Boards of Appeal
NEW: Abstracts of decisions Issue 13/2023
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Notice of appeal in Online Filing 2.0
Newly published decisions of the BoA
Decision on referral G 1/22 and G 2/22
The Boards of Appeal are the first and final judicial instance in the procedures before the European Patent Office (EPO). They have the task of reviewing contested decisions of the Office's departments of first instance within the framework of the European Patent Convention (EPC). They are headed by the President of the Boards of Appeal.
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The President of the Boards of Appeal publishes, before the beginning of each working year, a list of cases for the coming year.
The EPO is competent to assess priority entitlement, which is presumed to exist if the formal requirements for claiming priority are fulfilled.
Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.03 has by interlocutory decision T 438/19 referred questions to the Enlarged Board of Appeal.
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