OJ EPO SE 1/2016, p1 - I. NOTICE CONCERNING THE COMPOSITION OF THE PRESIDIUM OF THE BOARDS OF APPEAL FOR THE YEARS 2016/2017

With effect from 1 January 2016 the composition of the Presidium of the Boards of Appeal referred to in Rule 12 of the Implementing Regulations to the European Patent Convention is as follows:

Chairman:

Wim van der Eijk (NL)

Members:

(a) pursuant to Rule 12, paragraph 1:

Paola Acton (IT)

Ingo Beckedorf (DE)

Fritz Blumer (CH)

Albert de Vries (NL)

Gary Flyng (GB)

Michael Harrison (GB)

Christine Komenda (DE)

Hugo Meinders (NL)

Michael Poock (DE)

Petra Schmitz (DE)

Werner Sieber (DE)

Manfred Wieser (AT)

(b) pursuant to Rule 12, paragraph 4, extended to:

Gabriele Alt (DE)

Graham Ashley (GB)

Gianni Assi (IT)

Bernhard Czech (AT)

Eugène Dufrasne (BE)

Gunnar Eliasson (SE)

Pascal Gryczka (FR)

Albert Lindner (DE)

Rainer Moufang (DE)

Ulrich Oswald (DE)

(until 30.09.2016)

Giovanni Pricolo (IT)

Joseph Riolo (FR)

Andrea Ritzka (DE)

Wolfgang Sekretaruk (DE)

Claude Vallet (FR)

Fred van der Voort (NL).