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CLR III J 6.2.3 Suspected partiality of the Chairman of the Enlarged Board of Appeal who at the same time was Vice-President of Directorate-General 3 (VP3)

Previously, the boards of appeal, together with their administrative services, were integrated into the organisational structure of the European Patent Office as a Directorate-General (DG3) directed by a Vice-President (VP3). The case law of the boards of appeal outlined below in this chapter is relevant to this previous structure.