| European Case Law Identifier: | ECLI:EP:BA:2004:T067204.20041014 | ||||||||
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| Date of decision: | 14 October 2004 | ||||||||
| Case number: | T 0672/04 | ||||||||
| Application number: | 99903076.0 | ||||||||
| IPC class: | H04B 1/40 | ||||||||
| Language of proceedings: | EN | ||||||||
| Distribution: | D | ||||||||
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| Title of application: | System and methods for wireless communications | ||||||||
| Applicant name: | MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | ||||||||
| Opponent name: | - | ||||||||
| Board: | 3.5.03 | ||||||||
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| Keywords: | Missing statement of grounds | ||||||||
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Summary of Facts and Submissions
I. This is an appeal against the decision of the examining division to refuse European patent application number 99 903 076.0, publication number 1 048 124, dispatched on 25 November 2003.
II. The appellant (applicant) filed a notice of appeal on 17. December 2003. The payment of the appeal fee was recorded on 15 January 2004. 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.
III. By a communication dated 21 June 2004, 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 and attention was drawn to the possibility of filing a request for re-estab1ishment of rights under Article 122 EPC.
IV. No answer has been given to the registry's communication within the given time limit.
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 according to Article 108 EPC, last sentence, in conjunction with Rule 65(1) EPC.
ORDER
For these reasons it is decided that:
The appeal is rejected as inadmissible.
