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In T 143/91 the board held that a member of an opposition division was biased if he had a personal interest within the meaning of Art. 24(1) EPC 1973. The mere fact that the member had previously been employed by a company dependent on a party to the opposition proceedings was, however, not sufficient proof of such an interest.

CLR III J 4.2 Remittal and rehearing of a case

CLR III J 4.1 Competence to decide

CLR III J 4 Suspected partiality of members of the departments of first instance

4.1. Competence to decide

4.2. Remittal and rehearing of a case

4.3. Personal interest

4.4. Disqualifying partiality

CLR III J 3.6 Dual function as members of the Enlarged Board and another board of appeal

In R 12/09 of 3 December 2009 date: 2009-12-03 the petitioner objected to the members of the Enlarged Board in petition for review proceedings, alleging that they inevitably had a personal interest owing to their capacity as members of a technical board or the Legal Board of Appeal. The Enlarged Board rejected this objection as inadmissible (see in this chapter III.J.6.2.1).

CLR III J 3.5 Repetition of a previous objection

CLR III J 3.4 Objection based on an obviously wrong understanding of the board's procedural obligations, the right to be heard and the principle of a fair trial

CLR III J 5.1 Grounds for exclusion under Article 24(1) EPC

CLR III J 5 Suspected partiality of members of the boards of appeal

CLR III J 4.4 Disqualifying partiality

CLR III J 4.3 Personal interest