CLR III E 5.3 Exceptional circumstances

5.3.1 Organisational restructuring

5.3.2 Change to or withdrawal of representation

5.3.3 Complex transfers of company ownership

CLR III E 5.2 General comments on due care

CLR III E 5.1 Submissions to be taken into account

CLR III E 5 Merit of request for re-establishment of rights

Under Art. 122(1) EPC, for re-establishment to be allowed the requester must show that he missed the time limit despite taking all the due care required by the circumstances.

CLR III E 4.6 Correction of deficiencies in the request for re-establishment

CLR III E 4.5 Number of re-establishment fees due where more than one time limit is missed

CLR III E 4.4 Substantiation of the request for re-establishment

CLR III E 4.3 Making good the omitted act

The omitted act must be performed within two months from removal of the cause of non-compliance (R. 136(2) EPC; Art. 122(2), second sentence, EPC 1973).

CLR III E 4.2.2 Financial difficulties

CLR III E 4.2.1 Deliberate act missing a time limit; tactical considerations

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