Rules of Procedure of the Unified Patent Court (RoP)

Rule 87

Grounds for annulling or altering a decision of the Office

An action against a decision of the Office may be brought on grounds of

• (a) infringement of Regulation (EU) No 1257/2012 or of Regulation (EU) No 1260/2012 or of any rule of law relating to their application,
  (b) infringement of the implementing rules of the European Patent Office for carrying out the tasks referred to in Article 9(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1257/2012,
  (c) infringement of an essential procedural requirement,
  (d) misuse of power.

Notes

Status: 15th draft of 31st May 2013