Judgment No. 1740

• Organization: European Patent Organisation (EPO)
• Date: 09.07.1998
• Original: French
• Judges: Ba, Gentot, Egli
• Full judgment text - Full judgment text (french)

Decision

The complaint is dismissed.

Consideration 7

Extract:

"In line with consistent precedent the Tribunal will take [...] the date [the addressee] himself entered on the text, as the date of receipt of the decision. That he did not look at it until later is immaterial. What counts is the date at which he got it."

Keywords

complaint; receivability of the complaint; time limit; date of notification; start of time limit; time bar