| European Case Law Identifier: | ECLI:EP:BA:2017:T135517.20170914 | ||||||||
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| Date of decision: | 14 September 2017 | ||||||||
| Case number: | T 1355/17 | ||||||||
| Application number: | 14170557.4 | ||||||||
| IPC class: | A61K 38/09 A61P 35/00 |
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| Language of proceedings: | EN | ||||||||
| Distribution: | D | ||||||||
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| Title of application: | Method of treating prostate cancer with GnRH antagonist | ||||||||
| Applicant name: | Ferring B.V. | ||||||||
| Opponent name: | - | ||||||||
| Board: | 3.3.04 | ||||||||
| Headnote: | - | ||||||||
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| Keywords: | Missing statement of grounds | ||||||||
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Summary of Facts and Submissions
I. The appeal is directed against the decision of the examining division posted on 2 January 2017, refusing European patent application No. 14 170 557.4.
II. The applicant filed a notice of appeal on 2 March 2017 and paid the appeal fee on the same day.
III. The Registry of the Board informed the applicant by communication of 19 June 2017, notified by registered letter with advice of delivery, that it appeared from the file that the written statement of grounds of appeal had not been filed and that it was therefore to be expected that the appeal would be rejected as inadmissible pursuant to Article 108, third sentence, EPC in conjunction with Rule 101(1) EPC. The applicant was informed that any observations had to be filed within two months of notification of the communication.
IV. The applicant did not file observations in response to the communication.
Reasons for the Decision
1. No written statement setting out the grounds of appeal was filed within the time limit provided by Article 108, third sentence, EPC in conjunction with Rule 126(2) and 131 EPC. In addition, neither the notice of appeal nor any other document filed contains anything that could be regarded as a statement of grounds pursuant to Article 108 EPC and Rule 99(2) EPC. Therefore, the appeal has to be rejected as inadmissible (Rule 101(1) EPC).
Order
For these reasons it is decided that:
The appeal is rejected as inadmissible.
