Boards of Appeal of the EPO

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:legislative_body gptkb: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
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
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Boards of Appeal of the EPO