T 1691/22 vom 27.02.2025
- Europäischer Rechtsprechungsidentifikator
- ECLI:EP:BA:2025:T169122.20250227
- Datum der Entscheidung
- 27. Februar 2025
- Aktenzeichen
- T 1691/22
- Online am
- 4. April 2025
- Antrag auf Überprüfung von
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- Anmeldenummer
- 15901499.2
- IPC-Klasse
- A24F 47/00
- Verfahrenssprache
- Englisch
- Verteilung
- Nicht verteilt (D)
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- Zusammenfassungen für diese Entscheidung
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- Bezeichnung der Anmeldung
- ELECTRONIC SMOKING DEVICE WITH CAPILLARY BUFFER
- Name des Antragstellers
- Fontem Ventures B.V.
- Name des Einsprechenden
- Nicoventures Trading Limited
- Kammer
- 3.2.01
- Leitsatz
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- Relevante Rechtsnormen
- European Patent Convention Art 54Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(2)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(4)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(6)European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 56 1973Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 013(2)
- Schlagwörter
- Main request - Novelty - (no)
Auxiliary request 1 - not admitted in first instance - error in use of discretion at first instance (no)
Auxiliary request 2 and 3 - Amendment to case - requirements of Art. 12(2), (4), (6) RPBA 2020 met (no)
Auxiliary request 4 - Amendments - added subject-matter (no)
Late-filed facts - should have been submitted in first-instance proceedings (yes)
Auxiliary request 4 - Novelty - (yes)
Auxiliary request 4 - Inventive step (yes) - Orientierungssatz
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- Zitierte Akten
- T 2219/18
- Zitierende Akten
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Order
For these reasons it is decided that:
The decision under appeal is set aside. The case is remitted to the opposition division with the order to maintain the patent as amended in the following version:
Description:
- paragraphs [0001]-[0005], [0008]-[0031] and [0033]-[0034] of the patent specification
- paragraphs [0006]-[0007], [0032] and [0035] according to
"Alternative 2 - Amended paragraph [0032]" filed with the reply
dated 1 February 2023
Claims:
1-13 according to auxiliary request 4 filed with the reply dated 1 February 2023.
Drawings:
pages 8-12 of the patent specification