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Rules of Procedure of the Unified Patent Court (RoP)

Rule 34

Request by the judge-rapporteur for allocating a technically qualified judge

  1. The judge-rapporteur may at any time during the written procedure, after consulting the presiding judge and the parties, request the President of the Court of First Instance to allocate a technically qualified judge to the panel.
  2. Where a technically qualified judge is allocated to the panel, the judge-rapporteur may at any time consult the technically qualified judge.

Notes

Status: 15th draft of 31st May 2013