| European Case Law Identifier: | ECLI:EP:BA:2012:T205408.20120613 | ||||||||
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| Date of decision: | 13 June 2012 | ||||||||
| Case number: | T 2054/08 | ||||||||
| Application number: | 97929024.4 | ||||||||
| IPC class: | A01H 1/06 A01H 4/00 |
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| Language of proceedings: | EN | ||||||||
| Distribution: | D | ||||||||
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| Title of application: | Improved production of thebaine and oripavine | ||||||||
| Applicant name: | Tasmanian Alkaloids Pty. Ltd. | ||||||||
| Opponent name: | FRANCOPIA Bawden & Associates |
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| Board: | 3.3.04 | ||||||||
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| Keywords: | Withdrawal of the appeal (yes) | ||||||||
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Summary of Facts and Submissions
I. This is an appeal by the patent proprietor (hereinafter "appellant") against the decision of the opposition division of 26 August 2008 revoking the European patent No. 0 914 038.
II. In the statement setting out the grounds of appeal the appellant requested that the decision of the opposition division be set aside and that the patent be maintained on the basis of the main request filed on 2 May 2008 or on the basis of auxiliary request 1 filed during oral proceedings before the opposition division on 6 May 2008.
III. Opponent 1 (respondent I) and opponent 2 (respondent II) both filed responses to the statement of grounds of appeal and requested that the appeal be dismissed.
IV. The board issued a summons to oral proceedings dated 2 February 2012 accompanied by a communication pursuant to Article 15(1) Rules of Procedure of the Boards of Appeal (RPBA).
V. With its letter of 13 April 2012 the appellant replaced the requests on file with a new main request, and new auxiliary requests 1 and 2.
VI. Oral proceedings took place on 13 June 2012. The appellant and respondent I were represented. Respondent II had informed the board that it would not attend. At the commencement of the oral proceedings the appellant and respondent I confirmed their requests on file.
VII. After the board had given the parties its view on the pending requests the appellant declared that it withdrew its agreement to the text of the patent as granted and to any amendments submitted during the proceedings and that it did not want to file any further requests.
Reasons for the Decision
1. The appeal is admissible.
2. According to established jurisprudence of the boards of appeal, the declaration of the appellant (see above section VII), as the proprietor of a patent that has been revoked by the opposition division, is to be interpreted as the withdrawal of the appeal (see inter alia decisions T 18/92 of 30 April 1993, T 481/96 of 16 September 1996, and T 1244/08 of 7 July 2011).
ORDER
For these reasons it is decided that:
1. The appeal proceedings are terminated. The patent remains revoked.
