| European Case Law Identifier: | ECLI:EP:BA:1996:T074395.19960123 | ||||||||
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| Date of decision: | 23 January 1996 | ||||||||
| Case number: | T 0743/95 | ||||||||
| Application number: | 88300727.0 | ||||||||
| IPC class: | C10L 9/10 | ||||||||
| Language of proceedings: | EN | ||||||||
| Distribution: | C | ||||||||
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| Title of application: | Water absorbing polymers | ||||||||
| Applicant name: | ALLIED COLLOIDS LIMITED | ||||||||
| Opponent name: | S.N.F | ||||||||
| Board: | 3.3.01 | ||||||||
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| Keywords: | Missing approval of the text of patent | ||||||||
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Summary of Facts and Submissions
I. In a decision posted on 3 July 1995, the Opposition Division decided to reject the opposition filed against European patent No. 0 277 018 granted upon the subject- matter of European patent application No. 88 300 727.0.
II. On 31 August 1995 the Appellant (Opponent) appealed against this decision and paid the appropriate fees on the respective dates. Statements of Grounds were filed on 8 November 1995 in which the Appellant requested that the patent be revoked.
III. In a letter dated 11 January 1996, received by the EPO on 15 January 1996, the representative of the Respondent (proprietor of the patent) stated: "The Patentee no longer approves the text of the patent and invites an order for revocation of it."
Reasons for the Decision
1. The appeal complies with Articles 106 to 108 and Rule 64 EPC and is admissible.
2. The Respondent made it clear through his representative that he no longer approves of the text in which the patent was granted. Since he did not submit an amended text on which further prosecution of the appeal could be based, the patent must be revoked (see Decision T 73/84, OJ EPO 1985, 241).
ORDER
For these reasons it is decided that:
1. The decision of the opposition Division is set aside.
2. The patent is revoked.
