(1) Upon request and applying sections 114 to 116 of the Code of Civil Procedure and section 130 (1) sentence 2, and (2), (4) and (5) accordingly, the proprietor of the patent receives legal aid in opposition proceedings (sections 59 to 62). No examination is to be conducted as to whether the legal defence offers sufficient prospect of success.
(2) Subsection (1) sentence 1 applies accordingly to the opponent and to a third party who has intervened pursuant to section 59 (2) and to the parties in the proceedings for the revocation of a patent or in compulsory licence proceedings (sections 81, 85 and 85a) if the person making the request substantiates an interest of his or her own meriting protection.