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EP About this file: EP3305102

EP3305102 - FILTER ELEMENT FOR A SMOKING ARTICLE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  02.10.2020
Database last updated on 24.04.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  25.10.2019
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  02.06.2019
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  19.02.2019
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  28.09.2018
FormerThe application has been published
Status updated on  09.03.2018
Most recent event   Tooltip08.07.2022Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): MK		published on 10.08.2022  [2022/32]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Reemtsma Cigarettenfabriken GmbH
Max-Born-Straße 4
22761 Hamburg / DE
[2018/15]
Inventor(s)01 / Fuhrmann, Jan
Albert-Einstein-Ring 7
22761 Hamburg / DE
 [2018/15]
Representative(s)Gulde & Partner
Patent- und Rechtsanwaltskanzlei mbB
Wallstraße 58/59
10179 Berlin / DE
[2018/15]
Application number, filing date16192750.407.10.2016
[2018/15]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3305102
Date:11.04.2018
Language:EN
[2018/15]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3305102
Date:27.11.2019
Language:EN
[2019/48]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP30.03.2017
ClassificationIPC:A24D3/12, A24D3/04, A24D3/14, A24D3/16
[2018/15]
CPC:
A24D3/12 (EP,RU,US); A24D3/04 (EP,RU,US); A24D3/048 (EP,RU,US);
A24D3/14 (EP); A24D3/16 (EP); A24D3/163 (EP);
A24D3/166 (EP) (-)
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 [2018/44]
Former [2018/15]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 
TitleGerman:FILTERELEMENT FÜR EINEN RAUCHARTIKEL[2018/15]
English:FILTER ELEMENT FOR A SMOKING ARTICLE[2018/15]
French:ÉLÉMENT DE FILTRE POUR ARTICLE À FUMER[2018/15]
Examination procedure07.10.2016Date on which the examining division has become responsible
21.09.2018Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
21.09.2018Examination requested  [2018/44]
22.02.2019Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
18.03.2019Reply to a communication from the examining division
03.06.2019Communication of intention to grant the patent
24.09.2019Fee for grant paid
24.09.2019Fee for publishing/printing paid
24.09.2019Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)28.08.2020No opposition filed within time limit [2020/45]
Fees paidRenewal fee
26.10.2018Renewal fee patent year 03
21.10.2019Renewal fee patent year 04
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipHU07.10.2016
AL27.11.2019
AT27.11.2019
CY27.11.2019
CZ27.11.2019
DK27.11.2019
EE27.11.2019
FI27.11.2019
HR27.11.2019
LT27.11.2019
LV27.11.2019
MC27.11.2019
MK27.11.2019
MT27.11.2019
NL27.11.2019
RO27.11.2019
RS27.11.2019
SE27.11.2019
SI27.11.2019
SK27.11.2019
SM27.11.2019
TR27.11.2019
BG27.02.2020
NO27.02.2020
GR28.02.2020
IS27.03.2020
PT19.04.2020
[2022/32]
Former [2022/27]HU07.10.2016
AL27.11.2019
AT27.11.2019
CY27.11.2019
CZ27.11.2019
DK27.11.2019
EE27.11.2019
FI27.11.2019
HR27.11.2019
LT27.11.2019
LV27.11.2019
MC27.11.2019
MT27.11.2019
NL27.11.2019
RO27.11.2019
RS27.11.2019
SE27.11.2019
SI27.11.2019
SK27.11.2019
SM27.11.2019
TR27.11.2019
BG27.02.2020
NO27.02.2020
GR28.02.2020
IS27.03.2020
PT19.04.2020
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SM27.11.2019
BG27.02.2020
NO27.02.2020
GR28.02.2020
IS27.03.2020
PT19.04.2020
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CZ27.11.2019
DK27.11.2019
EE27.11.2019
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LV27.11.2019
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RO27.11.2019
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SM27.11.2019
BG27.02.2020
NO27.02.2020
GR28.02.2020
IS27.03.2020
PT19.04.2020
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CZ27.11.2019
DK27.11.2019
EE27.11.2019
FI27.11.2019
HR27.11.2019
LT27.11.2019
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NL27.11.2019
RO27.11.2019
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SM27.11.2019
BG27.02.2020
NO27.02.2020
GR28.02.2020
IS27.03.2020
PT19.04.2020
Former [2020/36]AL27.11.2019
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EE27.11.2019
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NL27.11.2019
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PT19.04.2020
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RO27.11.2019
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SE27.11.2019
BG27.02.2020
NO27.02.2020
GR28.02.2020
IS27.03.2020
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LT27.11.2019
LV27.11.2019
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RS27.11.2019
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BG27.02.2020
NO27.02.2020
GR28.02.2020
IS27.03.2020
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LT27.11.2019
LV27.11.2019
NL27.11.2019
RS27.11.2019
SE27.11.2019
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NO27.02.2020
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IS27.03.2020
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SE27.11.2019
BG27.02.2020
NO27.02.2020
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NL27.11.2019
SE27.11.2019
BG27.02.2020
NO27.02.2020
GR28.02.2020
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NO27.02.2020
Former [2020/21]NO27.02.2020
Documents cited:Search[XI]US3438381  (HALE EDITH A) [X] 1,3-10,12-14 * column 1, line 18 - line 20 * * column 1, line 61 - column 2, line 17 * * column 2, line 23 - line 25; figures 2-4 * [I] 15;
 [XI]DE3444991  (ELSTNER HANS) [X] 1-5,13,14 * figures 1-4; claims 2,3,5,6 * [I] 15;
 [XI]WO2004080217  (VIRGINIA COMMONWEATH UNIVERSIT [US], et al) [X] 1-14 * page 26 - page 27; claim 74 * * page 41 - page 42; figures 2A,2B,2D * [I] 15;
 [XI]US2005133053  (FOURNIER JAY A [US], et al) [X] 1-5,7-9,12-14 * paragraph [0047]; figure 1 * [I] 15;
 [XI]TW201132303  (JAPAN TOBACCO INC [JP]) [X] 1-5,7-9,11-14 * abstract * * figures 2-5 * [I] 15;
 [A]US2012255569  (BEARD KENNETH ALLEN [US], et al) [A] 1-15* paragraph [0074]; figures 2,9 *
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