European Patent Office

T 0786/23 of 02.04.2025

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2025:T078623.20250402
Date of decision
2 April 2025
Case number
T 0786/23
Online on
29 April 2025
Petition for review of
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Application number
17732874.7
IPC class
A24F 40/485
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
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Application title
CARTRIDGE FOR AN AEROSOL-GENERATING SYSTEM WITH HEATER PROTECTION
Applicant name
Philip Morris Products S.A.
Opponent name
Nicoventures Trading Limited
Board
3.2.04
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 100(a)European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 100(b)European Patent Convention Art 84Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(3)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(5)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(6)
Keywords
Inventive step - main request (no)
Inventive step - auxiliary request 1 (yes)
Late-filed objection - should have been submitted in first-instance proceedings (yes)
Sufficiency of disclosure (yes)
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Order

For these reasons it is decided that:

The appeals are dismissed.