| European Case Law Identifier: | ECLI:EP:BA:1992:G000791.19921105 | ||||||||
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| Date of decision: | 05 November 1992 | ||||||||
| Case number: | G 0007/91 | ||||||||
| Referral: | T 0357/89 | ||||||||
| Application number: | 83106412.6 | ||||||||
| IPC class: | C09D 11/10 | ||||||||
| Language of proceedings: | DE | ||||||||
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| Title of application: | - | ||||||||
| Applicant name: | BASF | ||||||||
| Opponent name: | AKZO | ||||||||
| Board: | EBA | ||||||||
| Headnote: | In so far as the substantive issues settled by the contested decision at first instance are concerned, a Board of Appeal may not continue opposition appeal proceedings after the sole appellant, who was the opponent in the first instance, has withdrawn his appeal. | ||||||||
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| Keywords: | Effect of withdrawal of the appeal | ||||||||
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Summary of Proceedings
The Summary of Proceedings and Reasons for the Decision are identical in their wording to the corresponding sections of decision G 8/91, OJ EPO 1993, 346. The proceedings were consolidated.
Reasons for the Decision
The Summary of Proceedings and Reasons for the Decision are identical in their wording to the corresponding sections of decision G 8/91, OJ EPO 1993, 346. The proceedings were consolidated.
ORDER
For these reasons it is decided that: The point of law referred to the Enlarged Board in case G 7/91 is answered as follows:
In so far as the substantive issues settled by the contested decision at first instance are concerned, a Board of Appeal may not continue opposition appeal proceedings after the sole appellant, who was the opponent in the first instance, has withdrawn his appeal.
