3.7.3 Written form to avoid uncertainties

In the light of the purpose of the obligation to raise objections, the board in T 1690/22 considered that raising an objection in writing was a practice making it possible to clearly determine its scope. Although it made no difference to the objection's substance whether it was raised in writing or merely verbally, doing so in writing made it possible to record verifiably what the board had had to decide on and avoid uncertainties in any review proceedings about how the party raising the objection had intended to formulate it. See also in this chapter V.B.3.7.5.