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EP3547861 - COMBINATION VAPORIZER [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	The patent has been granted Status updated on 18.12.2020 Database last updated on 22.05.2024
Former	Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 15.06.2020
Former	Request for examination was made Status updated on 06.09.2019
Former	The international publication has been made Status updated on 08.06.2018
Former	unknown Status updated on 24.01.2018
Most recent event Tooltip	13.05.2024	New entry: Date of oral proceedings
Applicant(s)	For all designated states VMR Products LLC 560 20th Street Building 104 San Francisco, CA 94107 / US
	[2019/41]
Inventor(s)	01 / VERLEUR, Jan, Andries 560 20th Street Building 104 San Francisco, CA 94107 / US
	02 / RECIO, Dan 560 20th Street Building 104 San Francisco, CA 94107 / US
	03 / LIU, Zhiyuan 560 20th Street Building 104 San Francisco, CA 94107 / US
	04 / VERLEUR, Hans 560 20th Street Building 104 San Francisco, CA 94107 / US
	[2019/41]
Representative(s)	Thum, Bernhard, et al Thum & Partner Thum Mötsch Weickert Patentanwälte PartG mbB Siebertstr. 6 81675 München / DE
	[N/P]
Former [2019/41]	Thum, Bernhard Wuesthoff & Wuesthoff Patentanwälte PartG mbB Schweigerstraße 2 81541 München / DE
Application number, filing date	17829358.5	01.12.2017
	[2019/41]
	WO2017US64244
Priority number, date	US201662429348P	02.12.2016 Original published format: US 201662429348 P
	US201762465419P	01.03.2017 Original published format: US 201762465419 P
	[2019/41]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO2018102703
	Date:	07.06.2018
	Language:	EN
	[2018/23]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP3547861
	Date:	09.10.2019
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 07.06.2018 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2019/41]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP3547861
	Date:	20.01.2021
	Language:	EN
	[2021/03]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	EP	07.06.2018
Classification	IPC:	A24F40/30, // A24F40/60	[2020/23]
	CPC:	A24F40/42 (EP,IL,KR,US); A24B15/167 (IL,KR,US); A24F40/30 (EP,IL,KR,US); A24F40/485 (EP,IL,US); A24F40/50 (IL,KR); A24F40/60 (EP,IL,US); (+) A61M15/06 (IL,KR) (-)
	Former IPC [2019/41]	A24F47/00
Designated contracting states	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 [2019/41]
Extension states	BA	Not yet paid
	ME	Not yet paid
Validation states	MA	Not yet paid
	MD	Not yet paid
	TN	Not yet paid
Title	German:	KOMBINATIONSVERDAMPFER	[2019/41]
	English:	COMBINATION VAPORIZER	[2019/41]
	French:	VAPORISATEUR COMBINÉ	[2019/41]
Entry into regional phase	13.06.2019	National basic fee paid
	13.06.2019	Designation fee(s) paid
	13.06.2019	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	13.06.2019	Examination requested [2019/41]
	13.06.2019	Date on which the examining division has become responsible
	28.01.2020	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	16.06.2020	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	22.10.2020	Fee for grant paid
	22.10.2020	Fee for publishing/printing paid
	26.10.2020	Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)	Opponent(s)	01 20.10.2021 Smokeless.world GmbH Schlossstraße 19 82031 Grünwald / DE Opponent's representative Stellbrink & Partner Patentanwälte mbB Widenmayerstrasse 10 80538 München / DE
		[2021/47]
	01.12.2021	Invitation to proprietor to file observations on the notice of opposition
	08.04.2022	Reply of patent proprietor to notice(s) of opposition
	02.04.2024	Cancellation of oral proceeding that was planned for 12.09.2024
	12.04.2024	Cancellation of oral proceeding that was planned for 06.12.2024
	12.09.2024	Date of oral proceedings
	06.12.2024	Date of oral proceedings
	14.10.2025	Date of oral proceedings
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	13.12.2019	Renewal fee patent year 03
	14.12.2020	Renewal fee patent year 04
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Cited in	International search	[IA]US2012048266 (ALELOV ELI [US]) [I] 1,2,4 * paragraph [0019] - paragraph [0025]; figure 1 * [A] 3;
		[X]WO2014110750 (HUANG XIANHUI [CN]) [X] 1-4 * page 6, line 4 - line 11; figures 1-3 *;
		[I]US2015196059 (LIU QIUMING [CN]) [I] 1-4 * paragraphs [0058] , [ 0059] , [ 0067]; figures 1-19 *;
		[X]WO2015128499 (XEO HOLDING GMBH [DE]) [X] 1-4 * page 5, line 26 - page 6, line 19 * * page 7, line 24 - page 8, line 2 * * page 10, line 6 - line 10; figures 1-6 *;
		[X]WO2016090426 (KINCHINGTON HOLDINGS PTY LTD [AU]) [X] 1-4 * paragraph [00105] - paragraph [00110]; figures 5-6 *;
		[XP]WO2017174754 (XEO HOLDING GMBH [DE]) [XP] 1,3,4 * page 11, line 26 * * page 13, line 24 - line 34 ** page 15, line 26 - line 27; figures 1-8 *
	Opposition	US2012048266
		US2013284192
		WO2014004648
		US2014116426
		WO2014110750
		US2015114409
		WO2015073564
		WO2015079198
		WO2015100361
		US2015196059
		US2015208729
		WO2015128499
		WO2015150699
		CN105191050
		WO2016090426
		US2016338407
		- DAWOUD et al., Digital System Design - Use of microcontroller, (20101200), XP055856543

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