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Part VI – Appeals procedure

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Article 108 – Time limit and form

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 108121, 122
Time limit and form

Part VI – Appeals procedure

Notice of appeal shall be filed, in accordance with the Implementing Regulations, at the European Patent Office within two months of notification of the decision. Notice of appeal shall not be deemed to have been filed until the fee for appeal has been paid. Within four months of notification of the decision, a statement setting out the grounds of appeal shall be filed in accordance with the Implementing Regulations.


121Amended by the Act revising the European Patent Convention of 29.11.2000.

122See decisions of the Enlarged Board of Appeal G 1/86, G 2/97, G 1/99, G 3/03, G 2/04, G 3/04, G 1/12, G 1/16 (Annex I).

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