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Part VI – Appeals procedure

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Article 108121, 122
Time limit and form

16th edition: this version presents the text in force on 1 July 2020.

Notice of appeal shall be filed, in accordance with the Implementing Regulations, at the European Patent Office within two months of notification of the decision. Notice of appeal shall not be deemed to have been filed until the fee for appeal has been paid. Within four months of notification of the decision, a statement setting out the grounds of appeal shall be filed in accordance with the Implementing Regulations.


121Amended by the Act revising the European Patent Convention of 29.11.2000.

122See the decisions of the Enlarged Board of Appeal G 1/86, G 2/97, G 1/99, G 3/03, G 2/04, G 3/04, G 1/12, G 1/16 (Annex I).

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