= 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 [[http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2012:361:0001:0008:en:PDF|Regulation (EU) No 1257/2012]]  or of [[http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2012:361:0089:0092:en:PDF|Regulation (EU) No 1260/2012]] or of any rule of law relating to their application, <<BR>>
 (b) infringement of the implementing rules of the European Patent Office for carrying out the tasks referred to in [[UPCA_009|Article 9]](1) of Regulation (EU) No 1257/2012, <<BR>>
 (c) infringement of an essential procedural requirement, <<BR>>
 (d) misuse of power. 


== Notes ==

'''Status:''' [[UPCA_RoP_15th_Draft|15th draft of 31st May 2013]]