European Patent Office

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)
Amtsblattfassungen
Keine AB-Links gefunden
Weitere Entscheidungen für diese Akte
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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