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Presidium of the Boards of Appeal

Role of the Presidium

The Presidium of the Boards of Appeal is an autonomous authority within the Boards of Appeal (see Rule 12b(1) EPC).
The Presidium advises the President of the Boards of Appeal on the general functioning of the Boards and proposals for amendments to the Rules of Procedure of the Boards of Appeal and the Rules of Procedure of the Enlarged Board of Appeal.

Allocation of cases

Before the beginning of each working year, the Presidium, extended to include all chairpersons, allocates cases to the Legal Board of Appeal and the Technical Boards of Appeal by adopting the relevant business distribution scheme and allocating the duties and the members to the Boards of Appeal (Rule 12b(4) EPC).

Business distribution scheme

Composition

The Presidium consists of the President of the Boards of Appeal, who acts as chairperson, and twelve members of the Boards of Appeal, of whom six are chairpersons of the Boards of Appeal and six are other members. All members are elected by the chairpersons and members of the Boards of Appeal for two working years.

Composition of the Presidium 2024/2025

Chairman 

Members pursuant to Rule 12b, paragraph 1 

Members pursuant to Rule 12b, paragraph 4, extended to 

Carl Josefsson 

Marco Alvazzi Delfrate 

Ernst Bendl 

Harald Bronold 

Lukas Bühler 

David Ceccarelli 

Michael Harrison 

Ana Medeiros Gaspar 

Paula San-Bento Furtado 

Paul Scriven 

Daniele Semino 

Teresa Sommerfeld 

Richard Winkelhofer 

Paola Acton 

Ingo Beckedorf 

Roland Bekkering 

William Chandler 

Albert de Vries (until 30.06.2024) 

Jean Geschwind 

Pascal Gryczka 

Andreas Haderlein 

Thomas Häusser 

Christoph Herberhold 

Philipp Lanz 

Richard Lord (until 30.06.2024) 

Marcus O. Müller 

Martin Müller 

Guy Patton 

Magdalena Pregetter 

Giovanni Pricolo 

Jean-Michel Schwaller 

Ambrogio Usuelli 

Brigitte Willems 

Archive
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2022/2023

 
Presidium 2022/2023  1.1.2022
Presidium - Amendment from 1 May 2022  1.5.2022
Presidium - Amendment from 1 June 2022  14.6.2022
Presidium - Amendment from 1 November 2022  1.11.2022
Presidium - Amendment from 1 January 2023  1.1.2023
Presidium - Amendment from 1 December 2023 1.12.2023

2020/2021

 
Presidium 2020/2021  1.1.2020
Presidium - Amendment from 1 May 2020  1.5.2020
Presidium - Amendment from 13 May 2020 13.5.2020
Presidium - Amendment from 1 September 2020  1.9.2020
Presidium - Amendment from 1 January 2021  1.1.2021
Presidium - Amendment from 1 April 2021  1.4.2021
Presidium - Amendment from 1 September 2021  1.9.2021

2018/2019

 
Presidium 2018/2019  1.1.2018
Presidium - Amendment from 1 April 2018  1.4.2018
Presidium - Amendment from 1 October 2018  1.10.2018
Presidium - Amendment from 1 January 2019  17.12.2018
Presidium - Amendment from 1 May 2019  1.5.2019
Presidium - Amendment from 12 June 2019 12.6.2019
Presidium - Amendment from 1 December 2019 1.12.2019

2016/2017

 
Presidium 2016/2017  9.12.2015
Presidium - Amendment from 1 April 2016 1.4.2016
Presidium - Amendment from 1 July 2016  1.7.2016
Presidium - Amendment from 1 December 2016  8.12.2016
Presidium - Amendment from 1 January 2017  8.12.2016
Presidium - Amendment from 1 March 2017  1.3.2017
Presidium - Amendment from 1 November 2017  1.11.2017

2016

 
Presidium  1.1.2016

2015

 
Presidium  1.1.2015
Amendments
 
Presidium  1.12.2015
Presidium  1.7.2015

2014

 
Presidium  1.1.2014
Amendments
Business distribution scheme of the Presidium  1.12.2014

2013

 
Presidium  1.1.2013
Amendments
Business distribution scheme of the Presidium  1.11.2013
Business distribution scheme of the Presidium ( 1.5.2013

2012

 
Presidium  1.1.2012

2011

 
Presidium  1.1.2011
Amendments
Business distribution scheme of the Presidium  1.12.2011

2010

 
Presidium  1.1.2010
Amendments
Business distribution scheme of the Presidium  1.6.2010 

2009

 
Presidium and Business distribution  12.2.2009 

2008

 
Presidium and Business distribution    
Amendments
Presidium of the boards of appeal - 2008/2009  3.3.2008 

2007

 
Presidium and business distribution  
Amendments
 Presidium of the boards of appeal  1.11.2007
 Presidium of the boards of appeal  1.10.2007 
 Presidium of the boards of appeal  26.1.2007 

2006

 
 Presidium and business distribution   
Amendments
 Presidium, amendments  1.8.2006