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Chapter III – The European Patent Office

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  2. The European Patent Convention – Contents
  3. European Patent Convention
  4. Part I
  5. Chapter III
  6. Article 11
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Article 11 – Appointment of senior employees

Article 10 – Management
Article 11 – Appointment of senior employees
Article 12 – Duties of office
Article 13 – Disputes between the Organisation and the employees of the European Patent Office
Article 14 – Languages of the European Patent Office, European patent applications and other documents
Article 15 – Departments entrusted with the procedure
Article 16 – Receiving Section
Article 17 – Search Divisions
Article 18 – Examining Divisions
Article 19 – Opposition Divisions
Article 20 – Legal Division
Article 21 – Boards of Appeal
Article 22 – Enlarged Board of Appeal
Article 23 – Independence of the members of the Boards
Article 24 – Exclusion and objection
Article 25 – Technical opinion

Article 1110
Appointment of senior employees

Part I – General and institutional provisions
Chapter III – The European Patent Office

(1) The President of the European Patent Office shall be appointed by the Administrative Council.  

(2) The Vice-Presidents shall be appointed by the Administrative Council after the President of the European Patent Office has been consulted.  

(3) The members, including the Chairmen, of the Boards of Appeal and of the Enlarged Board of Appeal shall be appointed by the Administrative Council on a proposal from the President of the European Patent Office. They may be re-appointed by the Administrative Council after the President of the European Patent Office has been consulted. 

(4) The Administrative Council shall exercise disciplinary authority over the employees referred to in paragraphs 1 to 3.

(5) The Administrative Council, after consulting the President of the European Patent Office, may also appoint as members of the Enlarged Board of Appeal legally qualified members of the national courts or quasi-judicial authorities of the Contracting States, who may continue their judicial activities at the national level. They shall be appointed for a term of three years and may be re-appointed. 


10Amended by the Act revising the European Patent Convention of 29.11.2000.

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