T 0301/95 (Straw man) of 27.6.1997

European Case Law Identifier: ECLI:EP:BA:1997:T030195.19970627
Date of decision: 27 June 1997
Case number: T 0301/95
Decision of the Enlarged Board of Appeal: G 0003/97
Application number: 88112875.5
IPC class: B29C 47/10
Language of proceedings: DE
Distribution: A
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Versions: OJ
Title of application: Apparatus for preparing thermoplastic products
Applicant name: INDUPACK A
Opponent name: Emmerich Hartdegen
Board: 3.2.05
Headnote: The following points of law of fundamental importance are referred to the Enlarged Board of Appeal under Article 112(1)(a) EPC:
1. Is an opposition filed by an indirect representative ("straw man") admissible?II. If the answer to I is no, to what extent does the objection to a "straw man" have to be investigated if circumstances are cited raising reasonable suspicion that the opponents are not acting in their own interests?
Relevant legal provisions:
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 99
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 107
European Patent Convention 1973 R 55(c)
Keywords: Referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal
Admissibility of opposition filed by a straw man
Evidence of acting as a straw man
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Cited decisions:
G 0001/84
G 0009/93
T 0010/82
T 0025/85
T 0635/88
T 0582/90
T 0289/91
T 0548/91
T 0339/93
T 0590/93
T 0798/93
Citing decisions:
G 0004/97
T 0052/96
T 0711/99

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