Boards of Appeal of the EPO

GPTKB entity

Statements (32)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:legislative_body
European Patent Office body
gptkbp:appealsTo Enlarged Board of Appeal
decisions of EPO Examining Divisions
decisions of EPO Opposition Divisions
gptkbp:citation T (for Technical), J (for Legal), G (for Enlarged)
gptkbp:composedOf Enlarged Board of Appeal
Legal Board of Appeal
Technical Boards of Appeal
gptkbp:decisionsAreFinal yes, within EPO
gptkbp:established 1977
gptkbp:formerPosition gptkb:Munich
gptkbp:function adjudicate patent disputes
review decisions of the EPO
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Haar,_Germany
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Boards of Appeal of the EPO
gptkbp:independenceDate European Patent Office departments
gptkbp:jurisdiction European patents
gptkbp:language gptkb:French
gptkb:German
English
gptkbp:legalBasis gptkb:European_Patent_Convention
gptkbp:location gptkb:Munich
gptkb:Haar,_Germany
gptkbp:movedTo Haar, Germany (2017)
gptkbp:numberOfMembers about 200
gptkbp:oversees President of the Boards of Appeal
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:European_Patent_Office
gptkbp:president Carl Josefsson (as of 2024)
gptkbp:website https://www.epo.org/about-us/boards-of-appeal.html
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:European_Patent
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8