The case law of the EPO Boards of Appeal is not binding on the first instance departments of the EPO ( i. e. the Examining Divisions ), and different Examining Divisions of the EPO may assess patentability differently.

This contrasts with the Examining Divisions and Opposition Divisions, the first instance departments carrying the examination of patent applications and of oppositions to granted European patents, which may be in Munich, in Rijswijk ( a suburb of The Hague, Netherlands ), or in Berlin, Germany.

An appeal may be filed against a decision of a first instance department of the EPO, i. e. a decision of the Receiving Section, of an Examining Division, of an Opposition Division or of the Legal Division.

* Controlled Substances Laws of Georgia: Code Title 16-13 by Max Cleland ( State Examining Boards, Georgia State Board of Pharmacy.

Harmony was a member of Navy Department's Examining and Retiring Boards 1883-84, was promoted to commodore in 1885, and served as Chief of the Bureau of Yards and Docks, 1885 – 89, and was Chairman of the Lighthouse Board, 1889-91.

However, " the decision which was appealed emanated from the Receiving Section, the Examining Division shall similarly be bound by the ratio decidendi of the Board of Appeal.

It was initially refused in 1989 by an Examining Division of the European Patent Office ( EPO ) among other things on the grounds that the European Patent Convention ( EPC ) excludes patentability of animals per se.

For instance, the European Patent Office ( EPO ), acting as ISA and IPEA, is not be obliged to search, by virtue of Article 17 ( 2 )( a )( i ) PCT, or examine, by virtue of Article 34 ( 4 )( a )( i ) PCT, any international application to the extent that the EPO considers that such application relates to subject matter which does not comply with the provisions of the European Patent Convention to such an extent that it is not possible to carry out a meaningful search into the state of the art on the basis of all or some of the claims .< ref > Agreement between the European Patent Organisation and the International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organization in relation to the functioning of the European Patent Office as an International Searching Authority and International Preliminary Examining Authority under the Patent Cooperation Treaty, Done at Geneva on October 1, 1997, ( as in force from April 1, 2006 ), Article 4 (" Subject Matter Not Required to Be Searched or Examined ") and Annex B (" Subject Matter Not Excluded from Search or Examination "), and

Examining Jewish history and rabbinic literature through the lens of academic criticism, Conservative Judaism believes that halakha has always evolved to meet the changing realities of Jewish life, and that it must continue to do so in the modern age.

* Hewett, Valarie ( 2001 ). Examining the Reggio Emilia approach to early childhood education.

Examining this equation, it appears to be advantageous to make R < sub > D </ sub > large in order make the overall gain approach the asymptotic gain, which makes the gain insensitive to amplifier parameters ( g < sub > m </ sub > and R < sub > D </ sub >).

The experience of power: Examining the effects of power on approach and inhibition tendencies.

Examining the 12C / 13C isotope ratio, it is possible to determine whether animals ate predominantly C3 or C4 plants.

It is therefore said that the claims set out the metes and bounds ( see, e. g. in United States patent law, Manual of Patent Examining Procedure § 2173. 05 ( a )) for the protected invention.

The case is now cited in the USPTO's Manual of Patent Examining Procedure as an example of an " inoperative " invention that can't have any utility, concretely as a perpetual motion machine.

The first meaningful step took place on 6 May 1921 when the South African Accounting Societies ' General Examining Board was formed to conduct the examination process on behalf of the societies.

* SoundWitness. org Examining the Jehovah's Witnesses

Examining pump repair records and MTBF ( mean time between failures ) is of great importance to responsible and conscientious pump users.

Examining fired pottery shards from prehistory, scientists learned that during high-temperature firing, iron materials in clay record the exact state of Earth's magnetic field at that exact moment.

Examining multiple biopsy samples can be helpful to confirm the diagnosis.

Examining him will cause a jingle ( that which plays when the player completes a puzzle or opens a doorway in The Legend of Zelda games ) to play.

* 1976: Examining Board v. Flores de Otero

Examining Web server log is tedious task therefore some administrators use tools such as CrawlTrack or SEO Crawlytics to identify, track and verify Web crawlers.

Examining the statutes, however, the court determined that there was no issue of administrative necessity or pragmatism that justified the arbitrary exclusion of certain individuals from the rights and privileges accorded by marriage.

Examining the paths towards the edges of the mirror reveals that the times of nearby paths are quite different from each other, and thus we wind up summing vectors that cancel out quickly.

Faye Mishna, Alan McLuckie, and Michael Saini, co-authors of the Oxford Journal article Real-World Dangers in an Online Reality: A Qualitative Study Examining Online Relationships and Cyber Abuse, reported the results of their research and observation of over 35, 000 individuals between the ages of 6 and 24 who have been or currently are a part of an internet relationship.

Examining the critical history of the character of Cleopatra reveals that intellectuals of the 19th century and the early 20th century viewed her as merely an object of sexuality that could be understood and diminished rather than an imposing force with great poise and capacity for leadership.

The role of mindless puppet, contrasting with the brilliance of Maigret, is reserved for public prosecutors or more frequently a Juge d ' instruction or Examining Magistrate.

The Canadian Manual Osteopathy Examining Board ( CMOEB ) aims to " establish and maintain uniform high standards of excellence in the manual osteopathy profession and education, primarily but not exclusively by preparing and administering to qualified applicants examinations of superior quality.

Input and the acquisition of vocabulary: Examining the parental lexicon.

Examining the role of personalities in the decision making process can have some explanatory power, as can the role of misperception between various actors.

* Examining the Lessons of the 1994 U. S .- North Korea Deal, PBS, April 10, 2003

Examining the issue of walkability, a recent comparison of seven neighbourhood layouts found a 43 and 32 percent increase in walking with respect to a grid plan and conventional suburban layout in a Fused Grid layout, which has greater permeability for pedestrians than for cars due to its inclusion of dedicated pedestrian paths.

Examining the nature of crystalline bonds they theorised that carbon and nitrogen atoms could form a particularly short and strong bond in a stable crystal lattice in a ratio of 1: 1. 3.

Examining conditions in the late 1990s, John Logan observed that union busting agencies helped to " transform economic strikes into a virtually suicidal tactic for U. S. unions.

* Brents, Barbara G. and Kathryn Hausbeck, " Violence and Legalized Brothel Prostitution in Nevada: Examining Safety, Risk and Prostitution Policy ", Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 20 ( 3 ): 270 – 295, 2005

Examining completed tricks ( except for the last one ) is not allowed.

Decisions by Opposition Divisions, like any other final decisions of first instance divisions, are appealable.

The CDCR's current Divisions and Boards include ( among others ):

The new legal structure had a single Court of Appeal, split into two divisions, hearing appeals from a unified High Court of Justice made up of the King's Bench, Chancery and Common Pleas Divisions.

Senior judges ( Justices of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, Lords Justices of Appeal and the Heads of the Divisions of the High Court ) are officially appointed by the Sovereign on the advice of the Lord Chancellor, but since 2005 the Lord Chancellor has been advised by an independent Judicial Appointments Commission and can only choose whether to accept or reject its recommendations.

The court includes the Court of Appeal and the Court of Criminal Appeal which hear appeals from the District Court and the Local Court and from single judges sitting in the Common Law or Equity Divisions.

There is an Appeal Panel, a General Division and five specialist Divisions named the Community Services Division, the Revenue Division the Equal Opportunity Division, the Retail Leases Division and the Legal Services Division.

The Internal Appeal Panel hears appeals from the Divisions and an External Appeal Panel which hears appeals from other bodies.