European Patent Office

T 1160/23 of 08.10.2025

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2025:T116023.20251008
Date of decision
8 October 2025
Case number
T 1160/23
Online on
3 December 2025
Petition for review of
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Application number
16806064.8
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
HEATING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AN INHALER DEVICE
Applicant name
JT International SA
Opponent name
Philip Morris Products S.A.
Board
3.2.04
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 54European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 84European Patent Convention R 80Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(2)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(2)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(4)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(6)
Keywords
Amendment occasioned by ground for opposition - (yes)
Novelty - (yes)
Inventive step - (yes)
Late-filed objection - should have been submitted in first-instance proceedings (yes)
Catchword
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Order

For these reasons it is decided that:

The appeal is dismissed.