Communications from the Boards of Appeal

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. 

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Acceleration of appeal proceedings under Article 10(3) to (6) of the Rules of Procedure of the BoA: conditions and supplementary information

The Administrative Council approved amendments to Articles 13(2), 15(1) and 15(9)(b) of the Rules of Procedure of the Boards of Appeal (RPBA).

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.