T 0152/85 (Unpaid opposition fee) of 28.5.1986

European Case Law Identifier: ECLI:EP:BA:1986:T015285.19860528
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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Decision text in EN (PDF, 330 KB)
Documentation of the appeal procedure can be found in the Register
Bibliographic information is available in: EN
Versions: OJ | Published
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.
Relevant legal provisions:
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 99(1)
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 122(1)
European Patent Convention 1973 R 88
Arrangements for deposit accounts (Arrangements for deposit accounts)
Keywords: Opposition fee not paid and not referred to
Correction of factual mistake
Debit order - appraisal of circumstances
Catchwords:

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Cited decisions:
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J 0025/01
J 0006/02
T 1265/10
T 1644/10
T 1789/11
T 1796/11
T 1797/11
T 1798/11
T 1799/11
T 1800/11
T 1000/19

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