7.2 Filing of opposition after decision on limitation 

On rare occasions, it may happen that the limitation procedure is finished and the decision to limit published in the European Patent Bulletin before the opposition is filed within the nine-month opposition period. In such cases, the opponent does not benefit from a new nine-month period, since the opposition period runs only once from publication of the mention of the grant of the patent. Accordingly, the opponent will not have a full nine-month period to formulate the opposition for the patent as limited.