Technical Board of Appeal 3.2.04 has referred the following questions to the Enlarged Board of Appeal:
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 new referral is numbered G2/24.
The referring decision can be reviewed here
The EPO announcement can be found here
