XIII. RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE LEGAL DIVISION
XIII.1
Responsibilities of the Legal Division
Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 12 July 2007 concerning the responsibilities of the Legal Division (OJ EPO 2007, Special edition No. 3, 113)
The President of the European Patent Office, having regard to Article 20 and Rule 11(2) EPC, has decided as follows:
1. Sole responsibility for the following duties shall be vested in the Legal Division:1
1.1 Registers of Representatives
(a) Entry in, and deletion from, the list of professional representatives (Articles 134(1) to (7) and Rule 154 EPC; Articles 4(1)(d), (e) and 28(2) RDR2).
(b) Registration and deletion of associations (Rule 152(11) EPC; cf. OJ EPO 1979, 92).
(c) Registration and deletion of legal practitioners (Article 134(8) EPC).
(d) Registration and deletion of general authorisations (Article 133(3), first sentence, Rule 152(4), (5) EPC).
1.2 Register of Patents
(a) Procedure where the applicant or proprietor is not entitled (Articles 61(1)(a) and 99(4), Rules 14, 15, 16 and 78 EPC).
(b) Interruption and resumption of proceedings (Rule 142 EPC).
(c) Registration and cancellation of licences and other rights (Articles 71, 73 and 74, Rules 23 and 24 EPC).
(d) Registration of transfers and changes of name once an adverse decision seems likely (Articles 71, 72 and 74, Rules 22 and 85 EPC; cf. OJ EPO 1987, 215).
(e) Rectification of the designation of an inventor once an adverse decision seems likely or after the opposition phase (Rule 21 EPC; cf. OJ EPO 1987, 215, 226 point 6.3 and 6.4).
2. This decision shall enter into force upon the entry into force of the revised text of the Convention in accordance with Article 8 of the Revision Act.
Done at Munich, 12 July 2007
Alison BRIMELOW
President