J 0003/80 (Failure to forward a European patent application) of 31.1.1980

European Case Law Identifier: ECLI:EP:BA:1980:J000380.19800131
Date of decision: 31 January 1980
Case number: J 0003/80
Application number: -
IPC class: -
Language of proceedings: EN
Distribution: A
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Decision text in EN (PDF, 303 KB)
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Bibliographic information is available in: EN
Versions: OJ | Published
Title of application: -
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Board: 3.1.01
Headnote: I. The obligation to forward European patent applications filed nationally to the European Patent Office rests upon the relevant central industrial property office and not upon the applicant.
II. If the central industrial property office concerned fails to forward an application in time, with the result that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, the applicant cannot claim restitution of rights, since the European Patent Convention provides only for restitution of rights where there has been a failure to observe a time limit which it is for the applicant to observe.
Relevant legal provisions:
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 77
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 122
Keywords: European application/failure to forward
Application deemed to be withdrawn
Restitutio in integrum (no)
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Cited decisions:
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Citing decisions:
J 0019/03
J 0001/12

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Date retrieved: 17 May 2021

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