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EP About this file: EP4144229

EP4144229 - SHEET FOR SMOKING ARTICLE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  03.02.2023
Database last updated on 18.01.2025
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  05.11.2021
Most recent event   Tooltip02.08.2024Amendment by applicant 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Japan Tobacco Inc.
1-1, Toranomon 4-chome
Minato-ku
Tokyo 105-6927 / JP
[2023/10]
Inventor(s)01 / CHIDA, Masahiro
Tokyo 130-8603 / JP
02 / KAWATA, Masami
Tokyo 130-8603 / JP
03 / NAKAGAWA, Yasuhiro
Tokyo 130-8603 / JP
04 / TOKUNAGA, Kojiro
Tokyo 130-8603 / JP
 [2023/10]
Representative(s)Hoffmann Eitle
Patent- und Rechtsanwälte PartmbB
Arabellastraße 30
81925 München / DE
[2023/10]
Application number, filing date21797909.528.04.2021
[2023/10]
WO2021JP17045
Priority number, dateJP2020008051230.04.2020         Original published format: JP 2020080512
[2023/10]
Filing languageJA
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2021221120
Date:04.11.2021
Language:JA
[2021/44]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP4144229
Date:08.03.2023
Language:EN
[2023/10]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:JP04.11.2021
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP24.01.2024
ClassificationIPC:A24B3/14, A24B15/167, A24F40/20, A24B15/12, A24B15/16, A24D1/02, A24D1/20, A24B15/14
[2024/08]
CPC:
A24B3/14 (EP); A24B15/12 (EP); A24B15/14 (EP);
A24B15/16 (EP); A24D1/02 (EP); A24D1/20 (EP);
A24F40/20 (EP) (-)
Former IPC [2023/10]A24B3/14, A24B15/167, A24F47/00, A24F40/20
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 [2023/10]
TitleGerman:FOLIE FÜR RAUCHARTIKEL[2023/10]
English:SHEET FOR SMOKING ARTICLE[2023/10]
French:FEUILLE POUR ARTICLE À FUMER[2023/10]
Entry into regional phase15.11.2022Translation filed 
15.11.2022National basic fee paid 
15.11.2022Search fee paid 
15.11.2022Designation fee(s) paid 
15.11.2022Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure15.11.2022Examination requested  [2023/10]
01.08.2024Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
01.08.2024Date on which the examining division has become responsible
Fees paidRenewal fee
22.03.2023Renewal fee patent year 03
24.04.2024Renewal fee patent year 04
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Documents cited:Search[X]EP3033950  (PHILIP MORRIS PRODUCTS SA [CH]) [X] 1-3,13,14* paragraphs [0036] , [0094] , [0095]; claims 1,7 *;
 [XI]WO2020025728  (NICOVENTURES TRADING LTD [GB]) [X] 1,2,4,6-8,11,13,14 * page 32, line 12 - line 21 * * page 25, line 31 - page 26, line 10 * [I] 5,9,10,12;
 [T]  - BEUKEMA MARTIN ET AL, "The effects of different dietary fiber pectin structures on the gastrointestinal immune barrier: impact via gut microbiota and direct effects on immune cells", EXPERIMENTAL AND MOLECULAR MEDICINE, KR, vol. 52, no. 9, doi:10.1038/s12276-020-0449-2, ISSN 1226-3613, (20200901), pages 1364 - 1376, URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s12276-020-0449-2.pdf, XP055863400 [T] 1 * abstract *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s12276-020-0449-2
International search[Y]JPH11113552  (JAPAN TOBACCO INC) [Y] 11-26 * paragraph [0023] *;
 [XYA]JP2014515274  (PHILIP MORRIS PRODUCTS S.A.) [X] 1-3, 6-10 * paragraphs [0064]-[0069], [0085] paragraphs [0048], [0064]-[0092] * [Y] 11-26 [A] 4-5;
 [Y]JP2018113975  (PHILIP MORRIS PRODUCTS SA) [Y] 24-26* paragraph [0052] *;
 [Y]JP2018529383  (SWM LUXEMBOURG SARL) [Y] 16-26 * paragraph [0026] *
by applicantUS5322076
 US2015128974
 CA3006621
 US2017265517
 US2019208821
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