Enlarged Board of Appeal EPO, 16 November 1990, Medtronic - Administrative Agreement PATENT LAW Administrative Agreement President EPO and German Patent OfficeJune 13th, 2010
FiledJune 13th, 2010To the extent that the Administrative Agreement dated 29 June 1981 between the President of the EPO and the President of the German Patent Office contains terms regulating the treatment of documents intended for the EPO and received by the German Patent Office in Ber- lin, the President of the EPO did not himself have the power to enter into such an agreement on behalf of the EPO, at any time before the opening of the Filing Of- fice for the EPO in Berlin on 1 July 1989.