| European Case Law Identifier: | ECLI:EP:BA:2002:T121401.20020214 | ||||||||
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| Date of decision: | 14 February 2002 | ||||||||
| Case number: | T 1214/01 | ||||||||
| Application number: | 96201470.0 | ||||||||
| IPC class: | H01H 13/70 | ||||||||
| Language of proceedings: | EN | ||||||||
| Distribution: | C | ||||||||
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| Title of application: | A keytop sheet for a push-button switch | ||||||||
| Applicant name: | Teikoku Tsushin Kogyo Co. Ltd. | ||||||||
| Opponent name: | - | ||||||||
| Board: | 3.5.02 | ||||||||
| Headnote: | - | ||||||||
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| Keywords: | Statement of Grounds not filed | ||||||||
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Summary of Facts and Submissions
I. The appeal contests the decision of the Examining Division of the European Patent Office posted 12. July 2001 refusing the European patent application No. 96 201 470.0. The Appellant filed a notice of appeal by a letter received on 7 September 2001 and paid the fee for appeal on the same day. No Statement of Grounds was filed. The notice of appeal contains nothing that could be regarded as a Statement of Grounds pursuant to Article 108 EPC.
II. The Appellant's representative informed the Board by letter dated 6 November 2001 that he had been instructed not to file the Grounds of Appeal and to abandon the case.
III. By a communication dated 4 December 2001 sent by registered letter with advice of delivery, the Registry of the Board informed the Appellant that no Statement of Grounds had been filed and that the appeal could be expected to be rejected as inadmissible. The Appellant was invited to file observations within two months.
IV. No answer has been given to the Registry's communication.
Reasons for the Decision
As no written statement setting out the grounds of appeal has been filed, the appeal has to be rejected as inadmissible (Article 108 EPC in conjunction with Rule 65(1) EPC).
ORDER
For these reasons it is decided that:
The appeal is rejected as inadmissible.
