Rapport annuel 2015

Boards of appeal

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Infographie 2015


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Technical appeals

The EPO offers a system of internal legal remedies to review its procedures and safeguard the quality of its patents. Decisions reached in examination and opposition procedures may be appealed before the EPO’s boards of appeal. In 2015, the EPO’s technical boards of appeal settled 2287 cases, about the same level as the previous year.

Technical cases received
  • 2015
    2 387
  • 2014
    2 353
1.4%  
Technical cases settled
  • 2015
    2 287
  • 2014
    2 300
-0.6%  

All appeals

Overall situation in 2015 New cases
Cases settled
    Total Allowed (in part) Dismissed Settled otherwise  
Legal Board of Appeal 12   27 12 6 9  
Technical Boards of Appeal 2 387   2 287 708 654 925  
  - Examination procedure (ex parte) 864   1 085 234 303 548  
  - Opposition procedure (inter partes) 1 523   1 202 474 351 377  
Enlarged Board of Appeal 9   14  
  - Referrals 1   4  
  - Petitions for review 8   10 1 7 2  
Disciplinary Board of Appeal 9   7 2 3 2  
Total 2 417   2 335  

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