With effect from 1 January 2015 the composition of the Presidium of the Boards of Appeal referred to in Rule 12 of the Implementing Regulations to the European Patent Convention is as follows:

Chairman:

Wim van der Eijk (NL)

Members:

(a) pursuant to Rule 12, paragraph 1:

Paola Acton (IT)

Fritz Blumer (CH)

Bernhard Czech (AT)

Gary Flyng (GB)

Kevin Garnett (GB)

(until 30.06.2015)

Michael Harrison (GB)

Christine Komenda (DE)

Hugo Meinders (NL)

Gaston Raths (LU)

Andrea Ritzka (DE)

Petra Schmitz (DE)

Manfred Wieser (AT)

(b) pursuant to Rule 12, paragraph 4, extended to:

Gabriele Alt (DE)

Graham Ashley (GB)

Gianni Assi (IT)

Albert de Vries (NL)

Eugène Dufrasne (BE)

Franz Edlinger (AT)

(until 31.05.2015)

Gunnar Eliasson (SE)

Pascal Gryczka (FR)

Thomas Kriner (DE)

Albert Lindner (DE)

Rainer Moufang (DE)

Ulrich Oswald (DE)

Michael Poock (DE)

Giovanni Pricolo (IT)

Joseph Riolo (FR)

Marco Ruggiu (IT)

Wolfgang Sekretaruk (DE)

Werner Sieber (DE)

Bianca ter Laan (NL)

Claude Vallet (FR)

Fred van der Voort (NL).