| European Case Law Identifier: | ECLI:EP:BA:1987:J000487.19870602 | ||||||||
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| Date of decision: | 02 June 1987 | ||||||||
| Case number: | J 0004/87 | ||||||||
| Application number: | 85115799.0 | ||||||||
| IPC class: | G07F 17/34 | ||||||||
| Language of proceedings: | EN | ||||||||
| Distribution: | A | ||||||||
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| Title of application: | Improvements relating to amusement arcade machines for use in amusement and/or gaming as the like | ||||||||
| Applicant name: | Elton | ||||||||
| Opponent name: | - | ||||||||
| Board: | 3.1.01 | ||||||||
| Headnote: | In the event of an unforeseeable postal delay causing non-compliance with a time limit, if Rule 85(2) EPC (relating to general interruption or subsequent dislocation in the delivery of mail in a Contracting State) is not applicable so as to extend the time limit, the EPO has no discretion to extend it. | ||||||||
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| Keywords: | Loss of priority from postal delay Filing date - receipt by EPO Extension of time limit because of postal delay - discretion (no) |
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Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/j870004ex1.html
Date retrieved: 17 May 2021
8 references found.
Click X to load a reference inside the current page, click on the title to open in a new page.Offical Journal of the EPO
XOJ 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)
XOJ 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)
XOJ 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)
Case Law Book: III Amendments
XCLR III D 1.3.2 General dislocation or interruption in delivery or transmission of mail in a Contracting State (R. 134(2) EPC)