INFORMATION FROM THE EPO
Notices of the Vice-Presidents
Notice of the Vice-Presidents Directorates-General 2 and 3 dated 25 February 1986 concerning sound recording devices in oral proceedings before the EPO
In order to avoid misunderstandings, parties to oral proceedings and their representatives are hereby informed that the following rule will in future apply.
At oral proceedings under Article 116 EPC, whether before an Examining Division, an Opposition Division or a Board of Appeal, no person other than an EPO employee is allowed to introduce any kind of sound recording device into the hearing room. Such a rule is in accordance with the general practice in the Member States of the European Patent Organisation.