European Patent Office

T 0505/24 of 30.10.2025

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2025:T050524.20251030
Date of decision
30 October 2025
Case number
T 0505/24
Online on
12 November 2025
Petition for review of
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Application number
16155092.6
IPC class
A24F 40/57
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
HEATED AEROSOL-GENERATING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR GENERATING AEROSOL WITH CONSISTENT PROPERTIES
Applicant name
Philip Morris Products S.A.
Opponent name
Nicoventures Trading Limited
Board
3.2.01
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 54European Patent Convention Art 56Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(6)
Keywords
Novelty - main request (no)
Inventive step - auxiliary request 1 (no)
Late-filed auxiliary request 2 - 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.