Key legal question
Whether the request for reinstatement under Art. 47 PatG was filed within two months after the hindrance ceased.
Extracted holding
The hindrance ceased when the official cancellation notice was received by the registered Swiss representative; the request filed on 11 May 2006 was therefore late.
Extracted reasoning
As a rule, knowledge of the omission exists at the latest upon receipt of the IGE cancellation notice by the competent representative. No excusable exceptional failure was shown to prevent attribution of the representative's knowledge to the patent owner.