European Patent Office

T 0082/24 of 02.10.2025

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2025:T008224.20251002
Date of decision
2 October 2025
Case number
T 0082/24
Online on
5 November 2025
Petition for review of
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Application number
18782511.2
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
HOPPER FOR SMOKING ARTICLES
Applicant name
G.D Società per Azioni
Opponent name
Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co. KG)
Board
3.2.07
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 54(2)European Patent Convention Art 123(2)Rules 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
Novelty - main request (no)
Novelty - auxiliary request (no)
Amendments - added subject-matter (yes)
Discretion not to admit submission - requirements of Art. 12(3) RPBA 2020 met (no)
Late-filed request - admitted in first-instance proceedings (no)
Late-filed request - circumstances of appeal case justify admittance (no)
Catchword
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Order

For these reasons it is decided that:

The appeal is dismissed.