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EP3672431 - AEROSOL-GENERATING SYSTEM WITH CHARGING DEVICE AND AEROSOL-GENERATING DEVICE WITH SIDE COUPLING [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusExamination is in progress
Status updated on  23.12.2022
Database last updated on 28.02.2026
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  29.05.2020
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  02.03.2019
Formerunknown
Status updated on  13.09.2017
Most recent event   Tooltip27.01.2026New entry: Despatch of examination report + time limit 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Philip Morris Products S.A.
Quai Jeanrenaud 3
2000 Neuchâtel / CH
[2020/27]
Inventor(s)01 / HOLZHERR, Raphael
Quai Jeanrenaud 3
2000 Neuchâtel / CH
02 / LEE, Hankak
APT No. 104-603
33 Seochojungang-ro 24-gil
Seocho-gu
06603 Seoul / KR
 [2020/27]
Representative(s)Reddie & Grose LLP
The White Chapel Building
10 Whitechapel High Street
London E1 8QS / GB
[N/P]
Former [2020/27]Bates, Alan Douglas Henry
Reddie & Grose LLP The White Chapel Building
10 Whitechapel High Street
London E1 8QS / GB
Application number, filing date17761485.601.09.2017
[2020/27]
WO2017EP71978
Priority number, dateEP2017018760523.08.2017         Original published format: EP 17187605
[2020/27]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2019037882
Date:28.02.2019
Language:EN
[2019/09]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3672431
Date:01.07.2020
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 28.02.2019 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2020/27]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP28.02.2019
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP28.03.2023
ClassificationIPC:A24F40/95, H02J7/00, // A24F40/20, A24F40/60
[2023/16]
CPC:
H02J7/751 (EP,IL,US); A24F40/20 (EP,IL,US); A24F40/95 (EP,IL,KR,RU,US);
A24F40/60 (EP,IL,US); A24F40/90 (IL,US); H02J7/731 (IL,KR,US)
Former IPC [2020/27]A24F47/00, H02J7/00
Designated contracting statesAL,   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 [2020/27]
TitleGerman:AEROSOLERZEUGUNGSSYSTEM MIT LADEVORRICHTUNG UND AEROSOLERZEUGUNGSVORRICHTUNG MIT SEITLICHER KUPPLUNG[2020/27]
English:AEROSOL-GENERATING SYSTEM WITH CHARGING DEVICE AND AEROSOL-GENERATING DEVICE WITH SIDE COUPLING[2020/27]
French:SYSTÈME DE GÉNÉRATION D'AÉROSOL AVEC DISPOSITIF DE CHARGE ET DISPOSITIF DE GÉNÉRATION D'AÉROSOL AVEC COUPLAGE LATÉRAL[2020/27]
Entry into regional phase21.02.2020National basic fee paid 
21.02.2020Designation fee(s) paid 
21.02.2020Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure21.02.2020Examination requested  [2020/27]
21.02.2020Date on which the examining division has become responsible
12.10.2020Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
28.03.2023Despatch of a communication from the examining division to which search results under Rule 164(2) EPC are annexed (Time limit: M06) [2023/17]
28.03.2023Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
27.09.2023Reply to a communication from the examining division
29.04.2025Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
30.07.2025Reply to a communication from the examining division
26.01.2026Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
Fees paidRenewal fee
21.02.2020Renewal fee patent year 03
19.11.2020Renewal fee patent year 04
22.09.2021Renewal fee patent year 05
27.09.2022Renewal fee patent year 06
26.09.2023Renewal fee patent year 07
25.09.2024Renewal fee patent year 08
24.09.2025Renewal fee patent year 09
Penalty fee
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30.09.202004   M06   Fee paid on   19.11.2020
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Cited inInternational search[XY] WO2016059104  (PHILIP MORRIS PRODUCTS SA et al.) [X] 1-7,15 * page 3, line 33 - page 5, line 11 *[Y] 13
 [XY] US2012227753  (NEWTON KYLE D et al.) [X] 1-3,5,6,13,15 * paragraph [0027] - paragraph [0037] *[Y] 13
 [X] WO2016094885  (SABET ARASH et al.) [X] 1-7,13,15 * paragraph [0029] - paragraph [0038] *
 [X] US2016345628  (SABET ARASH ABDOLLAHI et al.) [X] 1-7,13,15 * paragraph [0056] - paragraph [0100] *
 [X] CN203814591  (SHANGHAI TOBACCO GROUP CO LTD et al.) [X] 1-6,15 * see machine translation into English *
 [X] US2017094999  (HEARN ALEX et al.) [X] 1-3,5,6,15 * paragraph [0028] - paragraph [0041] *
 [X] US2015090278  (SCHIFF DAVID R et al.) [X] 1-3,5,6,15 * paragraph [0015] - paragraph [0036] *
ExaminationWO2016059104
 US2015245658
 CN204132393
 WO2016094885
 US2016345628
 WO2017130173
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