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Part VI – Appeals procedure

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Article 106 – Decisions subject to appeal

Article 106 – Decisions subject to appeal
Article 107 – Persons entitled to appeal and to be parties to appeal proceedings
Article 108 – Time limit and form
Article 109 – Interlocutory revision
Article 110 – Examination of appeals
Article 111 – Decision in respect of appeals
Article 112 – Decision or opinion of the Enlarged Board of Appeal
Article 112a – Petition for review by the Enlarged Board of Appeal

Article 106118, 119
Decisions subject to appeal

Part VI – Appeals procedure

(1) An appeal shall lie from decisions of the Receiving Section, Examining Divisions, Opposition Divisions and the Legal Division. It shall have suspensive effect. 

(2) A decision which does not terminate proceedings as regards one of the parties can only be appealed together with the final decision, unless the decision allows a separate appeal. 

(3) The right to file an appeal against decisions relating to the apportionment or fixing of costs in opposition proceedings may be restricted in the Implementing Regulations. 


118Amended by the Act revising the European Patent Convention of 29.11.2000.

119See decisions/opinions of the Enlarged Board of Appeal G 1/90, G 1/99, G 1/02, G 3/03 (Annex I).

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