| European Case Law Identifier: | ECLI:EP:BA:1987:T023786.19870611 | ||||||||
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| Date of decision: | 11 June 1987 | ||||||||
| Case number: | T 0237/86 | ||||||||
| Application number: | 79100858.4 | ||||||||
| IPC class: | B21B 39/28 | ||||||||
| Language of proceedings: | EN | ||||||||
| Distribution: | A | ||||||||
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| Title of application: | - | ||||||||
| Applicant name: | SMS | ||||||||
| Opponent name: | - | ||||||||
| Board: | 3.2.01 | ||||||||
| Headnote: | When it is made clear to the Board of Appeal, whatever the form of words used, that the Appellant and the Respondent are agreed that a patent should be revoked, the Board may exercise its power under Article 111(1) EPC to revoke the patent. The statement "We herewith abandon the above patent" sent to the Board of Appeal by the patent proprietor during the appeal stage of an opposition, is in this case equivalent to a request that the patent be revoked. | ||||||||
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| Keywords: | Patent revoked as consequence of patentee stating"we abandon patent" | ||||||||
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Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t860237ex1.html
Date retrieved: 17 May 2021
19 references found.
Click X to load a reference inside the current page, click on the title to open in a new page.EPO Guidelines - D Opposition and Limitation/Revocation Procedures
XGL D VIII 1.2.5 Revocation of the patent in the event that the patent proprietor no longer wishes the patent to be maintained as granted
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)