| European Case Law Identifier: | ECLI:EP:BA:2004:T016003.20040115 | ||||||||
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| Date of decision: | 15 January 2004 | ||||||||
| Case number: | T 0160/03 | ||||||||
| Application number: | 93200211.6 | ||||||||
| IPC class: | C08J 5/18 | ||||||||
| Language of proceedings: | EN | ||||||||
| Distribution: | D | ||||||||
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| Title of application: | Polyolefine films | ||||||||
| Applicant name: | ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc. | ||||||||
| Opponent name: | Trespaphan GmbH Hercules Incorporated |
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| Board: | 3.3.03 | ||||||||
| Headnote: | - | ||||||||
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| Keywords: | Missing Statement of Grounds | ||||||||
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Summary of Facts and Submissions
I. The appeal contests the decision of the Opposition Division of the European Patent Office posted 2 December 2002 revoking the European patent No. 544 652.
The Appellant filed a notice of appeal by a letter received on 30 January 2003 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. By a communication dated 30 June 2003 sent by registered post, 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.
III. 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 (Artic1e 108 EPC in conjunction with Rule 65(1) EPC).
ORDER
For these reasons it is decided that:
The appeal is rejected as inadmissible.
