Judgment No. 4204

• Organization: European Patent Organisation (EPO)
• Date: 03.07.2019
• Original: English
• Judges: Barbagallo, Hansen, Rawlins
• Full judgment text - Full judgment text (french)

Decision

The complaint is dismissed.

Summary

The complainant impugns the decision of the Appeals Committee to close the case in light of Judgment 3893.

Judgment keywords

Keywords

summary procedure; complaint dismissed

Consideration 6

Extract:

As the Tribunal’s decision in Judgment 3893 is res judicata, the Appeals Committee rightly determined that it could not re-open the case.

Reference(s)

ILOAT Judgment(s): 3893

Keywords

res judicata; internal procedure