= Rules of Procedure of the Unified Patent Court (RoP) =

== Rule 224 ==

=== Time periods for lodging the Statement of appeal and the Statement of grounds of appeal ===

 1. A Statement of appeal shall be lodged by the appellant 

  (a) within two months of service of a decision referred to in Rule [[UPCA_RoP_220|220.1]](a) and (b) or <<BR>>
  (b) within 15 calendar days of service of a decision or order referred to in Rules [[UPCA_RoP_220|220.1]](c) and .2. 

 2. The Statement of grounds of appeal shall be lodged by the appellant 

  (a) within four months of service of a decision referred to in Rule [[UPCA_RoP_220|220.1]](a) and (b) or <<BR>>
  (b) within 15 calendar days of service of a decision or order referred to in Rules [[UPCA_RoP_220|220.1]](c) and .2. 

== Notes ==

Relation with Agreement: Article [[UPCA_073|73]](1) and (2)

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