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CLR III V 5.2.8 Professional representative's responsibility

The EPO must be satisfied that an accompanying person's oral submissions were made under the continuing responsibility and control of the professional representative.

CLR III V 5.2.7 Exceptional circumstances

Save in exceptional circumstances, a request made shortly before or at the oral proceedings should be refused unless each opposing party has agreed to the making of the oral submissions requested.

CLR III V 5.2.6 Oral submissions to be requested sufficiently in advance

Any request should be made sufficiently in advance of the oral proceedings to enable all opposing parties to prepare themselves properly for the proposed submissions.

CLR III V 5.2.5 Name, qualifications and subject-matter to be specified

Professional representatives must request permission for oral submissions to be made by an accompanying person, stating that person's name and qualifications and specifying the subject-matter of the proposed oral submissions.

CLR III V 5.2.4 Inventor as accompanying person

CLR III V 5.2.3 Distinction between party to proceedings and accompanying person

CLR III V 5.2.2 Trainee patent attorneys

CLR III V 5.2.1 Introduction

The decisions reported below show how the criteria established by the Enlarged Board have been applied, both in oral proceedings before the boards and when scrutinising decisions taken by the department of first instance.

CLR III V 5.2 Application of the case law established by the Enlarged Board

5.2.1 Introduction

5.2.2 Trainee patent attorneys

5.2.3 Distinction between party to proceedings and accompanying person

CLR III V 5.1 Enlarged Board's landmark decision G 4/95