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EP About this file: EP3970532

EP3970532 - AN ELECTRICALLY HEATED SMOKING SYSTEM WITH INTERNAL OR EXTERNAL HEATER [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusExamination is in progress
Status updated on  22.03.2024
Database last updated on 05.10.2024
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  23.09.2022
FormerThe application has been published
Status updated on  18.02.2022
Most recent event   Tooltip24.07.2024Change - representative 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Philip Morris Products S.A.
Quai Jeanrenaud 3
2000 Neuchâtel / CH
[2022/12]
Inventor(s)01 / GREIM, Olivier
Villars-Burquin / CH
02 / PLOJOUX, Julien
Geneva / CH
03 / RUSCIO, Dani
Cressier / CH
04 / ZUBER, Gerard
Froidevilla / CH
 [2022/12]
Representative(s)Reddie & Grose LLP
The White Chapel Building
10 Whitechapel High Street
London E1 8QS / GB
[N/P]
Former [2022/12]Ponder, William Anthony John
Reddie & Grose LLP The White Chapel Building
10 Whitechapel High Street
London E1 8QS / GB
Application number, filing date21207510.526.11.2010
[2022/12]
Priority number, dateEP2009025268727.11.2009         Original published format: EP 09252687
[2022/12]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3970532
Date:23.03.2022
Language:EN
[2022/12]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP23.02.2022
ClassificationIPC:A24F40/46, // A24F40/20
[2022/12]
CPC:
A24F40/46 (EP,KR,US); A24D1/20 (KR); A24B15/16 (KR);
A24D1/02 (KR); A24D1/045 (KR); A24F40/50 (KR);
A24F40/51 (KR); A24F40/57 (KR); A24F40/10 (EP,US);
A24F40/20 (EP,KR,US) (-)
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 [2022/43]
Former [2022/12]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:ELEKTRISCH ERHITZTES RAUCHSYSTEM MIT INTERNER ODER EXTERNER HEIZVORRICHTUNG[2022/12]
English:AN ELECTRICALLY HEATED SMOKING SYSTEM WITH INTERNAL OR EXTERNAL HEATER[2022/12]
French:SYSTÈME DE FUMAGE CHAUFFÉ ÉLECTRIQUEMENT DOTÉ D'UN CHAUFFAGE INTERNE OU EXTERNE[2022/12]
Examination procedure21.09.2022Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
21.09.2022Examination requested  [2022/43]
21.09.2022Date on which the examining division has become responsible
26.03.2024Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
15.07.2024Reply to a communication from the examining division
Parent application(s)   TooltipEP10793150.3  / EP2503912
EP17187283.1  / EP3266323
EP20180096.8  / EP3741225
Divisional application(s)EP24188105.1
Fees paidRenewal fee
10.11.2021Renewal fee patent year 03
10.11.2021Renewal fee patent year 04
10.11.2021Renewal fee patent year 05
10.11.2021Renewal fee patent year 06
10.11.2021Renewal fee patent year 07
10.11.2021Renewal fee patent year 08
10.11.2021Renewal fee patent year 09
10.11.2021Renewal fee patent year 10
10.11.2021Renewal fee patent year 11
10.11.2021Renewal fee patent year 12
24.11.2022Renewal fee patent year 13
24.11.2023Renewal fee patent year 14
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Documents cited:Search[A]EP0438862  (PHILIP MORRIS [US]);
 [A]WO9527411  (PHILIP MORRIS PROD [US]);
 [A]US5915387  (BAGGETT JR JAMES D [US], et al);
 [A]DE19854009  (REEMTSMA H F & PH [DE]);
 [A]WO2007042941  (PHILIP MORRIS PROD [CH]);
 [A]EP2113178  (PHILIP MORRIS PROD [CH])
by applicantEP0358002
 EP20090252501
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