II.4 - Business distribution scheme of the Disciplinary Board of Appeal for 2022
The Chair of the Disciplinary Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office, having regard to Article 1 of the Additional Rules of Procedure of the Disciplinary Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office, adopts the following business distribution scheme:
Article 1
Members of the Disciplinary Board of Appeal
The Disciplinary Board of Appeal shall comprise the Chair and the members listed below:
Professional representatives:
Selda Arkan
Stefano Colombo
Jakob P. Frederiksen
Pierre H. Gendraud
Arjen Hooiveld
Dina Korper Žemva
Cornelia Rebbereh
Legally qualified members:
Ingo Beckedorf
Tamás Bokor
Claus-Peter Brandt
Lukas Bühler
Theodora Karamanli
Georg Decker
Wolfgang Sekretaruk*
Article 2
Designation of members and rapporteur responsible for an appeal
(1) On receipt of an appeal by the registry, the Chair shall determine the composition of the board responsible for deciding it from amongst the Board members.
(2) In determining the composition the Chair shall, apart from Article 10, paragraph 4, of the Regulation on discipline for professional representatives, take account in particular of the workload of each member and the language requirements of the case.
(3) If a member cannot or can no longer participate in a case for which they have been designated, the Chair shall designate another member of the Board to replace that member, having regard in particular to the criteria indicated in paragraph 2.
(4) The rapporteur shall be designated in accordance with Article 5, paragraph 1, of the Additional Rules of Procedure of the Disciplinary Board of Appeal.
Article 3
Composition of the Board where a number of appeals are closely linked
Where appeals pending before the Board are closely linked, in particular by involving similar legal or factual questions, the Chair may order that the Board shall decide in the same composition.
Article 4
Term of validity
This business distribution scheme shall apply from 1 January 2022 until 31 December 2022.
Done at Haar on 16 December 2021
The Chair
C. JOSEFSSON
* The Chair's deputy is indicated by an asterisk (*).