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A.106 EPC Decisions subject to appeal

(1)

An appeal shall lie from decisions of the Receiving Section, Examining Divisions, Opposition Divisions and the Legal Division. It shall have suspensive effect.

(2)

A decision which does not terminate proceedings as regards one of the parties can only be appealed together with the final decision, unless the decision allows a separate appeal.

(3)

The right to file an appeal against decisions relating to the apportionment or fixing of costs in opposition proceedings may be restricted in the Implementing Regulations.

[ Art. 104 112a R. 88 97 98 101 111 142 ]

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

See decisions/opinions of the Enlarged Board of Appeal G 1/90, G 1/99, G 1/02, G 3/03 (Annex I).

Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/legal-texts/html/epc/2016/e/ar106.html

Date retrieved: 17 May 2021

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EPC Articles

X Part VI Appeals procedure

X A.21 EPC Boards of Appeal

X A.104 EPC Costs

X A.112a EPC Article 112a Petition for review by the Enlarged Board of Appeal

EPC Implementing Rules

X R.82 EPC Maintenance of the European patent in amended form

X R.88 EPC Costs

X R.97 EPC Appeal against apportionment and fixing of costs

X R.98 EPC Surrender or lapse of the patent

X R.101 EPC Rejection of the appeal as inadmissible

X R.111 EPC Form of decisions

X R.112 EPC Noting of loss of rights

X R.142 EPC Interruption of proceedings

EPO Guidelines - A Formalities Examination

X GL A IV 2.6 Refusal of the earlier application

X GL A X 10.2.1 Refund of the search fee

EPO Guidelines - C Procedureal Aspects of Substantive Examination

X GL C III 1.1.1 Missing drawings or parts of the description filed under Rule 56

X GL C III 3.3 Refund of additional search fees

X GL C V 14 Refusal

EPO Guidelines - D Opposition and Limitation/Revocation Procedures

X GL D VI 3.2 Summons to oral proceedings

X GL D VI 7.2.2 Decision on the documents on the basis of which the patent is to be maintained

X GL D VI 7.2.3 Request for publishing fee, translations and a formally compliant version of amended text passages

X GL D VI 8 Request to adjourn opposition proceedings

X GL D X 2.2 Deficiencies which, if not remedied, lead to the request being rejected as inadmissible

X GL D X 6 Rejection of the request

X GL D X 8 Legal status of decisions

EPO Guidelines - E General Procedural Matters

X GL E III 8.3.3.1 General

X GL E VIII 1.6.1 Extension of time limits set by the EPO under Rule 132

X GL E X 1.1 General remarks

X GL E X 2.3 Requirements as to form

X GL E X 3 Decisions which do not terminate proceedings – interlocutory decisions

X GL E X 5 Information as to means of redress

X GL E XII 1 Suspensive effect

Offical Journal of the EPO

X OJ EPO SE 1/2021, p115 - XI.2 - Electronic filing of documents

X OJ EPO 2021, A20 - Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 3 March 2021 concerning the electronic filing of documents

X OJ EPO SE 4/2020, p45 - III. RULES COMMON TO ALL PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE EPO

X OJ EPO SE 4/2020, p23 - II. PATENT APPLICATION AND AMENDMENTS

X OJ EPO SE 1/2020, p109 - XI.2 - Electronic filing of documents

X OJ EPO 2020, A87 - Decision of the Enlarged Board of Appeal of 16 July 2019 - G 2/19

X OJ EPO 2020, A26 - Opinion of the Enlarged Board of Appeal dated 18 July 2019G 1/18

X OJ EPO SE 1/2019, p93 - XI.2 - Electronic filing of documents

X OJ EPO SE 3/2018, p2 - BOARDS OF APPEAL AND ENLARGED BOARD OF APPEAL CASE LAW 2017

X OJ EPO SE 1/2018, p106 - XI.6 - Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 10 September 2014 [ 1 ] concerning the filing of documents using the EPO web-form filing service

X OJ EPO 2018, A45 - Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 9 May 2018 concerning the electronic filing of documents

X OJ EPO SE 1/2017, p107 - XI.6 - Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 10 September 2014 [ 1 ] concerning the filing of documents using the EPO web-form filing service

X OJ EPO 2017, A15 - Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.2.07 dated 27 July 2016 T 1691/15

X OJ EPO 2013, 194 - Decision of the Enlarged Board of Appeal dated 23 July 2012 G 1/10

X OJ EPO 2012, 516 - Decision of the Legal Board of Appeal dated 25 November 2011 J 4/11 3.1.01

X OJ EPO 2012, 276 - Decision of the Legal Board of Appeal dated 1 August 2011 J 21/09 3.1.01

X OJ EPO 2011, 94 - Interlocutory decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.5.03 dated 17 June 2010

X OJ EPO 2008, 567 - Decisions of the boards of appeal

X OJ EPO 2008, 80 - Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.09 dated 27 February 2007 T 1178/04 3.3.09

Case Law Book: II Conditions to be met by an Application

X CLR II B 3.3 Assessment of lack of unity and of requests for refund of further search fees in examination proceedings

Case Law Book: III Amendments

X CLR III I 7 Interlocutory decision on allowable auxiliary request – distinction between examination proceedings and opposition proceedings

X CLR III D 2 Further processing under Article 121 EPC

X CLR III K 3.2 Pointing out the right to appeal in accordance with Rule 111(2) EPC

X CLR III M 2.1 General

Case Law Book: IV Divisional Applications

X CLR IV B 4.1.2 Additional search necessary: limited discretion of the examining division

X CLR IV C 8.1 Revocation of a European patent for failure to fulfil formal requirements – by way of decision

X CLR IV C 8.2.1 General

X CLR IV C 8.2.2 Maintenance of European patent as amended

Case Law Book: V Priority

X CLR V A 1.1 General

X CLR V A 1.3 Suspensive effect of the appeal

X CLR V A 2.1 Transitional provisions

X CLR V A 2.2 Appealable decisions

X CLR V A 2.2.2.B Examples where the communication was not an appealable decision

X CLR V A 2.2.3 Interlocutory decisions

X CLR V A 2.2.4 Appeals against decisions of the boards of appeal

X CLR V A 2.4.2.A General

X CLR V B 3.5 Petitions for review of an interlocutory decision

Case Law Book: VI Rules Common to all Proceedings

X CLR VI 2 Jurisdiction of the boards of appeal

Case Law Book: VII Proceedings before the EPO

X CLR VII 2.2 No jurisdiction of the boards of appeal

Case Law of the Enlarged Board

X G 0001/90 (Revocation of the Patent) of 5.3.1991

X G 0001/99 (Reformatio in peius / 3M) of 2.4.2001

X G 0001/02 (Formalities officers' powers) of 22.1.2003

X G 0003/03 (Reimbursement of the appeal fee/HIGHLAND) of 28.1.2005

X G 0001/12 () of 30.4.2014

X G 0002/19 (Rechtliches GehÃ¶r und richtiger Verhandlungsort) of 16.7.2019

General Case Law

X J 0010/07 (Subsequent filing of drawings/AMAZONEN-WERKE) of 31.3.2008

X J 0013/07 (Wiedereinsetzung) of 10.7.2008

X J 0006/08 (Nachreichung von Zeichnungen / BEIERSDORF) of 27.5.2009

X J 0007/08 () of 8.12.2010

X J 0001/09 (Otoplastik fÃ¼r Hinter-dem-Ohr-HÃ¶rgerÃ¤te/ERICH BAYER) of 6.10.2009

X J 0008/09 (Re-establishment of rights) of 23.8.2010

X J 0011/09 (Wiedereinsetzung) of 23.8.2010

X J 0022/10 (Extension Agreements) of 12.12.2011

X J 0008/11 (Sequence listing/DKFZ) of 30.1.2013

X J 0009/11 (Extension Agreements) of 30.3.2012

X J 0005/12 (Correction of application/JACKSON FOUNDATION) of 5.7.2013

X J 0022/12 () of 7.11.2013

X J 0023/13 () of 30.3.2015

X J 0012/16 (Umschreibung im EuropÃ¤ischen Patentregister) of 25.4.2017

X R 0005/11 () of 22.8.2011

X R 0004/18 (Decision, existence of) of 10.10.2018

X T 1029/05 () of 12.3.2008

X T 0857/06 (TNF binding protein II/YEDA) of 5.6.2008

X T 1485/06 (Electronic virtual certification/CHOQUET) of 26.2.2010

X T 0475/07 (Arylmetallverbindungen/MERCK) of 8.9.2010

X T 0597/07 (Detergent composition/KAO) of 12.8.2009

X T 1685/07 () of 4.8.2010

X T 0009/08 (Polymeric fluorescent substance/SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY) of 1.10.2010

X T 0384/08 (Method for investigating/AFFYMETRIX) of 26.6.2009

X T 0493/08 (Re-establishment of rights in respect of the appeal term (no)) of 29.9.2009

X T 1676/08 (Controlled release oxycodone compositions/THE PURDUE PHARMA COMPANY) of 9.3.2012

X T 1698/08 (Taurolidine lock solution/ND PARTNERS) of 28.11.2012

X T 1764/08 () of 2.12.2010

X T 1969/08 (Touch screen with layered structure/TAIGUEN) of 7.6.2011

X T 2052/08 (Appeal fee/INGENIUM) of 3.2.2009

X T 2334/08 (Identification of delivery objects/NEXTLIMIT) of 9.8.2012

X T 0670/09 (Silylierung von KieselsÃ¤ure/WACKER) of 14.12.2011

X T 0836/09 (Re-establishment of rights in respect of the time limit for filing … of 17.2.2010

X T 1123/09 (Interleaving in a HSDPA system/SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS) of 17.12.2009

X T 1926/09 (Magnetorheological device/LORD CORP) of 28.9.2010

X T 1943/09 (Fehlende Beschwerdeschrift/HUMBEL) of 31.5.2010

X T 1074/10 (Providing a DRM license/SAMSUNG) of 19.9.2014

X T 1289/10 () of 13.4.2011

X T 0576/12 () of 9.1.2015

X T 1674/12 () of 10.10.2013

X T 1849/12 () of 3.12.2012

X T 1981/12 () of 24.9.2013

X T 2017/12 () of 24.2.2014

X T 0756/14 (Optoelektronischer Sensor - RÃ¼ckzahlung weiterer RecherchegebÃ¼hren/ … of 21.9.2018

X T 1666/14 () of 5.12.2017

X T 1954/14 () of 13.5.2016

X T 2047/14 () of 11.12.2015

X T 0194/15 (Anti-TNF antibodies and methotrexate/THE KENNEDY TRUST) of 9.3.2016

X T 1377/15 () of 2.6.2016

X T 0084/16 (PAR-1 activation/TUFTS) of 27.1.2017

X T 2450/16 () of 9.10.2017

X T 2187/17 () of 24.5.2018