INTERNATIONAL TREATIES
PCT
Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 25 August 1992 providing for review panels for the implementation of the protest procedure under the PCT [lack of unity]
The President of the EPO, having regard to Article 10 and Rule 9(2) EPC, to Rules 40.2(e) and 68.3(e) PCT, and to Rule 104a(3) EPC1, has decided as follows:
Article 1
Review Panel
The review of the justification for an invitation to pay additional fees under Rule 40.2(e) or 68.3(e) PCT and Rule 104a(3) EPC shall be carried out by a review panel consisting of three members: the Head of the Directorate from which the invitation was issued, an examiner with special expertise of unity of invention and, normally, the examiner who issued the invitation.
Article 2
Entry into force
This decision shall enter into force on 1 October 1992.
Done at Munich, 25 August 1992.
PAUL BRAENDLI
President
1 See Decision of the Administrative Council of 5 June 1992 amending the Implementing Regulations to the EPC, OJ EPO 1992, 342.