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

== Rule 233 ==

=== Preliminary examination of the Statement of grounds of appeal ===

 1. The judge-rapporteur shall examine whether the Statement of grounds of appeal satisfies the requirements of Rule [[UPCA_RoP_226|226]] . 

 2. If the Statement of grounds of appeal does not comply with the requirements of Rule [[UPCA_RoP_226|226]] , the judge-rapporteur shall give the appellant leave to amend the Statement of grounds of appeal within such period as he may decide. If the appellant fails to amend the Statement within such period the Court of Appeal may reject the appeal as inadmissible. The panel may give the appellant an opportunity to be heard beforehand. 

 3. Grounds of appeal which are not raised within the period specified for the Statement of grounds of appeal in Rule [[UPCA_RoP_224|224.2]]  shall not be admissible. 

== Notes ==

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