Full Description
Following on from their highly acclaimed Guide to Success in Opposition and Appeal, this new and authoritative Practical Guide provides a toolkit for handling the procedural aspects of appeals before the European Patent Office. The book provides insight and guidance for all stages of the appeal proceedings with the following key features:
Outlines the various steps to be taken during appeal proceedings including relevant time limits
Gives advice on how to draft written submissions in appeal
Presents best practice guidelines and actionable advice for oral proceedings before the Boards
Discusses the specific aspects of oral proceedings by video conference
Explores the implications of the Rules of Procedure and recent case law for various aspects of appeal proceedings
Presents a detailed analysis on how Boards deal with late submissions in appeal including the impact of first-instance proceedings
This Practical Guide is an essential go-to resource for patent lawyers and patent attorneys at all levels of experience.
Contents
Contents
About the authors
Preface
1 Introduction
2 Overview of examination and opposition proceedings
3 General aspects of appeals
4 Timeline of appeal proceedings
5 How to draft submissions in appeal proceedings
6 Admissibility of the appeal
7 Admittance of submissions in appeal
8 Oral proceedings before the boards
9 The prohibition of reformatio in peius
10 Specific aspects of ex parte appeals
11 Intervention
12 Third-party observations
13 Acceleration of appeal proceedings
14 Decisions in appeals
15 Termination of appeal proceedings
16 Apportionment of costs
17 Reimbursement of the appeal fee
18 Petition for review
Annex
