G 1/09

G 1/09
Enlarged Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office
Issued27 September 2010
Board composition
Chairman:Peter Messerli
Members:P. Alting van Geusau, S. Perryman, B. Schachenmann, J.-P. Seitz, J. M. Súarez Robledan, R. Young
Headword
Pending application/SONY

G 1/09 is a decision issued on 27 September 2010 by the Enlarged Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office (EPO), holding that, following refusal of a European patent application, the application remains pending until the expiry of the time limit for filing a notice of appeal, so that a divisional application under Article 76 EPC may be filed even after the refusal of an application.[1][2][3] More specifically, the divisional application may be filed until expiry of the time limit of two months for filing a notice of appeal under Article 108 EPC.[3]

  1. ^ Teschemacher, Rudolf (2011). "Aktuelle Rechtsprechung der Beschwerdekammern des EPA – Notizen für die Praxis" [Current case law of the Boards of Appeal of the EPO - Notes for practitioners]. Mitteilungen der deutschen Patentanwälte (in German) (7–8): 325. See section 1.3.
  2. ^ Naumann, Kurt; Wichmann, Hendrik (2012). "Die Einreichung einer Teilanmeldung und deren Fristberechnung in der Praxis" [The filing of a divisional application and its time limit calculation in practice]. Mitteilungen der deutschen Patentanwälte (in German) (4): 168. In der Entscheidung G 1/09 wird die Anhängigkeit einer Anmeldung bezüglich der Einreichung einer Teilung im Falle der Zurückweisung neu definiert. Es gilt nicht mehr, wie bisher, der Tag der Rechtskraft der Entscheidung, sondern der Ablauf der Frist zur Einreichung einer Beschwerde (2 Monate). [Decision G 1/09 redefines the pendency of an application regarding the filing of a divisional in case of refusal. The day on which the decision becomes final is no longer applicable, as was previously the case, but the expiry of the time limit for filing an appeal (2 months).]
  3. ^ a b Schauwecker, Marko (2012). "Die Anhängigkeit der Stammanmeldung als Bedingung für die Teilung europäischer Patentanmeldungen – noch immer viele Fragen" [The pendency of the parent application as a condition for the division of European patent applications - still many questions]. GRUR Int. (in German): 410. See section II.1.