"the Enlarged Board of Appeal has recently endorsed by way of obiter dictum in decisions G 1/05 and G 1/06 the practice of the EPO in this respect (see point 13.4 of the reasons: "The Board accepts that the principle of prohibition of double patenting exists...")</ref> that
"The Enlarged Board of Appeal has recently approved by way of obiter dictum in decisions G 1/05 and G 1/06 the EPO's practice in this regard (see point 13.4 of the reasons: "The Board acknowledges that the principle of prohibition of double patenting exists...")