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EPO Boards of Appeal are divided on whether divisionals can be filed after grant

In J 1/24, Board 3.1.01 (the Legal Board of Appeal) surprised many practitioners by treating a divisional filed after the publication of the mention of the grant as validly filed. As this went…

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