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CLR III O 2.5 Legal uncertainty as to who is the correct party

CLR III O 2.4 No transfer: sale of opponent's subsidiary company

CLR III O 2.3 Transfer together with the business assets to which the opposition relates

CLR III O 2.2 Universal succession

CLR III O 2.1 General principles

CLR III O 2 Party status as opponent

2.1. General principles

2.2. Universal succession

2.3. Transfer together with the business assets to which the opposition relates

CLR III O 1 Party status as patent proprietor

Where the European patent is transferred during opposition proceedings the new patent proprietor entered in the Register of Patents takes the place of the previous patent proprietor both in the opposition and in the appeal proceedings. His entitlement may not be questioned in these proceedings (T 553/90, OJ 1993, 666).

CLR III O Transfer of party status

Party status as patent proprietor

CLR III N 5 Remittal following filing of observations

A board may choose to remit a case to the department of first instance as a result of observations filed under Art. 115 EPC. See, for example, T 249/84 and T 176/91 of 10 December 1992 date: 1992-12-10.

CLR III N 4.4.3 Third-party observations not admitted

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