The President of the European Patent
Office, having regard to Rule 11(3) EPC,
has decided as follows:
Article 1
The following point 31 shall be added to Article 1 of the decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 12 July 2007 concerning the entrust- ment to non-examining staff of certain duties normally the responsibility of the examining or opposition divisions (see Special edition No. 3, OJ EPO 2007, F.2.):
"31. Invitations under Rule 161(1) and Rule 162 EPC."
Article 2 Entry into force
This decision shall enter into force on 1 June 2010.
Done at Munich, 11 May 2010
Alison BRIMELOW President
Source: http://archive.epo.org/epo/pubs/oj010/06_10/06_3500.pdf
Date retrieved: May 20, 2014