T 0485/89 (Telecopy filings) of 14.8.1991 | XEPC: EPC and PCT resource

European Case Law Identifier:

ECLI:EP:BA:1991:T048589.19910814

Date of decision:

14 August 1991

Case number:

T 0485/89

Application number:

83300268.6

IPC class:

E03F 3/06

Language of proceedings:

Distribution:

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Decision text in EN (PDF, 289Â 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:

Water Research

Opponent name:

Tracto-Technik

Board:

3.2.02

Headnote:

Oppositions filed within the prescribed time by telecopy at the German Patent Office in Munich while intended for the EPO are validly covered by the Administrative Agreement of 29 June 1981 concerning procedure on receipt of documents and payments and should be treated by the European Patent Office as if it had received them directly, irrespective of whether were erroneously delivered or not.

Relevant legal provisions:

European Patent Convention 1973 Art 99(1)

Keywords:

Time limit for opposition
Admissibility of notice of opposition deliberately filed by telecopy at the German Patent Office, Munich
Applicability of Administrative Agreement of 29 June 1981

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Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t890485ex1.html

Date retrieved: 17 May 2021