Translation of "Erklärung unter eid" in English

It's a four-page affidavit signed under oath.

For example, it cannot compel a party to attend the proceedings or to make a statement under oath (see Article 117(4), (5) and Rule 99 EPC).

They consider that the demand of the Board relating to the sworn statement in writing was legally inadmissible under the Patent Convention and under any legal system because under international law nobody can be denied his free right to oppose any patent application if he so desires.

Again he might produce a sworn statement, either from himself or from an independent witness, purporting to show that workers in the art have been trying for a long time unsuccessfully to solve the problem with which the invention is concerned, or that the invention is a completely new departure in the relevant art.

Whether a written statement ("affidavit") is made under oath or not is only one of the criteria applied by the Opposition Division in its evaluation of the evidence adduced.

In J 10/04 the Receiving Section had questioned the credibility of a sworn statement.

Where appropriate, the requirements could be met by a sworn statement that the opposition was not filed on behalf of a third party.

A statement by you, under penalty of perjury, that the foregoing information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf

Thus, in these exceptional circumstances, "legitimate doubts" in the sense in which this expression was used in decision T 635/88 could exist, and justify an invitation to the named opponent to provide evidence as to his "true identity", eg by a sworn statement.

Written evidence could include the supply of information, or the production of a document or of a sworn statement.

For quite a while now, in Medjugorje (?itluk, Bosnia-Herzegovina) six trustworthy witnesses, testify firmly under oath, that since the 24th of June 1981, the Blessed Virgin Mary, or the "Gospa", as she is affectionately known as here, appears to them every day up to the present.

The EPC does not provide for any demand that this should as a matter of principle be confirmed by a declaration under oath where there is no obvious economic interest in the subject-matter of the patent in suit.

The act of signing the affidavit and of swearing under oath that the statements it contains are true and correct to the best of the knowledge of the declarant, is done in the presence of a solicitor or a commissioner of oaths.

Considering the sworn statement to have been based on personal impressions which were subjective and not always reliable particularly regarding a routine task, the Receiving Section had not invited the witness in order to hear her personally.

Do you hereby solemnly swear or affirm under the penalties of perjury that the testimony you are about to give will be the truth,

In contrast to a conference, witness statements are made under oath and recorded.

Where its domestic law allows, the court shall request that such declarations are made on oath.

Where this is provided for by its own law and subject to the conditions laid down therein, the issuing authority may require that declarations be made on oath or by a statutory declaration in lieu of an oath.

ZIVA I hereby... declare on oath, that I absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate,

To prove prior use in an opposition, the opponent usually offers as evidence the production of documents, the hearing of witnesses or parties, or he presents sworn statements in writing.

It is definitely not proper to request the filing of statements under oath having a content suggested by the Opposition Division or any other instance.

Taking account of the investigations usually conducted beforehand by a primary examiner (seeD?II, 5 and D -II, 6), the Opposition Division will base itself on the written submissions of the parties and, where appropriate, on other written evidence obtained, in particular, through the production of documents, requests for information and sworn statements in writing.

The board evaluated sworn statements as a form of evidence with a high probative value especially if they were given with the awareness that wilful false statements were punishable by a fine or imprisonment or both under the applicable law.

I have made some other slight alterations for better reading like changing C.I.A. and N.S.A. to CIA/NSA. I, Robert E. Cotner, born 3/19/46, SS No. 441444447, military number R.A. 25731405, NG 25731405, and MKULTRA CIA number 1059, Tulsa Private Investigator number 1059, (until 1979), do hereby swear under oath that the following is true and correct to the best of my memory, and that this should be accepted as a death bed statement, because I am dying and may be murdered even before I can die of other causes.

It is definitely not proper to request the filing of statements under oath having a content suggested by the Opposition Division or any other instance, as illustrated in paragraph 5.1 above.

It includes among other things the production of documents and sworn statements in writing as well as hearing witnesses (seeT 117/86).