J 0004/17 (Resumption of proceedings for grant) of 16.5.2018

European Case Law Identifier: ECLI:EP:BA:2018:J000417.20180516
Date of decision: 16 May 2018
Case number: J 0004/17
Application number: 03781836.6
IPC class: A61K 38/11
A61P 13/00
Language of proceedings: EN
Distribution: C
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Decision text in EN (PDF, 391 KB)
Documentation of the appeal procedure can be found in the Register
Bibliographic information is available in: EN
Versions: Unpublished
Title of application: Pharmaceutical compositions including low dosages of Desmopressin
Applicant name: Reprise Biopharmaceutics, LLC
Opponent name: Ferring B.V.
Board: 3.1.01
Headnote: -
Relevant legal provisions:
European Patent Convention Art 61(1)
European Patent Convention R 14(1)
European Patent Convention R 14(3)
Keywords: Stay of proceedings for grant
Resumption of proceedings for grant
Catchwords:

Rule 14(3) EPC is silent on the reasons for setting a date for resumption of the proceedings for grant. It is thus to be concluded that the legislator let it to practice and jurisprudence to define the circumstances that justify setting a date for resumption on a discretionary basis.

Resumption of the proceedings is not limited to cases involving misuse or delaying tactics. The possibility that the EPO sets a date for resumption upon staying the proceedings for grant hints towards a broader construction.

However an applicant cannot justify its request for resumption based on the length of the entitlement proceedings where this duration has been significantly caused by the applicant's procedural conduct.

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J 0007/93
J 0010/02
J 0033/03
J 0006/10
J 0007/10
J 0013/12
J 0017/12
J 0015/13
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