Guidelines for Examination
PART D
CHAPTER VI PROCEDURE FOR THE EXAMINATION OF THE OPPOSITION
2. Adherence to the text of the European patent submitted or approved by the proprietor
2.1 Basis for the examination
 

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PART D
CHAPTER VI PROCEDURE FOR THE EXAMINATION OF THE OPPOSITIONCHAPTER VI PROCEDURE FOR THE EXAMINATION OF THE OPPOSITION
2. Adherence to the text of the European patent submitted or approved by the proprietor2. Adherence to the text of the European patent submitted or approved by the proprietor
       2.2 Revocation of the patent2.2 Revocation of the patent  
 

2.1

Basis for the examination

 

If the proprietor of the patent submits amendments to the description, claims or drawings after the notice of opposition has been communicated to him (see IV, 5.3), the Opposition Division must take as a basis for its examination the text of the European patent submitted by the proprietor. This principle, that the Opposition Division must concern itself solely with the text most recently "submitted or agreed by the proprietor", also applies to the rest of the opposition procedure. (As regards the possibility of amending texts, see V, 6.1, second paragraph.)

 

Art. 113(2)