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| European Case Law Identifier: | ECLI:EP:BA:2007:J001706.20070130 | ||||||||
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| Date of decision: | 30 January 2007 | ||||||||
| Case number: | J 0017/06 | ||||||||
| Application number: | 05008230.4 | ||||||||
| IPC class: | – | ||||||||
| Language of proceedings: | EN | ||||||||
| Distribution: | D | ||||||||
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| Title of application: | Pharmaceutical preparation and method for treatment and prevention of fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue | ||||||||
| Applicant name: | Gottfriesmottagningen AB | ||||||||
| Opponent name: | – | ||||||||
| Board: | 3.1.01 | ||||||||
| Headnote: | – | ||||||||
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| Keywords: | Missing Statement of Grounds | ||||||||
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Summary of Facts and Submissions
I. The Appellant contests the decision of the Receiving Section of the European Patent Office dated 8 March 2006 rejecting the request for the re-establishment of rights.
The Appellant filed a notice of appeal by letter received on 10 May 2006 and paid the fee for appeal on the same date. 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 9 October 2006 and sent by registered letter with advice of delivery, the Registrar 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 to file observations within two months, if any.
III. The Appellant filed no observations in response 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 decided that:
The appeal is rejected as inadmissible.