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A.133 EPC General principles of representation

(1)

Subject to paragraph 2, no person shall be compelled to be represented by a professional representative in proceedings established by this Convention.

(2)

Natural or legal persons not having their residence or principal place of business in a Contracting State shall be represented by a professional representative and act through him in all proceedings established by this Convention, other than in filing a European patent application; the Implementing Regulations may permit other exceptions.

(3)

Natural or legal persons having their residence or principal place of business in a Contracting State may be represented in proceedings established by this Convention by an employee, who need not be a professional representative but who shall be authorised in accordance with the Implementing Regulations. The Implementing Regulations may provide whether and under what conditions an employee of a legal person may also represent other legal persons which have their principal place of business in a Contracting State and which have economic connections with the first legal person.

(4)

The Implementing Regulations may lay down special provisions concerning the common representation of parties acting in common.

[ Art. 90 134 134a 144 R. 41 76 126 130 142 143 151 154 ]

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

See decisions of the Enlarged Board of Appeal G 2/94, G 4/95, G 3/99 (Annex I).

Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/legal-texts/html/epc/2016/e/ar133.html

Date retrieved: 17 May 2021

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EPC Articles

X Chapter III Representation

X A.90 EPC Examination on filing and examination as to formal requirements

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

X A.144 EPC Representation before special departments

EPC Implementing Rules

X R.41 EPC Request for grant

X R.57 EPC Examination as to formal requirements

X R.76 EPC Form and content of the opposition

X R.126 EPC Notification by postal services

X R.130 EPC Notification to representatives

X R.142 EPC Interruption of proceedings

X R.143 EPC Entries in the European Patent Register

X R.151 EPC Appointment of a common representative

X R.152 EPC Authorisations

X R.153 EPC Attorney-client evidentiary privilege

X R.154 EPC Amendment of the list of professional representatives

X R.163 EPC Examination of certain formal requirements by the European Patent Office

EPO Guidelines - A Formalities Examination

X GL A II 4.1.2 Information concerning the applicant

X GL A III 2.1 Requirements

X GL A III 4.2.1 Information on the applicant

X GL A VIII 1.1 General principles

X GL A VIII 1.3 Representation by an employee

X GL A VIII 1.4 Common representative

X GL A VIII 1.6 Signed authorisation

X GL A VIII 1.7 General authorisation

X GL A VIII 1.8 Invitation to file authorisation and legal consequence in case of non-compliance

X GL A VIII 3.1 Documents filed after filing the European patent application

EPO Guidelines - D Opposition and Limitation/Revocation Procedures

X GL D III 6 Content of the notice of opposition

X GL D IV 1.2.1 Deficiencies which, if not remedied, lead to the opposition being deemed not to have been filed

X GL D IV 1.2.2.2 Deficiencies under Rule 77(2)

X GL D VII 6 Intervention of the assumed infringer

X GL D X 2.1 Deficiencies which lead to the request being deemed not to have been filed

EPO Guidelines - E General Procedural Matters

X GL E III 8.5 Submissions by the parties

X GL E VII 1.4 Resumption of proceedings

EPO Guide for Applicants, part II Int. - C The EPO as ISA and SISA

X GA C5.3.2 5.3.2.

X GA C5.3.4 5.3.4.

Offical Journal of the EPO

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

X OJ EPO SE 1/2021, p100 - VIII.1 - Filing of authorisations

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

X OJ EPO SE 1/2020, p95 - VIII.1 - Filing of authorisations

X OJ EPO SE 2/2019, p2 - Regulation on the European qualifying examination for professional representatives

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

X OJ EPO SE 1/2019, p78 - VIII.1 - Filing of authorisations

X OJ EPO SE 1/2019, p67 - VII.1 - Oral proceedings before the boards of appeal of the EPO

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

X OJ EPO SE 1/2018, p78 - VIII.1 - Filing of authorisations

X OJ EPO SE 1/2018, p68 - VII.1 - Notice of the Vice-President of Directorate-General 3 of the European Patent Office dated 16 July 2007 concerning oral proceedings before the boards of appeal of the EPO (OJ EPO 2007, Special edition No. 3, 115)

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

X OJ EPO SE 2/2017, p2 - Regulation on the European qualifying examination for professional representatives

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

X OJ EPO SE 1/2017, p79 - VIII.1 - Filing of authorisations

X OJ EPO SE 1/2017, p69 - VII.1 - Notice of the Vice-President of Directorate-General 3 of the European Patent Office dated 16 July 2007 concerning oral proceedings before the boards of appeal of the EPO (OJ EPO 2007, Special edition No. 3, 115)

X OJ EPO 2017, A24 - Notice from the Examination Secretariat for the European qualifying examination - Registration pursuant to Rule 28 of the Implementing provisions to the Regulation on the European qualifying examination

Case Law Book: III Amendments

X CLR III V 1 Overview

X CLR III V 2.2 Duty of persons without residence nor place of business within a contracting state to be represented by a professional representative

X CLR III V 4.3 Sub-authorisations

X CLR III V 5.2.8 Professional representative's responsibility

X CLR III E 4.1.1.B Responsible person

Case Law Book: IV Divisional Applications

X CLR IV A 6 Examination of formal requirements

Case Law Book: V Priority

X CLR V A 1.3 Suspensive effect of the appeal

X CLR V C 2.1.2 Professional experience

Case Law of the Enlarged Board

X G 0002/94 (Representation) of 19.2.1996

X G 0004/95 (Representation) of 19.2.1996

X G 0003/99 (Admissibility of joint opposition or joint appeal/HOWARD FLOREY) of 18.2.2002

X G 0001/12 () of 30.4.2014

General Case Law

X J 0018/08 (Appointment of representative/ALDEN) of 3.4.2009

X J 0004/10 (Registration as co-applicant/KOMIPHARM) of 15.3.2012

X J 0009/13 (Appointment of a profesional representative) of 24.7.2013

X J 0019/13 (Deficiency concerning the signature on the request for grant) of 30.5.2016

X R 0003/08 (Fundamental violation of Article 113/HPT SINERGY S.R.L.) of 25.9.2008

X T 1744/09 () of 20.12.2011

X T 1908/09 (Re-establishment of rights/HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGING INC.) of 15.12.2010

X T 1693/10 () of 9.7.2015

X T 2308/10 () of 8.10.2015

X T 0592/11 () of 25.10.2012

X T 0742/11 (Due care/CHEQUEPOINT FRANCHISE CORP.) of 29.3.2012

X T 1329/11 (Use of BNP-type peptides/ROCHE) of 19.11.2015

X T 2552/11 (Anticorrosive metallic coatings/NOF) of 14.4.2015

X T 2453/12 () of 24.5.2016

X T 2498/12 (Vitiligo/RAMAIAH) of 13.9.2016

X T 0231/13 () of 1.8.2017

X T 1027/13 (Glycerides mixture/KAO CORPORATION S.A.) of 22.4.2015

X T 0578/14 () of 25.4.2017

X T 0393/15 (Temperiertes Batteriesystem/LI-TEC) of 17.3.2017