| European Case Law Identifier: | ECLI:EP:BA:1988:T040686.19880302 | ||||||||
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| Date of decision: | 02 March 1988 | ||||||||
| Case number: | T 0406/86 | ||||||||
| Application number: | 81109072.9 | ||||||||
| IPC class: | C07C 17/42 | ||||||||
| Language of proceedings: | DE | ||||||||
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| Title of application: | - | ||||||||
| Applicant name: | Wacker | ||||||||
| Opponent name: | - | ||||||||
| Board: | 3.3.01 | ||||||||
| Headnote: | I. The law does not guarantee a patent proprietor the right to have proposed amendments incorporated in opposition (appeal) proceedings. Whether or not they are will be decided by the department concerned exercising due discretion. They may be refused if the amendments are neither appropriate nor necessary. II. Proposed amendments may be disregarded in particular if submitted late in the proceedings, i.e. when examination of the opposition or appeal is already substantially complete (cf. Decision T 153/85 of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.1, OJ EPO 1988, 1). |
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| Keywords: | Amendments proposed in opposition (appeal) proceedings disallowed Amendments - discretion - appropriateness of need for amendments |
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Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t860406ep1.html
Date retrieved: 17 May 2021
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