7.3.1 Legal provisions and sources of information
Overview
7.3.1 Legal provisions and sources of information
This section has been updated to reflect case law and legislative changes up to 31 December 2023. For the previous version of this section please refer to the "Case Law of the Boards of Appeal", 10th edition (PDF). |
While holding oral proceedings pursuant to Art. 116 EPC by videoconference (upon request) has been a long-standing practice before examining divisions (see notices from the EPO applicable prior to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic: OJ 1997, 572; OJ 2006, 585; OJ 2012, 354; OJ 2018, A96), this practice was only extended to opposition divisions, the Receiving Section, the Legal Division and the boards of appeal in 2020, due to the pandemic situation.