Oral submissions by a former member of the board of appeal in either ex parte or inter partes proceedings

An ex parte proceeding should be governed by Principle 8.

XG 0010/93 (Scope of examination in ex parte appeal) of 30.11.1994

G 0010/93 (Scope of examination in ex parte appeal) of 30.11.1994

The nature of this procedure, which is ex parte, lies somewhere between that of examination and opposition proceedings.

Oral submissions by a former member of the board of appeal in either ex parte or inter partes proceedings

XG 0010/93 (Scope of examination in ex parte appeal) of 30.11.1994

G 0010/93 (Scope of examination in ex parte appeal) of 30.11.1994

Proceedings before the boards of appeal in ex parte are primarily concerned with examining the contested decision.

Proceedings before the boards of appeal in ex parte cases are primarily concerned with examining the contested decision.

Like the ex parte proceeding, there is no discovery and claims cannot be broadened.

The final decision of this Ex Parte procedure that was issued on January 6th 2017 is not subject to appeal and upholds the validity of the patent.

[17] There is little authority relating to the relationship between the gathering and sending stages of the hearing process, presumably because the gathering stage usually proceeds on an ex parte basis.

The questions which have been referred to the Enlarged Board of Appeal in decision J 11/94 have arisen during an appeal in ex parte proceedings.

Any request from the Prosecutor or the defence shall be in writing and, unless the request is for an ex parte procedure, served on the other party.

(b) a military judge as defined in subsection 2(1) of the National Defence Act, on ex parte application by the Director of Military Prosecutions.