OJ EPO SE 4/2015, p1 - FOREWORD by the Vice- President

This supplementary publication is divided into two parts, with the first part reflecting board of appeal activities in 2014 and providing statistics. The second part is made up of summaries of decisions of the boards issued in 2014, and also includes a number of decisions of note issued in the first quarter of 2015. Provided in the annex to the report are the headnotes of decisions scheduled for publication in the Official Journal of the European Patent Office.

OJ EPO SE 4/2015, p2 - BOARD OF APPEAL AND ENLARGED BOARD OF APPEAL CASE LAW 2014 - PART I

BOARDS OF APPEAL ACTIVITIES IN 2014

1. Introduction

For statistics on the appeal procedure in 2014, see the tables in Section 2 below, together with the further information given in Section 3. General developments in Directorate-General 3, and the information products available, are described in Sections 4 to 6.

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