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<p>Officials in the UK Intellectual Property Office are closely and actively involved
in discussions relating to the Boards of Appeal of the European Patent Office (EPO),
including the Enlarged Board. It is the UK Government position that the Boards of
Appeal should be independent of the executive of the EPO, and be seen to be so. This
view is shared by other EPO member states and we expect proposals to make this clearer
to be considered by the Administrative Council, the Office’s supervisory body, in
March 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
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