Communications from the Boards of Appeal

EPO Mailbox in proceedings before the Enlarged Board of Appeal

The oral proceedings in case G 1/23 (“Solar cell”) before the EPO Enlarged Board of Appeal will be held on 
12 March 2025.

The oral proceedings in case G 1/24 (“Heated aerosol”) before the EPO Enlarged Board of Appeal will be held on 28 March 2025.

New referral to the Enlarged Board on the status of an intervener now pending under G 2/24 (“Skin cleanser”).

Annual conference shares recent BoA case law with the user community

Outcomes confirm the importance of the Case Law Book for its stakeholders

New referral to the Enlarged Board about claim interpretation now pending under G 1/24 (Heated aerosol).

Discontinuation of incoming faxes from 1 July 2024.

Interim revisions now available on HTML

The Annual Report 2023 of the Boards of Appeal of the European Patent Office was published today.