European Patent Office

T 1267/23 of 15.10.2025

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2025:T126723.20251015
Date of decision
15 October 2025
Case number
T 1267/23
Online on
2 December 2025
Petition for review of
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Application number
17892066.6
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE AND ATOMIZER THEREOF
Applicant name
Shenzhen Smoore Technology Limited
Opponent name
Shenzhen Relx Technology Co., Ltd.
Imperial Tobacco Limited
Board
3.2.04
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 54European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 83European Patent Convention Art 84European Patent Convention Art 123(2)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(3)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(5)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(6)
Keywords
Novelty Main Request
Novelty - (no)
Inventive step Auxiliairy Request
Inventive step - (yes)
Discretion not to admit submission - requirements of Art. 12(3) RPBA 2020 met (no)
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 appeals are dismissed