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A.20 EPC Legal Division

(1)

The Legal Division shall be responsible for decisions in respect of entries in the Register of European Patents and in respect of registration on, and deletion from, the list of professional representatives.

(2)

Decisions of the Legal Division shall be taken by one legally qualified member.

[ Art. 15 127 134 134a R. 11 ]

See decisions of the President of the EPO of 21.11.2013 concerning the responsibilities of the Legal Division (OJ EPO 2013, 600) and concerning the entrustment to non-legally qualified staff of certain duties incumbent on the Legal Division (OJ EPO 2013, 601).

Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/legal-texts/html/epc/2016/e/ar20.html

Date retrieved: 17 May 2021

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EPC Articles

X Chapter III The European Patent Office

X A.15 EPC Departments entrusted with the procedure

X A.127 EPC European Patent Register

X A.134 EPC Representation before the European Patent Office

X A.134a EPC Article 134a Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office

EPC Implementing Rules

X R.11 EPC Allocation of duties to the departments of first instance

EPO Guidelines - A Formalities Examination

X GL A IV 2.2.1 Responsible department

EPO Guidelines - D Opposition and Limitation/Revocation Procedures

X GL D I 6 Parties to opposition proceedings

X GL D VII 4.4 Department responsible

EPO Guidelines - E General Procedural Matters

X GL E VII 1.2 Responsible department

X GL E XIV 2 Responsible department

X GL E XIV 3 Transfer of the European patent application

Offical Journal of the EPO

X OJ EPO SE 1/2021, p126 - XIII.1 - Responsibilities of the Legal Division

X OJ EPO SE 1/2020, p121 - XIII.1 - Responsibilities of the Legal Division

X OJ EPO SE 1/2019, p105 - XIII.1 - RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE LEGAL DIVISION

X OJ EPO SE 1/2018, p112 - XIII. RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE LEGAL DIVISION

X OJ EPO SE 4/2017, p2 - BOARD OF APPEAL AND ENLARGED BOARD OF APPEAL CASE LAW 2015/2016

X OJ EPO SE 1/2017, p113 - XIII. RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE LEGAL DIVISION

Case Law Book: III Amendments

X CLR III M 2.1 General

General Case Law

X T 0854/12 (Unterbrechung des Verfahrens) of 8.8.2016