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EPO Headnote In principle, an opposition division may set aside a decision to enlarge its composition pursuant to Article 19(2) EPC (Reaso...

Key points " It is the position of the opponent that, due to the absence of arguments in support of the main request at any stage, th...

Key points A case with two opponents. The OD held the opposition of O2 to be inadmissible. O1 gave a authorization to the representative ...

Key points The claims as filed with the Statement of grounds are not admitted in this examination appeal, because they correspond to clai...

Key pionts The Notice of appeal was filed after the expiration of the time limit. Apparently, the text of Articles 106-108 EPC was not at...

EPO Headnote " Purpose of a particular reagent in a known chemical process is not a functional technical feature in the sense of G 2/8...

Key points The present case concerns an examination appeal. The priority date is in 2004. D3 is " D3 Heiss, H-U.: "Processor Ma...