R.114 EPC Observations by third parties

(1)
Any observations by a third party shall be filed in writing in an official language of the European Patent Office and state the grounds on which they are based. Rule 3, paragraph 3, shall apply.
(2)
Any such observations shall be communicated to the applicant for or proprietor of the patent, who may comment on them. 
 
[ Art. 93 105 115 R. 1 2 ]
[ 118 ]
See the decision of the President of the EPO and the notice from the EPO (OJ EPO 2011, 418, 420).

Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/legal-texts/html/epc/2016/e/r114.html

Date retrieved: 24 November 2017

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