"Keyword index" [2020] ELECD 151; in Muller, O. Marcus; Mulder, A.M. Cees (eds), "Proceedings Before the European Patent Office" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2020) 221

Book Title: Proceedings Before the European Patent Office

Editor(s): Müller, O. Marcus; Mulder, A.M. Cees

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Section Title: Keyword index

Number of pages: 10

Extract:

Keyword index


absence, at oral proceedings 93­4, 165 new claim requests, opposition stage
acceleration of opposition and appeal 68­9
proceedings 200­201 procedural complexity, appeal stage
accompanying persons and permission to 125­6
speak, oral proceedings 90­91 anonymously filed third party observation
adjournment of oral proceedings 89, 199 103­4
admissibility appeals, complete case 120­22
of appeal see appeals, inter partes, filing appeals, ex parte 190­95
an admissible appeal acceleration of proceedings 200­201
of opposition see opposition stage, burden of proof 194
filing an admissible opposition examination of EPC requirements not
of petition for review see appeals, inter dealt with by examining division
partes, petition for review 192­3
admissibly raised in first instance 118, interlocutory revision 190­92
131 number received by EPO 190­91
admittance prohibition of reformatio in peius 194
of late submissions, appeal stage statistics, decisions 190
see appeals, inter partes, late appeals, inter partes 105­89
submissions acceleration of proceedings 200­201
of late submissions, opposition stage admittance of previously withdrawn
see opposition stage, late filings claim requests 129
ambiguity appeal board composition 107­8
ambiguous terms, risk of using, drafting CJEU decisions, non-binding nature
and prosecution stage 9­11 of 106
claims with ambiguous (ill-defined) decisions 172­6
features, opposition stage 55­60 decisions, conflicting 176
see also clarity decisions, Enlarged Board of Appeal,
amendments reference to 174­5
of appeal case 116­119, 148, 212­13 drafting errors and consequences
claim amendments, prosecution stage 14­ ...