Tuesday, October 16, 2018 T 1934/14 - Conflicting recollection of events

Conflicting events

In the present case, the respondent (patent proprietor) requested to supplement the minutes of the oral proceedings nearly three months after the notification of the minutes, namely to mention that the respondent 'requested to file a further request' during the oral proceedings, and that the respondent requested an interruption of the oral proceedings. The Board, however, considers the first request not to represent an actual request but rather an announcement of an intention (to file a further request) and therefore not to pertain to the 'essentials of the oral proceedings'. The Board also cannot recall the second request and questions the belated filing of the request for supplementing the minutes.