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EP4408225 - IMPROVED TEMPERATURE PROFILE FOR EXTERNAL HEATING [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  19.01.2026
Database last updated on 28.02.2026
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  05.07.2024
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  07.04.2023
Formerunknown
Status updated on  26.10.2022
Most recent event   Tooltip19.01.2026New entry: Communication of intention to grant a patent 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Philip Morris Products S.A.
Quai Jeanrenaud 3
2000 Neuchâtel / CH
[2024/32]
Inventor(s)01 / BESSANT, Michel
2000 Neuchâtel / CH
02 / CANAL PONSICO, Anna
2000 Neuchâtel / CH
03 / PIJNENBURG, Johannes Petrus Maria
2000 Neuchâtel / CH
04 / STEFFEN, Fabrice
2000 Neuchâtel / CH
05 / YIM, Jun Wei
2000 Neuchâtel / CH
 [2024/32]
Representative(s)Reddie & Grose LLP
The White Chapel Building
10 Whitechapel High Street
London E1 8QS / GB
[N/P]
Former [2024/32]Bates, Alan Douglas Henry
Reddie & Grose LLP The White Chapel Building
10 Whitechapel High Street
London E1 8QS / GB
Application number, filing date22789926.728.09.2022
[2024/32]
WO2022EP77059
Priority number, dateEP2021019960328.09.2021         Original published format: EP 21199603
[2024/32]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2023052475
Date:06.04.2023
Language:EN
[2023/14]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP4408225
Date:07.08.2024
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 06.04.2023 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2024/32]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP06.04.2023
ClassificationIPC:A24F40/53, A24F40/57, // A24F40/20, A24F40/46
[2026/04]
CPC:
A24F40/57 (EP,IL,KR,US); A24F40/20 (EP,IL,KR,US); A24F40/46 (EP,IL,KR);
A24F40/40 (KR); A24F40/53 (EP,IL,KR,US); H05B1/0244 (US)
Former IPC [2024/32]A24F40/57, A24F40/53, A24F40/20, A24F40/46
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 [2024/32]
TitleGerman:VERBESSERTES TEMPERATURPROFIL FÜR EXTERNE HEIZUNG[2026/04]
English:IMPROVED TEMPERATURE PROFILE FOR EXTERNAL HEATING[2024/32]
French:PROFIL DE TEMPÉRATURE AMÉLIORÉ POUR CHAUFFAGE EXTERNE[2024/32]
Former [2024/32]VERBESSERTES TEMPERATURPROFIL FÜR AUSSENHEIZUNG
Entry into regional phase01.03.2024National basic fee paid 
01.03.2024Designation fee(s) paid 
01.03.2024Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure31.03.2023Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
01.03.2024Examination requested  [2024/32]
01.03.2024Date on which the examining division has become responsible
03.10.2024Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
19.01.2026Communication of intention to grant the patent
Fees paidRenewal fee
25.09.2024Renewal fee patent year 03
24.09.2025Renewal fee patent year 04
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Cited inInternational search[XI] US2021007410  (NAKANO TAKUMA et al.)
 [XI] EP0973419  (PHILIP MORRIS PROD et al.)
 [XI] US2020237011  (AKAO TAKESHI et al.) [X] 1-5,8-10,12-15 * paragraph [0117] - paragraph [0635]; figures 1-52 *[I] 6,7,11
 [XI] EP3490394  (BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO INVESTMENTS LTD et al.) [X] 1-10,12-15 * paragraph [0053] - paragraph [0115]; figures 1-19 *[I] 11
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