| European Case Law Identifier: | ECLI:EP:BA:1986:T015285.19860528 | ||||||||
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| Date of decision: | 28 May 1986 | ||||||||
| Case number: | T 0152/85 | ||||||||
| Application number: | 80850012.8 | ||||||||
| IPC class: | B23B 13/04 | ||||||||
| Language of proceedings: | EN | ||||||||
| Distribution: | A | ||||||||
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| Title of application: | - | ||||||||
| Applicant name: | Sandvik | ||||||||
| Opponent name: | - | ||||||||
| Board: | 3.2.01 | ||||||||
| Headnote: | 1. Failure to pay a fee within a required time limit, when payment was intended, is a mistake of fact which cannot be corrected under Rule 88 EPC, first sentence. 2. Before the EPO can appropriate funds from a particular deposit account in payment of a fee, it must be possible to derive a clear and unambiguous intention to pay that fee from a particular identified deposit account. 3. Where responsibilities for deciding whether to carry out an act such as payment of a fee within a time limit lies with a person, there is no obligation upon the EPO to remind the person prior to expiry of the time limit, even when the person holds a deposit account with the EPO. |
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| Keywords: | Opposition fee not paid and not referred to Correction of factual mistake Debit order - appraisal of circumstances |
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Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t850152ex1.html
Date retrieved: 17 May 2021
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