| European Case Law Identifier: | ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T164220.20201023 | ||||||||
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| Date of decision: | 23 October 2020 | ||||||||
| Case number: | T 1642/20 | ||||||||
| Application number: | 16193999.6 | ||||||||
| IPC class: | B23K35/30 B23K35/02 C22C38/04 C22C38/08 C22C38/12 |
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| Language of proceedings: | EN | ||||||||
| Distribution: | D | ||||||||
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| Title of application: | HIGH STRENGTH WELDING CONSUMABLE BASED ON A 10% NICKEL STEEL METALLURGICAL SYSTEM | ||||||||
| Applicant name: | CRS Holdings, Inc. The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy |
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| Opponent name: | - | ||||||||
| Board: | 3.2.01 | ||||||||
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| Keywords: | Admissibility of appeal - 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 20 January 2020.
II. The appellants filed in due time a notice of appeal on 11.03.2020 and paid the appeal fee on the same day.
III. By communication of 03.08.2020, receipt of which was confirmed by the appellants, the Registry of the Board informed the appellants 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 appellants were informed that any observations had to be filed within two months of notification of the communication.
IV. No reply to said communication was received.
Reasons for the Decision
1. No written statement of grounds of appeal was filed within the time limit provided by Article 108, third sentence, EPC in conjunction with Rule 126(2) EPC.
2. 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:
1. The appeal is rejected as inadmissible.
