Judgment No. 919

• Organization: European Patent Organisation (EPO)
• Date: 08.12.1988
• Original: Anglais
• Judges: Ducoux, Suffian, Gros Espiell
• Full judgment text (anglais) - Texte intégral du jugement

Decision

THE COMPLAINT IS DISMISSED.

Consideration 5

Extract:

The complainant's "objections to the reckoning of his output are unsound. Not only is a search examiner required to produce a steady output of work, but the output expected of him was reckoned according to the period covered by the report. There is therefore no reason why the report period should not be five months, even if the more usual period is a year."

Keywords

work appraisal; output; performance report; period; rebuttal