| I. NOTICE CONCERNING THE AMENDMENT OF THE COMPOSITION OF THE PRESIDIUM OF THE BOARDS OF APPEAL FOR 2024/2025 |
| Notice concerning the amendment of the composition of the Presidium of the Boards of Appeal for 2024/2025 | 1-2 | PDF | HTML |
| II. BUSINESS DISTRIBUTION 2024 |
| II.1 Business distribution scheme of the Enlarged Board of Appeal 2024 | 3-12 | PDF | HTML |
| II.2 Business distribution scheme of the Legal Board of Appeal for 2024 | 13-15 | PDF | HTML |
| II.3 Business distribution scheme of the Technical Boards of Appeal for 2024 | 16-30 | PDF | HTML |
| II.4 Business distribution scheme of the Disciplinary Board of Appeal for 2024 | 31-33 | PDF | HTML |
| III. RULES OF PROCEDURE OF THE BOARDS OF APPEAL |
| III.1 Rules of Procedure of the Enlarged Board of Appeal | 34-44 | PDF | HTML |
| III.2 Rules of Procedure of the Boards of Appeal | 45-59 | PDF | HTML |
| III.3 Rules of Procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2007 | 60-69 | PDF | HTML |
| III.4 Additional Rules of Procedure of the Disciplinary Board of Appeal | 70-78 | PDF | HTML |
| IV. ACCELERATED PROCESSING |
| IV.1 Accelerated processing before the boards of appeal | 79-80 | PDF | HTML |
| V. ELECTRONIC AUTHENTICATION OF DECISIONS |
| V.1 Electronic authentication of decisions of the boards of appeal | 81 | PDF | HTML |
| VI. REGISTRARS OF THE BOARDS OF APPEAL |
| VI.1 Transfer of tasks to the Registry of the Enlarged Board of Appeal | 82-84 | PDF | HTML |
| VI.2 Transfer of functions to the Registrars of the Boards of Appeal | 85-88 | PDF | HTML |
| VII. ORAL PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE BOARDS OF APPEAL |
| VII.1 Oral proceedings before the boards of appeal | 89 | PDF | HTML |
| VII.2 Filing of documents during oral proceedings held by videoconference | 90-92 | PDF | HTML |
| VII.3 Sound-recording devices in oral proceedings before the boards of appeal | 93 | PDF | HTML |
| VII.4 Use of portable computers or other electronic devices in oral proceedings before the Boards of Appeal | 94-95 | PDF | HTML |
| VII.5 Use of an alternative official language in oral proceedings | 96 | PDF | HTML |
| VII.6 Compensation and fees payable to witnesses and experts | 97-101 | PDF | HTML |
| VIII. REPRESENTATION |
| VIII.1 Filing of authorisations | 102-103 | PDF | HTML |
| IX. PUBLIC NOTIFICATION |
| IX.1 Public notification under Rule 129 EPC | 104 | PDF | HTML |
| X. MAINTENANCE OF FILES, FILE INSPECTION |
| X.1 PHOENIX electronic file system for the creation, maintenance and preservation of files | 105-106 | PDF | HTML |
| X.2 Inspection of files | 107-108 | PDF | HTML |
| X.3 Documents excluded from file inspection | 109-110 | PDF | HTML |
| X.4 Introducing a consolidated list and discontinuation of the practice of forwarding cited documents | 111-113 | PDF | HTML |
| XI. FILING OF PATENT APPLICATIONS AND OTHER DOCUMENTS |
| XI.1 Filing of patent applications and other documents by facsimile | 114-117 | PDF | HTML |
| XI.2 Electronic filing of documents | 118-125 | PDF | HTML |
| XI.3 Mailbox - Boards of Appeal | 126 | PDF | HTML |
| XI.4 EPO Online Filing software | 127-128 | PDF | HTML |
| XII. LATE RECEIPT OF DOCUMENTS |
| XII.1 Application of Rule 133 EPC on the late receipt of documents | 129-130 | PDF | HTML |
| XIII. LEGAL DIVISION |
| XIII.1 Responsibilities of the Legal Division | 131 | PDF | HTML |
| XIV. REPRESENTATIVES, EPI, DISCIPLINARY MATTERS |
| XIV.1 epi | 132-138 | PDF | HTML |
| XIV.2 epi Code of Conduct | 139-144 | PDF | HTML |
| XIV.3 Regulation on discipline for professional representatives | 145-155 | PDF | HTML |
| XIV.4 Additional Rules of Procedure of the Disciplinary Committee of the epi | 156-165 | PDF | HTML |
| XIV.5 Additional Rules of Procedure of the Disciplinary Board | 166-172 | PDF | HTML |
| XV. ORGANISATION OF THE BOARDS OF APPEAL |
| XV.1 Act of Delegation | 173-174 | PDF | HTML |
| XV.2 Deputy of the President of the Boards of Appeal | 175-176 | PDF | HTML |
| XVI. DATA PROTECTION IN APPEAL PROCEEDINGS |
| XVI.1 Processing of personal data | 177-198 | PDF | HTML |
| ANNEXES |
| Annex 1 Index of published decisions of the boards of appeal and the Enlarged Board of Appeal | 199-202 | PDF | HTML |
| Annex 2 Table setting out the amendments to the RPBA 2007 and the explanatory remarks - [Editor's note: the publication of this table predated the new Article 15a RPBA (OJ EPO 2021, A19).] | 203-286 | PDF | HTML |
| Annex 3 Table setting out the amendments to the RPBA 2020 and the explanatory remarks - [Editor's note: Amended Articles 13(2), 15(1) and 15(9)(b) RPBA (OJ EPO 2023, A103) are set out in the table in CA/83/23, shown in Annex 3 to this publication.] | 287-298 | PDF | HTML |
