Communications from the Boards of Appeal

The description is to be adapted if a requirement of the EPC is not complied with because of an inconsistency between the claims and the description.

2026 revision now available with selected updates

New referral about claim interpretation now pending under G 1/26 (Coated steel strips).

The Annual Report 2025 of the Boards of Appeal of the European Patent Office was published today.

Revived EPC Judges’ Symposium on 26-27 March in Munich welcomes patent judges from across Europe, the UPC and the BoA

The oral proceedings in case G 1/25 (“Hydroponics”) before the EPO Enlarged Board of Appeal will be held on 8 May 2026.

EPO member states vote for additional term in office for President of the Boards of Appeal

After withdrawal of all appeals, appeal proceedings may not be continued with a third party who intervened during the appeal proceedings.

New referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal on the need to adapt the description to amended claims, pending under: G 1/25 (Hydroponics).

Covering almost 9 000 decisions, the 11th edition is the definitive guide to BoA case law