| European Case Law Identifier: | ECLI:EP:BA:1994:T105192.19940426 | ||||||||
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| Date of decision: | 26 April 1994 | ||||||||
| Case number: | T 1051/92 | ||||||||
| Application number: | 87300326.3 | ||||||||
| IPC class: | B65D 81/20 B65D 30/08 B32B 15/08 |
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| Language of proceedings: | EN | ||||||||
| Distribution: | B | ||||||||
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| Title of application: | Package of smooth appearance, method of making thereof and roll of web product for forming it | ||||||||
| Applicant name: | Fres-Co System USA, Inc. | ||||||||
| Opponent name: | Scheuch GmbH & Co. KG Wipf AG Verpackungen Rhône-Poulenc Multi-Techniques |
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| Board: | 3.2.01 | ||||||||
| Headnote: | - | ||||||||
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| Keywords: | Novelty (yes) Inventive step (yes), substantial procedural violation (no) Reimbursement of the appeal fee (no) |
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The right to oral proceedings is not restricted to the submission of "substantial new arguments" at such proceedings. However, the mere information provided by the Opposition Division in a communication that in case the Opponent did not submit new arguments at the oral proceedings he would run the risk of having to pay costs incurred by the Patentee, cannot be considered as constituting a substantial procedural violation. |
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Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t921051eu1.html
Date retrieved: 17 May 2021