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EP0448977 - Method and device for the manufacture of a coaxial tobacco or filter rod [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Former [1991/40]	Method and device for the manufacture of a coaxial tobacco or filter rod and a coaxial tobacco or filter rod obtained by this method
	[1996/03]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 22.11.1996 Database last updated on 02.09.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	22.11.1996	No opposition filed within time limit	published on 08.01.1997 [1997/02]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states British American Tobacco (Germany) GmbH Alsterufer 4 D-20354 Hamburg / DE
	[N/P]
Former [1995/22]	For all designated states British-American Tobacco (Germany) GmbH Alsterufer 4 D-20354 Hamburg / DE
Former [1991/40]	For all designated states B.A.T. Cigarettenfabriken GmbH Alsterufer 4 D-20354 Hamburg / DE
Inventor(s)	01 / Blaffert, Otto Asternweg 9 W-2000 Schenefeld / DE
	02 / Meier, Meinhard, Dipl.-Ing. Ziegeleiweg 38 W-2091 Appen-Unterglinde / DE
	03 / Struck, Herbert Fährenkamp 51 W-2000 Wedel / DE
	04 / Weiss, Arno, Dipl.-Ing. Scharpenmoor 94 W-2000 Norderstedt / DE
	[1991/40]
Representative(s)	Marx, Lothar, et al Schwabe - Sandmair - Marx Patentanwälte Postfach 86 02 45 81629 München / DE
	[N/P]
Former [1991/40]	Marx, Lothar, Dr., et al Patentanwälte Schwabe, Sandmair, Marx Stuntzstrasse 16 D-81677 München / DE
Application number, filing date	91102958.5	27.02.1991
	[1991/40]
Priority number, date	DE19904009657	26.03.1990 Original published format: DE 4009657
	[1991/40]
Filing language	DE
Procedural language	DE
Publication	Type:	A2 Application without search report
	No.:	EP0448977
	Date:	02.10.1991
	Language:	DE
	[1991/40]
	Type:	A3 Search report
	No.:	EP0448977
	Date:	13.01.1993
	Language:	DE
	[1993/02]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP0448977
	Date:	17.01.1996
	Language:	DE
	[1996/03]
Search report(s)	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	26.11.1992
Classification	IPC:	A24C5/14, A24D3/02, A24D1/00	[1991/40]
	CPC:	A24D3/02 (EP,US); A24C5/1821 (EP,US); A24D1/00 (EP,US)
Designated contracting states	AT, BE, CH, DE, DK, ES, FR, GB, GR, IT, LI, LU, NL, SE [1991/40]
Title	German:	Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur Herstellung koaxialer Tabak- oder Filterstränge	[1996/03]
	English:	Method and device for the manufacture of a coaxial tobacco or filter rod	[1996/03]
	French:	Procédé et dispositif pour la fabrication d'une tige de tabac ou de filtre coaxiale	[1996/03]
	Former [1991/40]	Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur Herstellung koaxialer Tabak- oder Filterstränge sowie mit diesem Verfahren hergestellter koaxialer Tabak- oder Filterstrang
	Former [1991/40]	Method and device for the manufacture of a coaxial tobacco or filter rod and a coaxial tobacco or filter rod obtained by this method
	Former [1991/40]	Procédé et dispositif pour la fabrication d'une tige de tabac ou de filtre coaxiale ainsi que tige de tabac ou de filtre obtenue par ce procédé
Examination procedure	22.02.1993	Examination requested [1993/17]
	23.03.1994	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	06.07.1994	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	02.05.1995	Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
	20.07.1995	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	23.10.1995	Fee for grant paid
	23.10.1995	Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)	18.10.1996	No opposition filed within time limit [1997/02]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	29.01.1993	Renewal fee patent year 03
	28.01.1994	Renewal fee patent year 04
	30.01.1995	Renewal fee patent year 05
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Documents cited:	Search	[X]US3162199 (MOLL JR CHARLES J);
		[A]US3445077 (COLE JOSEPH I, et al);
		[A]DE2332904 (GEN ELECTRIC);
		[A]DE2352679 (SCHLOEMANN SIEMAG AG);
		[X]GB2069310 (MOLINS LTD);
		[X]GB2070409 (BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO CO);
		[Y]EP0081446 (FRANCE TRANSFO SA [FR]);
		[A]FR2574058 (STANDARD PRODUCTS [FR]);
		[AD]DE3602846 (BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO CO [GB]);
		[A]US4709452 (COOLEY EDWARD J [US], et al)

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