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A.125 EPC Reference to general principles

In the absence of procedural provisions in this Convention, the European Patent Office shall take into account the principles of procedural law generally recognised in the Contracting States.

See decisions of the Enlarged Board of Appeal G 1/99, G 3/04 (Annex I).

Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/legal-texts/html/epc/2016/e/ar125.html

Date retrieved: 17 May 2021

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EPC Articles

X Chapter I Common provisions governing procedure

EPO Guidelines - G Patentability

X GL G IV 5.4 Double patenting

Offical Journal of the EPO

X OJ EPO SE 1/2021, p140 - XIV.3 - Regulation on discipline for professional representatives

X OJ EPO SE 1/2020, p135 - XIV.3 - Regulation on discipline for professional representatives

X OJ EPO 2020, A104 - Interlocutory Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.01 dated 7 February 2019 - T 318/14

X OJ EPO SE 1/2019, p119 - XIV.3 - Regulation on discipline for professional representatives

X OJ EPO 2019, A76 - Interlocutory decision of Technical Board 3.5.03 of 25 February 2019 – T 831/17

X OJ EPO SE 1/2018, p126 - XIV.3 - Regulation on discipline for professional representatives (OJ EPO 1978, 91, OJ EPO 2008, 14)

X OJ EPO SE 1/2017, p127 - XIV.3 - Regulation on discipline for professional representatives (OJ EPO 1978, 91, OJ EPO 2008, 14)

X OJ EPO 2013, 582 - Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.07 dated 21 June 2013 T 22/09

X OJ EPO 2013, 508 - Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.09 dated 6 June 2012 T 1843/09

X OJ EPO 2011, 336 - Decision of the Enlarged Board of Appeal dated 27 September 2010 G 1/09

X OJ EPO 2010, 572 - Decision of the Enlarged Board of Appeal dated 16 February 2010 G 4/08

X OJ EPO 2010, 100 - Decision of the Legal Board of Appeal dated 27 May 2009 J 2/08 3.1.01

X OJ EPO 2009, 422 - Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.07 dated 3 July 2007 T 307/03 3.3.07

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

X CLR II F 5 Double patenting

X CLR II F 5.2 Different subject-matter and scope of protection; overlapping subject-matter

Case Law Book: III Amendments

X CLR III B 1 Introduction

X CLR III E 5.1 Submissions to be taken into account

X CLR III G 5.1.1 General

X CLR III H Interpretation of the EPC

Case Law Book: IV Divisional Applications

X CLR IV B 3.9 Refusal of a European patent application under Article 97(2) EPC (former Article 97(1) EPC 1973)

X CLR IV C 4.5.5 Abuse of proceedings

Case Law Book: V Priority

X CLR V B 3.4.2 Grounds listed exhaustively

X CLR V C 2.6.6 Complaints about the conduct of the examination – duties of the Examination Board

Case Law of the Enlarged Board

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

X G 0003/04 (Intervention/EOS) of 22.8.2005

X G 0002/12 () of 25.3.2015

X G 0002/13 () of 25.3.2015

General Case Law

X J 0010/15 (PCT Anmeldung) of 30.1.2018

X R 0005/08 () of 5.2.2009

X R 0018/09 (Fundamental violation of Article 113 EPC/JOHNSON) of 27.9.2010

X R 0001/10 (Offensichtlich unzulÃ¤ssiger ÃberprÃ¼fungsantrag/Ahrweiler) of 22.2.2011

X R 0003/13 () of 30.1.2014

X R 0001/16 (Antrag auf ÃberprÃ¼fung) of 22.5.2017

X R 0008/16 (Petition partly clearly inadmissible and partly clearly unallowable) of 10.7.2017

X T 1423/07 (Cyclic Amine derivative/BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM VETMEDICA GmbH) of 19.4.2010

X T 1349/08 (Hydrocarbon preparation/AGIP PETROLI) of 16.3.2010

X T 0160/09 (Layered Architecture/ERICSSON) of 20.6.2012

X T 1843/09 () of 6.6.2012

X T 2461/10 (MAT-MolekÃ¼le/BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM VETMEDICA) of 26.3.2014

X T 1037/11 () of 29.6.2015

X T 2563/11 (Doppelpatentierung) of 5.9.2017

X T 0879/12 (APO-2 ligand/GENENTECH) of 27.8.2014

X T 2249/13 (Mobile device/TRADE CAPTURE) of 17.10.2014

X T 0015/14 (Immunemodulating oligosaccharides for use in medical treatment/ … of 6.10.2015

X T 0578/14 () of 25.4.2017

X T 2047/14 () of 11.12.2015

X T 0449/15 (Antimicrobial material/CONVATEC) of 25.2.2016