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Guidelines for Examination in the EPO

Guidelines for Examination - Table of Contents  
PART E GUIDELINES ON GENERAL PROCEDURAL MATTERS PART D    
CHAPTER IV TAKING AND CONSERVATION OF EVIDENCE CHAPTER III ORAL PROCEEDINGS CHAPTER V DEROGATIONS FROM THE LANGUAGE OF THE PROCEEDINGS IN ORAL PROCEEDINGS  
1. Taking of evidence by the departments of the EPO   2. Conservation of evidence  
1.8 Commissioning of experts 1.7 Minutes of taking of evidence 1.9 Costs arising from oral proceedings or taking of evidence  
1.8.3 Terms of reference of the expert 1.8.2 Objection to an expert    

1.8.3

Terms of reference of the expert

 

The terms of reference of the expert must include: a precise description of his task, the period laid down for the submission of his opinion, the names of the parties to the proceedings and particulars of the rights which he may invoke under the provisions of Rule 122(2) to (4) (regarding travel and subsistence expenses and fees, see IV, 1.10).

Rule 121(2)(a)- (d)




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