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EP3076804 - HEATED AEROSOL GENERATING ARTICLE WITH THERMAL SPREADING WRAP [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	Patent revoked Status updated on 03.03.2026 Database last updated on 11.04.2026
Former	The patent has been granted Status updated on 28.06.2019
Former	Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 18.03.2019
Most recent event Tooltip	06.03.2026	Revocation of patent	published on 08.04.2026 [2026/15]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Philip Morris Products S.A. Quai Jeanrenaud 3 2000 Neuchâtel / CH
	[2016/41]
Inventor(s)	01 / MALGAT, Alexandre Rue des Oiseaux 4F 1422 Les Tuileries de Grandson / CH
	02 / ROUDIER, Stephane Rue du Sentier 2c 2013 Colombier / CH
	03 / BORGES DE COURAÇA, Ana Carolina Avenue du Tribunal-Fédéral 23 1005 Lausanne / CH
	04 / LAVANCHY, Frederic Grand Rue 55 1373 Chavornay / CH
	05 / MEYER, Cedric Rue du Simplon 9 1006 Lausanne / CH
	[2019/16]
Former [2016/41]	01 / MALGAT, Alexandre Rue des Oiseaux 4F 1422 Les Tuileries de Grandson / CH
	02 / ROUDIER, Stephane Rue du Sentier 2c 2013 Colombier / CH
	03 / BORGES DE COURAÇA, Ana Avenue du Tribunal-Fédéral 23 1005 Lausanne / CH
	04 / LAVANCHY, Frederic Grand Rue 55 1373 Chavornay / CH
	05 / MEYER, Cedric Rue du Simplon 9 1006 Lausanne / CH
Representative(s)	HGF HGF Limited 4th Floor, 1 City Square Leeds LS1 2ES / GB
	[N/P]
Former [2019/31]	Bates, Alan Douglas Henry Reddie & Grose LLP The White Chapel Building 10 Whitechapel High Street London E1 8QS / GB
Former [2016/41]	Bates, Alan Douglas Henry Reddie & Grose LLP 16 Theobalds Road London WC1X 8PL / GB
Application number, filing date	14806330.8	04.12.2014
	[2016/41]
	WO2014EP76646
Priority number, date	EP20130195877	05.12.2013 Original published format: EP 13195877
	[2016/41]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO2015082648
	Date:	11.06.2015
	Language:	EN
	[2015/23]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP3076804
	Date:	12.10.2016
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 11.06.2015 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2016/41]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP3076804
	Date:	31.07.2019
	Language:	EN
	[2019/31]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	EP	11.06.2015
Classification	IPC:	A24D1/00, A24F47/00	[2016/41]
	CPC:	A24C5/01 (EP,KR,US); A24B3/14 (IL,KR); A24F47/00 (IL,KR,RU); A24D1/025 (IL,KR,US); A24F40/20 (IL,KR,US); A24D1/02 (IL); (+) A24D1/10 (IL,KR); A24D1/20 (EP,IL,KR,US); A24F40/00 (EP,IL,KR,US); A24F40/42 (KR); A24F40/46 (KR); A62C3/00 (IL,KR); B32B15/12 (IL,KR); B32B15/16 (IL,KR); B32B5/16 (IL,KR); B32B2250/02 (IL,KR); B32B2264/06 (IL,KR); B32B2307/302 (IL,KR); B32B2307/3065 (IL,KR); B32B2554/00 (IL,KR); B32B2571/00 (IL,KR) (-)
Designated contracting states	AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LI, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR [2016/41]
Extension states	BA	Not yet paid
	ME	Not yet paid
Title	German:	BEHEIZTER AEROSOL-ERZEUGENDER ARTIKEL MIT WÄRMESTREUUNGSHÜLLE	[2019/13]
	English:	HEATED AEROSOL GENERATING ARTICLE WITH THERMAL SPREADING WRAP	[2016/41]
	French:	ARTICLE DE GÉNÉRATION D'AÉROSOL CHAUFFÉ AVEC ENVELOPPE DE DIFFUSION THERMIQUE	[2019/13]
	Former [2016/41]	BEHEIZTER AEROSOLERZEUGENDER ARTIKEL MIT WÄRMESTREUUNGSHÜLLE
	Former [2016/41]	OBJET GÉNÉRANT UN AÉROSOL CHAUFFÉ COMPORTANT UNE ENVELOPPE DE DISSIPATION THERMIQUE
Entry into regional phase	31.03.2016	National basic fee paid
	31.03.2016	Designation fee(s) paid
	31.03.2016	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	28.09.2015	Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
	31.03.2016	Examination requested [2016/41]
	19.03.2019	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	17.06.2019	Fee for grant paid
	17.06.2019	Fee for publishing/printing paid
	17.06.2019	Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Divisional application(s)	EP19186160.8 / EP3574774
	EP20207581.8 / EP3797604
	EP24217451.4 / EP4494490
Opposition(s)	Opponent(s)	01 30.04.2020 05.05.2020 ADMISSIBLE Yunnan Tobacco International Co., Ltd. 345 Panjing Street Pan Long District Kunming Yunnan 650225 / CN Opponent's representative EP&C P.O. Box 3241 2280 GE Rijswijk / NL
		[2020/24]
	deleted	Deletion: Legal effect of rejection of opposition [ N /P ]
	15.06.2020	Invitation to proprietor to file observations on the notice of opposition
	26.10.2020	Reply of patent proprietor to notice(s) of opposition
	14.12.2021	Date of oral proceedings
	23.12.2021	Despatch of minutes of oral proceedings
	23.12.2021	Date of despatch of rejection of opposition
	11.12.2025	Legal effect of revocation of patent [2026/15]
	26.02.2026	Despatch of communication that the patent will be revoked
Appeal following opposition	16.02.2022	Appeal received No. T0439/22
	16.02.2022	Payment of appeal fee
	22.04.2022	Statement of grounds filed
	04.07.2025	Invitation to file observations in an appeal (Time limit: M01) [2025/27]
	11.07.2025	Date of receipt of observations in an appeal [2025/28]
	11.12.2025	Result of appeal procedure: revocation of the patent
	26.02.2026	Despatch of the decision of the Board of Appeal
	11.12.2025	Date of oral proceedings
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	11.10.2016	Renewal fee patent year 03
	21.12.2017	Renewal fee patent year 04
	19.12.2018	Renewal fee patent year 05
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	AL	31.07.2019
	AT	31.07.2019
	CY	31.07.2019
	DK	31.07.2019
	EE	31.07.2019
	FI	31.07.2019
	HR	31.07.2019
	LT	31.07.2019
	LV	31.07.2019
	MC	31.07.2019
	MK	31.07.2019
	MT	31.07.2019
	RS	31.07.2019
	SI	31.07.2019
	SM	31.07.2019
	IS	30.10.2019
	BG	31.10.2019
	NO	31.10.2019
	PT	02.12.2019
	IE	04.12.2019
	LU	04.12.2019
	[2022/31]
Former [2021/34]	AL	31.07.2019
	AT	31.07.2019
	CY	31.07.2019
	DK	31.07.2019
	EE	31.07.2019
	FI	31.07.2019
	HR	31.07.2019
	LT	31.07.2019
	LV	31.07.2019
	MC	31.07.2019
	MT	31.07.2019
	RS	31.07.2019
	SI	31.07.2019
	SM	31.07.2019
	IS	30.10.2019
	BG	31.10.2019
	NO	31.10.2019
	PT	02.12.2019
	IE	04.12.2019
	LU	04.12.2019
Former [2021/26]	AL	31.07.2019
	AT	31.07.2019
	CY	31.07.2019
	DK	31.07.2019
	EE	31.07.2019
	FI	31.07.2019
	HR	31.07.2019
	LT	31.07.2019
	LV	31.07.2019
	MC	31.07.2019
	RS	31.07.2019
	SI	31.07.2019
	SM	31.07.2019
	IS	30.10.2019
	BG	31.10.2019
	NO	31.10.2019
	PT	02.12.2019
	IE	04.12.2019
	LU	04.12.2019
Former [2020/46]	AL	31.07.2019
	AT	31.07.2019
	DK	31.07.2019
	EE	31.07.2019
	FI	31.07.2019
	HR	31.07.2019
	LT	31.07.2019
	LV	31.07.2019
	MC	31.07.2019
	RS	31.07.2019
	SI	31.07.2019
	SM	31.07.2019
	IS	30.10.2019
	BG	31.10.2019
	NO	31.10.2019
	PT	02.12.2019
	IE	04.12.2019
	LU	04.12.2019
Former [2020/39]	AL	31.07.2019
	AT	31.07.2019
	DK	31.07.2019
	EE	31.07.2019
	FI	31.07.2019
	HR	31.07.2019
	LT	31.07.2019
	LV	31.07.2019
	MC	31.07.2019
	RS	31.07.2019
	SI	31.07.2019
	SM	31.07.2019
	IS	30.10.2019
	BG	31.10.2019
	NO	31.10.2019
	PT	02.12.2019
Former [2020/37]	AL	31.07.2019
	AT	31.07.2019
	DK	31.07.2019
	EE	31.07.2019
	FI	31.07.2019
	HR	31.07.2019
	LT	31.07.2019
	LV	31.07.2019
	RS	31.07.2019
	SI	31.07.2019
	SM	31.07.2019
	IS	30.10.2019
	BG	31.10.2019
	NO	31.10.2019
	PT	02.12.2019
Former [2020/36]	AL	31.07.2019
	AT	31.07.2019
	DK	31.07.2019
	EE	31.07.2019
	FI	31.07.2019
	HR	31.07.2019
	LT	31.07.2019
	LV	31.07.2019
	RS	31.07.2019
	SM	31.07.2019
	IS	30.10.2019
	BG	31.10.2019
	NO	31.10.2019
	PT	02.12.2019
Former [2020/28]	AL	31.07.2019
	AT	31.07.2019
	DK	31.07.2019
	EE	31.07.2019
	FI	31.07.2019
	HR	31.07.2019
	LT	31.07.2019
	LV	31.07.2019
	RS	31.07.2019
	SM	31.07.2019
	BG	31.10.2019
	NO	31.10.2019
	PT	02.12.2019
	IS	24.02.2020
Former [2020/24]	AL	31.07.2019
	AT	31.07.2019
	DK	31.07.2019
	EE	31.07.2019
	FI	31.07.2019
	HR	31.07.2019
	LT	31.07.2019
	LV	31.07.2019
	RS	31.07.2019
	BG	31.10.2019
	NO	31.10.2019
	PT	02.12.2019
	IS	24.02.2020
Former [2020/22]	AL	31.07.2019
	AT	31.07.2019
	DK	31.07.2019
	EE	31.07.2019
	FI	31.07.2019
	HR	31.07.2019
	LT	31.07.2019
	LV	31.07.2019
	RS	31.07.2019
	BG	31.10.2019
	NO	31.10.2019
	IS	30.11.2019
	PT	02.12.2019
Former [2020/15]	AL	31.07.2019
	AT	31.07.2019
	FI	31.07.2019
	HR	31.07.2019
	LT	31.07.2019
	LV	31.07.2019
	RS	31.07.2019
	BG	31.10.2019
	NO	31.10.2019
	IS	30.11.2019
	PT	02.12.2019
Former [2020/12]	AT	31.07.2019
	FI	31.07.2019
	HR	31.07.2019
	LT	31.07.2019
	LV	31.07.2019
	RS	31.07.2019
	BG	31.10.2019
	NO	31.10.2019
	IS	30.11.2019
	PT	02.12.2019
Former [2020/11]	AT	31.07.2019
	FI	31.07.2019
	HR	31.07.2019
	LT	31.07.2019
	LV	31.07.2019
	RS	31.07.2019
	BG	31.10.2019
	NO	31.10.2019
	PT	02.12.2019
Former [2020/10]	AT	31.07.2019
	FI	31.07.2019
	LT	31.07.2019
	BG	31.10.2019
	NO	31.10.2019
	PT	02.12.2019
Former [2020/09]	FI	31.07.2019
	LT	31.07.2019
	NO	31.10.2019
Former [2020/08]	LT	31.07.2019
	NO	31.10.2019
Cited in	International search	[X] US2007023056 (CANTRELL DANIEL V et al.) [X] 1-20 * the whole document *
		[X] US5105831 (BANERJEE CHANDRA K et al.) [X] 1-20 * abstract *
		[X] WO2013104616 (PHILIP MORRIS PROD et al.) [X] 1-20 * the whole document *
		[X] EP0337505 (REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO R et al.) [X] 1-20 * the whole document *
	by applicant	WO2013102614
		WO2009022232
		EP0822670
		CH691156
	other	EP0448265
		US4623004
		DE1785363
		Case number: G0001/24Reference to BoA dated 30-08-2011 - G 2/10 30.06.2012
	Opposition	EP2368449
		WO2010047389
		WO2011117750
		WO2011063970
		WO2011050964
		WO2012164009
		WO2013098405
		GB1509278
		US2718889
		JPS60164472
		US6129087

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