As previously reported, the following questions had been referred to the Enlarged Board of Appeal under G2/24:
After withdrawal of all appeals, may the proceedings be continued with a third party who intervened during the appeal proceedings? In particular, may the third party acquire an appellant status corresponding to the status of a person entitled to appeal within the meaning of Article 107, first sentence, EPC?
The Enlarged Board of Appeal has now issued their decision, answering as follows:
After withdrawal of all appeals, appeal proceedings may not be continued with a third party who intervened during the appeal proceedings in accordance with Article 105 EPC.
The intervening third party does not acquire an appellant status corresponding to the status of a person entitled to appeal within the meaning of Article 107, first sentence, EPC.
The referring decision can be reviewed here
The EPO announcement can be found here
