Decision on Unilin’s European 'Snap Patent'

Wielsbeke, Belgium, March 27, 2006--On March 24, 2006 the Technical Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office (EPO) postponed the hearing on the validity of Unilin’s European patent EP 1 024 234. The hearing before The Technical Board of Appeal will not resume before the Enlarged Board of Appeal of the EPO has issued a decision on legal question regarding the practices of the EPO examination division on how to deal with added subject matter in the application as filed.