T 0682/18 of 03.11.2021
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T068218.20211103
- Date of decision
- 3 November 2021
- Case number
- T 0682/18
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 10782535.8
- IPC class
- A24F 47/00
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
- Download
- Decision in English
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- Other decisions for this case
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- AN ELECTRICALLY HEATED SMOKING SYSTEM WITH IMPROVED HEATER
- Applicant name
- Philip Morris Products S.A.
- Opponent name
- British-American Tobacco (Investments) Limited
eSmoking Institute sp. z o.o. - Board
- 3.2.01
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 100(a)European Patent Convention Art 100(b)European Patent Convention Art 100(c)European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 54European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 83European Patent Convention Art 84Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 15(8)
- Keywords
- Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no)
Grounds for opposition - subject-matter extends beyond content of earlier application (no)
Novelty - main request (no)
Novelty - auxiliary request 1, 2 (no)
Novelty - auxiliary request 4 (yes)
Claims - clarity
Claims - auxiliary request 3 (no)
Extension beyond the content of the application as filed - auxiliary request 4 (no)
Sufficiency of disclosure - auxiliary request 4 (yes)
Inventive step - auxiliary request 4 (yes) - Catchword
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- Cited cases
- G 0003/14
- Citing cases
- -
Order
For these reasons it is decided that:
The appeals are dismissed.