Judgment No. 1276

• Organization: European Patent Organisation (EPO)
• Date: 14.07.1993
• Original: Français
• Judges: Ruda, Pescatore, Douglas
• Full judgment text (anglais) - Texte intégral du jugement

Decision

The complaint is dismissed.

Consideration 15

Extract:

"It is [...] proper to take consistent EPO practice as a guideline: it would be quite unreasonable to put on a poorly drafted text a construction that disrupted such administrative practice. Everyone concerned has till now seen it as striking a fair balance".

Keywords

tribunal; practice; staff regulations and rules; interpretation; organisation's interest