European Patent Office

T 0274/23 of 23.01.2025

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2025:T027423.20250123
Date of decision
23 January 2025
Case number
T 0274/23
Online on
31 March 2025
Petition for review of
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Application number
16725911.8
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
PACKET OF SMOKE ARTICLES
Applicant name
G.D S.p.A.
Opponent name
Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co. KG)
Philip Morris Products S.A.
Board
3.2.07
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 83European Patent Convention Art 123(3)European Patent Convention R 80Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 011Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(6)
Keywords
Inventive step - (no)
Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)
Amendment occasioned by ground for opposition - amendments allowable (yes)
Amendments - extension of the protection conferred (no)
Late-filed objection - should have been submitted in first-instance proceedings (yes)
Late-filed objection - circumstances of appeal case justify admittance (no)
Catchword
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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

for further prosecution.