For the denial of a request for an accompanying person to present oral submissions see chapter V.B.4.3.18 "Further examples of unsuccessful petitions". See also chapter III.V.5. "Oral submissions by an accompanying person".

In T 195/84 (OJ 1986, 121) the appellant (patentee) objected at the oral proceedings that new grounds on inventive step were presented to which he had not had an opportunity to reply. The board did not share this opinion as the appellant had been aware that such prior art existed, and had thus had sufficient time to consider it in full. Furthermore, he had not requested any additional time and had not asked for an adjournment.