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Date of decision
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01 December 2006
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Case number
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T 1012/03
- 3.3.05
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Application number
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97402171.9
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Title of the application
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Porous prilled ammonium nitrate
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Applicant name
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SASOL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES LIMITED
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Keywords
Competence of the so-called Technical Board of Appeals (yes)
Appeal restricted to specific points of law (no)
Request for having oral proceedings in Munich instead of The
Hague not allowable
Summons to oral proceedings in The Hague does not violate Article
113(1) EPC
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Catchwords:
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1. Article 6(2) EPC does not provide a legal basis entitling an
applicant who has been summoned to oral proceedings in The Hague
to request the oral proceedings to be held in Munich.
2. Article 116(1) EPC in conjunction with Article 10(1)(2)(a)(b)
EPC provides a legal basis for an applicant to be summoned to
oral proceedings before the Examining Division at the Hague.
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