II.4 - Business distribution scheme for the Disciplinary Board of Appeal for the year 2008
In my capacity as Chairman of the Disciplinary Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office, having regard to Article 1 of the Additional Rules of Procedure of the Disciplinary Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office, I hereby adopt the following business distribution scheme:
Article 1
Members of the Disciplinary Board of Appeal
(1) The Disciplinary Board of Appeal shall comprise the Chairman and the members listed below:
Professional representatives:
Pierre Gendraud
Arthur V. Huygens
Terence Johnson
Chariklia Kalonarou
Werner Kovac
Nanno M. Lenz
Christer Onn
Legally qualified members:
Jean-Pierre Seitz*
Beat Schachenmann
Brigitte Günzel
Christopher Rennie-Smith
Richard Menapace
Eugène Dufrasne
Helene Preglau.
Article 2
Designation of members and rapporteur responsible for an appeal
(1) On receipt of an appeal by the registry, the Chairman shall determine the composition of the board responsible for deciding it from amongst the Board members.
(2) In determining the composition the Chairman shall, apart from Article 10, paragraph 4, of the Regulation on discipline for professional representatives, take account in particular of the workload of each member and the language requirements of the case.
(3) If a member cannot or can no longer participate in a case for which he has been designated, the Chairman shall designate another member of the Board to replace that member, having regard in particular to the criteria indicated in paragraph 2.
(4) The rapporteur shall be designated in accordance with Article 5, paragraph 1, of the Additional Rules of Procedure of the Disciplinary Board of Appeal.
Article 3
Composition of the board where a number of appeals are closely linked
Where appeals pending before the Board are closely linked, in particular by involving similar legal or factual questions, the Chairman may order that the board shall decide in the same composition.
Article 4
Term of validity
This business distribution scheme shall apply from 1 January 2008 until 31 December 2008.
Done at Munich on 23 November 2007
The Chairman
Peter Messerli
* Deputy to the Chairman.