Guidelines for Examination:PART D: CHAPTER VIII DECISIONS OF THE OPPOSITION DIVISION, 1. Final decisions on an admissible opposition, 1.2 Revocation of the European patent, 1.2.4 Revocation in the event of requirements not being met until after expiry of time limits

Guidelines for Examination
PART D
CHAPTER VIII DECISIONS OF THE OPPOSITION DIVISION
1. Final decisions on an admissible opposition
1.2 Revocation of the European patent
1.2.4 Revocation in the event of requirements not being met until after expiry of time limits

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PART D
CHAPTER VIII DECISIONS OF THE OPPOSITION DIVISION
1. Final decisions on an admissible opposition
1.2 Revocation of the European patent

1.2.3 Revocation for failure to notify the appointment of a new representative

1.2.5 Revocation of the patent in the event that the proprietor no longer wishes the patent to be...

1.2.4

Revocation in the event of requirements not being met until after expiry of time limits

In the cases referred to in VIII, 1.2.2 and VIII, 1.2.3, the European patent will be revoked even if the omitted acts have been completed during the period between expiry of the time limit and the taking of a final decision, unless an application for restitutio in integrum has been filed, in which case a decision must first be given on the application.