T 1553/13 (Inadmissibility of an appeal where the appeal fee is paid after … of 20.2.2014

European Case Law Identifier:

ECLI:EP:BA:2014:T155313.20140220

Date of decision:

20 February 2014

Case number:

T 1553/13

Decision of the Enlarged Board of Appeal:

Application number:

IPC class:

F01N 3/035
F01N 3/28
F01N 13/18

Language of proceedings:

DE

Distribution:

A

Download and more information:

Decision text in EN (PDF, 25Â KB)
Documentation of the appeal procedure can be found in the Register
Bibliographic information is available in:	DE \| EN \| FR
Versions:	OJ

Title of application:

-

Applicant name:

Tenneco GmbH

Opponent name:

J. EBERSPÃCHER GMBH & CO. KG

Board:

3.2.06

Headnote:

-

Relevant legal provisions:

European Patent Convention Art 108
European Patent Convention Art 94(1)
European Patent Convention Art 94(2)
European Patent Convention Art 99(1)
European Patent Convention Art 105a(1)
European Patent Convention Art 112(1)
European Patent Convention Art 112a(4)
European Patent Convention R 22(2)
European Patent Convention R 89(2)
European Patent Convention R 123(3)
European Patent Convention R 126
European Patent Convention R 136(1)
Rules relating to fees Art 2
Rules relating to fees Art 11
European Patent Convention 1973 R 65(1)
Notice from the European Patent Office dated 10 June 2010 concerning enclosure of a standard acknowledgement of receipt (EPO Form 2936) in the case of notifications by registered letter with advice of delivery
VCLT)

Keywords:

Notice of appeal filed after expiry of appeal period
Appeal fee paid after expiry of appeal period
Referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal

Catchwords:

The following point of law is referred to the Enlarged Board of Appeal:

If, after expiry of the time limit under Article 108, first sentence, EPC a notice of appeal is filed and the fee for appeal is paid, is the appeal inadmissible or is it deemed not to have been filed?

Cited decisions:

G 0005/83
G 0009/92
G 0002/97
J 0021/80
J 0016/82
T 0324/90
T 0489/93
T 0742/96
T 0445/98
T 0079/01
T 1026/06
T 1289/10
T 1535/10
T 2210/10
T 1486/11

Citing decisions:

G 0001/18
T 1402/13
T 1325/15
T 2406/16
T 1897/17

Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t131553ep1.html

Date retrieved: 17 May 2021

46 references found.

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EPC Articles

X A.94 EPC Examination of the European patent application

X A.99 EPC Opposition

X A.105a EPC Article 105a Request for limitation or revocation

X A.108 EPC Time limit and form

X A.112 EPC Decision or opinion of the Enlarged Board of Appeal

X A.112a EPC Article 112a Petition for review by the Enlarged Board of Appeal

EPC Implementing Rules

X R.22 EPC Registration of transfers

X R.89 EPC Intervention of the assumed infringer

X R.123 EPC Conservation of evidence

X R.126 EPC Notification by postal services

X R.136 EPC Re-establishment of rights

Offical Journal of the EPO

X OJ EPO SE 1/2021, p179 - Annex 1 - Index of published decisions of the boards of appeal and the Enlarged Board of Appeal - (as at 31 December 2020)

X OJ EPO SE 1/2020, p174 - Annex 1 - Index of published decisions of the boards of appeal and the Enlarged Board of Appeal - (as at 31 December 2019)

X OJ EPO 2020, A26 - Opinion of the Enlarged Board of Appeal dated 18 July 2019G 1/18

X OJ EPO SE 1/2019, p158 - XVI. - Index of published decisions of the boards of appeal and the Enlarged Board of Appeal - (as at 31 December 2018)

X OJ EPO 2016, A95 - Decision of the Enlarged Board of Appeal dated 19 November 2015 - G 1/14

X OJ EPO SE 4/2015, p180 - ANNEX 4

X OJ EPO SE 4/2015, p177 - ANNEX 3

X OJ EPO SE 4/2015, p156 - ANNEX 1

X OJ EPO SE 4/2015, p19 - PART II

X OJ EPO SE 5/2014, p176 - ANNEX 4

X OJ EPO SE 5/2014, p166 - ANNEX 2

X OJ EPO SE 5/2014, p152 - ANNEX 1

X OJ EPO SE 5/2014, p25 - PART II

X OJ EPO 2014, A84 - Interlocutory decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.2.06 dated 20 February 2014

X OJ EPO 2014, A64 - Communication from the Enlarged Board of Appeal concerning case G 1/14

Case Law Book: V Priority

X CLR V A 9.3.1 Appeal deemed not to have been filed due to late payment of the appeal fee

X CLR V B 2.5.2 Question already pending before the Enlarged Board

Case Law of the Enlarged Board

X G 0005/83 (Second medical indication) of 5.12.1984

X G 0009/92 (Non-appealing party) of 14.7.1994

X G 0002/97 (Good faith) of 12.11.1998

X G 0001/14 (Referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal) of 19.11.2015

X G 0001/18 (Filing an appeal) of 18.7.2019

General Case Law

X J 0016/82 (Assistant; substitute) of 2.3.1983

X T 0324/90 (Re-establishment) of 13.3.1991

X T 0445/98 (Existence of the appeal/LODERWAY) of 10.7.2000

X T 0079/01 (Urinary tumor/CANCERVAX) of 25.3.2003

X T 1026/06 (Komprimierte Programme/SYSTEMONIC) of 26.9.2007

X T 1289/10 () of 13.4.2011

X T 1535/10 (ZulÃ¤ssigkeit der Beschwerde) of 13.5.2011

X T 2210/10 () of 15.9.2011

X T 1486/11 (Testable filter system/CAMFIL FARR ET AL.) of 13.4.2012

X T 1402/13 (Appeal fee/GBC METALS) of 31.5.2016

X T 1325/15 (Location-based searches/QUALCOMM) of 7.6.2016

X T 2406/16 (No access to account information) of 21.9.2017

X T 1897/17 () of 14.2.2018