: | - | ||||||||
| Board: | 3.1.01 | ||||||||
| Headnote: | Following the withdrawal of a European patent application, a refusal by the Examining Division of a request for a 75% refund of the examination fee, on the basis that substantive examination had already begun (Article 11(b) RFees), must be based on facts which objectively demonstrate that this is so. | ||||||||
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| Keywords: | Partial refund of the examination fee (yes) Start of substantive examination Reimbursement of the appeal fee (yes) |
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Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/j100025ex1.html
Date retrieved: 17 May 2021
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