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Under Art. 3(2) RPBA 2007 and Art. 4(2) RPEBA the member concerned is to be invited to present his comments as to whether there is a reason for exclusion (as to the scope of Art. 3(2) RPBA 2003 and Art. 4(2) RPEBA, see T 985/01 of 18 March 2005 date: 2005-03-18).

CLR III J 5.2.5 ‍‍Article 24(3) EPC objection under Article 112a(2)(a) EPC

CLR III J 5.2.4 Statement of grounds of objection defines the factual scope of the objection

CLR III J 5.2.3 Discretionary procedural decisions negatively affecting a party

According to T 954/98 of 9 December 1999 date: 1999-12-09 the mere fact of taking discretionary procedural steps which might disadvantage a particular party is not enough to justify exclusion, not even if the party interpreted those steps as expressing bias against it.

CLR III J 5.2.2 Disqualifying partiality

CLR III J 5.2.1 Expressions of opinions on legal issues

In T 241/98 of 22 March 1999 date: 1999-03-22 the board of appeal observed that forming an opinion is one of the most important tasks of a board. Issuing a preliminary opinion is to be seen within this context and therefore cannot be regarded as partial (see also in this chapter III.J.6.2.2).