EUROPEAN PATENT CONVENTION - Table of Contents Convention on the Grant of European Patents (European Patent Convention) PART VI - APPEALS PROCEDURE Article 108 - Time limit and form

Article 108110, 111 Time limit and form

R. 3, 6, 99, 101, 111

Notice of appeal shall be filed, in accordance with the Implementing Regulations, at the European Patent Office within two months of notification of the decision. Notice of appeal shall not be deemed to have been filed until the fee for appeal has been paid. Within four months of notification of the decision, a statement setting out the grounds of appeal shall be filed in accordance with the Implementing Regulations.

110 Amended by the Act revising the European Patent Convention of 29.11.2000.

111 See decisions of the Enlarged Board of Appeal G 1/86, G 2/97, G 1/99, G 3/03, G 2/04, G 3/04 (Annex I).