Dear all

please see German letter as sent.

Further, we already received a first answer from the chairman of the AC, Mr. Kratochvil, stating:

"Dear Mr Then,

Let me to thank you for your letter and inform you that according to the EPC (Art.28) the Board of the Administrative Council is by far not the body relevant to discuss legal matters of whatever nature (unless mandated by the Council). As you know perfectly well, the EPOrg disposes with CPL, advisory body to the Council on patent legal matters. The maximum what I can do is to INFORM about receiving of your letter.

Yours sincerely,

J.Kratochvil"

So I guess our letter arrived and we can look forward for some more reactions ... :-)

I have to admit, I am not so sure about the role of the Board, however, having looked to the Calendar of the EPO, I was not aware of any other official meeting to prepare the meeting of the Council. At least we did not miss this meeting with potential relevance.