| European Case Law Identifier: | ECLI:EP:BA:2000:T041299.20000110 | ||||||||
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| Date of decision: | 10 January 2000 | ||||||||
| Case number: | T 0412/99 | ||||||||
| Application number: | 92908148.7 | ||||||||
| IPC class: | B65D 65/46 B65D 81/32 |
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| Language of proceedings: | EN | ||||||||
| Distribution: | C | ||||||||
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| Title of application: | Containerization system | ||||||||
| Applicant name: | RHONE-POULENC AGROCHIMIE | ||||||||
| Opponent name: | Bayer AG Konzernbereich RP Patente und Lizenzen | ||||||||
| Board: | 3.2.01 | ||||||||
| Headnote: | - | ||||||||
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| Keywords: | Missing Statement of Grounds | ||||||||
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Summary of Facts and Submissions
I. The appeal contests the decision of the Opposition Division of the European Patent Office given at the oral proceedings on 15 January 1999, revoking the European patent No. 0 577 702.
The written decision was dispatched by registered letter with advice of delivery on 4 February 1999.
On 14 April 1999 the Appellant filed a notice of appeal and paid the fee for appeal at the same time. 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.
II. By a communication dated 20 September 1999 and 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 fo file observations within two months.
III. The Appellant filed no observations in respnse to said communication.
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 (Article 108 EPC in conjunction with Rule 65(1) EPC).
ORDER
For these reasons it is decides that:
The appeal is rejected as inadmissible.
