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EP About this file: EP3646667

EP3646667 - ELECTRICAL HEATING ASSEMBLY, AEROSOL-GENERATING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR RESISTIVELY HEATING AN AEROSOL-FORMING SUBSTRATE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  03.06.2022
Database last updated on 31.03.2026
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  25.06.2021
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  28.01.2021
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  03.04.2020
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  04.01.2019
Formerunknown
Status updated on  02.07.2018
Most recent event   Tooltip27.09.2024Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): MT		published on 30.10.2024  [2024/44]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Philip Morris Products S.A.
Quai Jeanrenaud 3
2000 Neuchâtel / CH
[2020/19]
Inventor(s)01 / COURBAT, Jerome Christian
Quai Jeanrenaud 3
2000 Neuchâtel / CH
02 / MIRONOV, Oleg
Chemin du Chablais 4
1588 Cudrefin / CH
 [2020/19]
Representative(s)Bohest AG
Holbeinstrasse 36-38
4051 Basel / CH
[2020/19]
Application number, filing date18732373.827.06.2018
[2020/19]
WO2018EP67175
Priority number, dateEP2017017837828.06.2017         Original published format: EP 17178378
[2020/19]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2019002329
Date:03.01.2019
Language:EN
[2019/01]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3646667
Date:06.05.2020
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 03.01.2019 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2020/19]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3646667
Date:28.07.2021
Language:EN
[2021/30]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP03.01.2019
ClassificationIPC:H05B3/22, A24F47/00
[2020/19]
CPC:
H05B3/22 (EP,KR,RU,US); A24F40/46 (EP,KR,US); A24F40/44 (US);
A24F40/50 (EP,US); A24F40/90 (US); A24F47/00 (RU);
H05B3/44 (KR); A24F40/20 (EP,US); H05B2206/024 (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 [2020/19]
Extension statesBANot yet paid
MENot yet paid
Validation statesKHNot yet paid
MANot yet paid
MDNot yet paid
TNNot yet paid
TitleGerman:ANORDNUNG ZUR ELEKTRISCHEN ERWÄRMUNG, AEROSOLERZEUGUNGSVORRICHTUNG UND VERFAHREN ZUR RESISTIVEN ERWÄRMUNG EINES AEROSOLERZEUGENDEN SUBSTRATS[2020/19]
English:ELECTRICAL HEATING ASSEMBLY, AEROSOL-GENERATING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR RESISTIVELY HEATING AN AEROSOL-FORMING SUBSTRATE[2020/19]
French:ENSEMBLE DE CHAUFFAGE ÉLECTRIQUE, DISPOSITIF DE PRODUCTION D'AÉROSOL ET PROCÉDÉ DE CHAUFFAGE RÉSISTIF D'UN SUBSTRAT FORMANT UN AÉROSOL[2021/07]
Former [2020/19]ENSEMBLE DE CHAUFFAGE ÉLECTRIQUE, DISPOSITIF DE GÉNÉRATION D'AÉROSOL ET PROCÉDÉ DE CHAUFFAGE RÉSISTIF D'UN SUBSTRAT DE FORMATION D'AÉROSOL
Entry into regional phase17.09.2019National basic fee paid 
17.09.2019Designation fee(s) paid 
17.09.2019Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure17.04.2019Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
17.09.2019Examination requested  [2020/19]
17.09.2019Date on which the examining division has become responsible
28.07.2020Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
29.01.2021Communication of intention to grant the patent
27.05.2021Fee for grant paid
27.05.2021Fee for publishing/printing paid
27.05.2021Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)29.04.2022No opposition filed within time limit [2022/27]
Fees paidRenewal fee
31.03.2020Renewal fee patent year 03
22.06.2021Renewal fee patent year 04
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipHU27.06.2018
AL28.07.2021
AT28.07.2021
CY28.07.2021
CZ28.07.2021
DK28.07.2021
EE28.07.2021
ES28.07.2021
FI28.07.2021
HR28.07.2021
LT28.07.2021
LV28.07.2021
MC28.07.2021
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PL28.07.2021
RO28.07.2021
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SE28.07.2021
SI28.07.2021
SK28.07.2021
SM28.07.2021
TR28.07.2021
BG28.10.2021
NO28.10.2021
GR29.10.2021
IS28.11.2021
PT29.11.2021
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CY28.07.2021
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Cited inInternational search[I] DE202013010986  (PIASECKI LESLAW et al.)
 [I] WO2016050247  (FERTIN PHARMA AS et al.) [I] 1-4,11 * paragraph [0013]; claims 1,2 *
 [A] US5666977  (HIGGINS CHARLES T et al.) [A] 1-13 * figure 1; claim 38 *
 [A] US2015090256  (CHUNG HENRY et al.) [A] 1-13 * column 8, line 16 - line 29; figure 8 *
 [A] EP0845220  (JAPAN TOBACCO INC et al.) [A] 1-13 * paragraph [0065] - paragraph [0066]; figures 1,2 *
 [A] EP0250094  (METCAL INC et al.) [A] 1-13 * column 8, line 36 - line 49; figure 1 *
 [A] CN106174706  (CHINA TOBACCO YUNNAN IND CO LTD et al.) [A] 1-13 * page 4, line 36 - line 49; figure 1 * * page 8, line 37 - line 43; figures 5,6 *
 [A] AT509046  (BUCHBERGER HELMUT DR et al.) [A] 1-13 * the whole document *
by applicant  NATHAN O. SOKAL: "the bimonthly magazine QEX", January 2001, AMERICAN RADIO RELAY LEAGUE (ARRL, article "Class-E RF Power Amplifiers", pages: 9 - 20
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