Referrals to the Enlarged Board of Appeal over procedural matters: a good use of EBA resources?

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June 18, 2012
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In a recent IPKat post, Darren Smyth ponders whether the Boards of Appeal of the European Patent Office should be referring cases to the Enlarged Board of Appeal on matters of procedural requirements, and whether this is an appropriate allocation of EBA resources.



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