Judgment No. 3779

• Organization: European Patent Organisation (EPO)
• Date: 08.02.2017
• Original: English
• Judges: Barbagallo, Moore, Rawlins
• Full judgment text - Full judgment text (french)

Decision

The complaint is dismissed.

Summary

The complainant challenges the decision to dismiss his claim to reimbursement of travel expenses and other related costs.

Judgment keywords

Keywords

travel expenses; complaint dismissed

Consideration 3

Extract:

[T]he complainant addressed the question of whether there should be an oral hearing arguing that to deny him an oral hearing would be to deny him due process. The Tribunal does not accept this argument. Quite plainly the powers conferred on the Tribunal by Article V of its Statute include the power to decide or decline to hold oral proceedings.

Keywords

oral proceedings