3.3. Signatures on a decision under Rule 113 EPC
3.3.1 Decisions to be signed
R. 113 EPC says that decisions, summonses, notices and communications from the EPO must be signed by, or bear the seal of, the employee responsible. In T 390/86 the board decided that if the decision of a particular division was to be legally valid it had to bear the signatures of the members who had been appointed to that division to decide the issue.