European Patent Office

T 1124/21 of 30.06.2023

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T112421.20230630
Date of decision
30 June 2023
Case number
T 1124/21
Online on
31 July 2023
Petition for review of
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Application number
14706694.8
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
OJ versions
No OJ links found
Other decisions for this case
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
AN INHALATION DEVICE AND COMPONENT FOR AN INHALATION DEVICE
Applicant name
Nicoventures Trading Limited
Opponent name
Philip Morris Products S.A.
Board
3.2.01
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 83European Patent Convention Art 54(2)European Patent Convention Art 56Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 013(2)
Keywords
Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)
Novelty - (yes)
Inventive step - (yes)
Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no)
Catchword
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Cited cases
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Citing cases
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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 as amended in the following version:

- Description: page 2 as filed during the oral proceedings, pages 3-12 of the patent specification

- Claims: n°1 to 14 according to the seventh auxiliary request filed with the reply to the statement of grounds on 4 February 2022

- Drawings of the patent specification.