Article 15 - The departments charged with the procedure


 

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EUROPEAN PATENT CONVENTION- Table of Contents    
European Patent Convention Preface Implementing Regulations
PART I - GENERAL AND INSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS PREAMBLE PART II - SUBSTANTIVE PATENT LAW
Chapter III - The European Patent Office Chapter II - The European Patent Organisation Chapter IV - The Administrative Council
Article 15 - The departments charged with the procedure Article 14 - Languages of the European Patent Office [Article 16 - Receiving Section

Article 15 9

The departments charged with the procedure


For implementing the procedures laid down in this Convention, there shall be set up within the European Patent Office:


(a) a Receiving Section;


(b) Search Divisions;


(c) Examining Divisions;


(d) Opposition Divisions;


(e) a Legal Division;


(f) Boards of Appeal;


(g) an Enlarged Board of Appeal.


9  See opinion of the Enlarged Board of Appeal G 1/02 (Annex I).

 

Art. 16-22, 143
R. 8, 9, 10, 12