European Patent Office

T 0369/22 vom 07.06.2024

Europäischer Rechtsprechungsidentifikator
ECLI:EP:BA:2024:T036922.20240607
Datum der Entscheidung
7. Juni 2024
Aktenzeichen
T 0369/22
Antrag auf Überprüfung von
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Anmeldenummer
17170100.6
IPC-Klasse
A24F 47/00
Verfahrenssprache
Englisch
Verteilung
Nicht verteilt (D)
Amtsblattfassungen
Keine AB-Links gefunden
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Zusammenfassungen für diese Entscheidung
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Bezeichnung der Anmeldung
ELECTRONIC VAPOUR INHALERS
Name des Antragstellers
JT International SA
Name des Einsprechenden
Philip Morris Products S.A.
Nicoventures Trading Limited
Kammer
3.2.01
Leitsatz
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Relevante Rechtsnormen
European Patent Convention Art 111(1)European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 52(1)European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 76(1)European Patent Convention Art 83European Patent Convention Art 84Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(3)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(4)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(6)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(2)
Schlagwörter
Divisional application - subject-matter extends beyond content of earlier application (yes)
Divisional application - subject-matter extends beyond content of earlier application (no)
Divisional application - after amendment
Amendments - extension beyond the content of the divisional application as filed (no)
Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)
Claims - clarity (yes)
Inventive step - (yes)
Amendment to case - basis for amendment indicated (yes)
Amendment to case - amendment within meaning of Art. 12(4) RPBA 2020
Amendment to case - suitability of amendment to address issues (yes)
Late-filed facts - admitted (yes)
Late-filed objection - should have been submitted in first-instance proceedings (yes)
Late-filed request - amendments after arrangement of oral proceedings
Late-filed auxiliary requests - justification for late filing (no)
Orientierungssatz
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Zitierende Akten
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Order

For these reasons it is decided that:

1. The decision under appeal is set aside.

2. The case is remitted to the opposition division with the order to maintain the patent with the following claims and a description to be adapted thereto:

Claims: N 1-13 according to the auxiliary request 14 filed with the first letter of 27 May 2024.