B. Examination procedure
Overview
B. Examination procedure
1.Stage before substantive examination
2.The first stage of substantive examination
3.The grant stage in examination
4.Additional searches during examination
5.Amendments relating to unsearched subject-matter – Rule 137(5) EPC
- T 17/22
Catchword: see point 1.2.2 of the reasons.
- J 3/22
Catchword:
Once the public is officially informed by an EPO publication of an explicit declaration of withdrawal and without any indication that this declaration might have been erroneous, there is no room for a further balancing of the interests of the general public and the applicant (confirming the settled case law of the boards of appeal, see Reasons 2.2 to 2.13).
- 2023 compilation “Abstracts of decisions”
- Annual report: case law 2022
- Summaries of decisions in the language of the proceedings