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Current content: 158 251 954 patent documents

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170 720 new documents added

1 828 765 documents amended

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EP 3405049 B1 20200304 - MACHINE FOR MAKING CIGARETTE FILTERS AND METHOD FOR MAKING CIGARETTE FILTERS

Title (en)

MACHINE FOR MAKING CIGARETTE FILTERS AND METHOD FOR MAKING CIGARETTE FILTERS

Title (de)

MASCHINE ZUR HERSTELLUNG VON ZIGARETTENFILTERN UND VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG VON ZIGARETTENFILTERN

Title (fr)

MACHINE DE FABRICATION DE FILTRES DE CIGARETTE ET PROCÉDÉ DE FABRICATION DE FILTRES DE CIGARETTE

Publication

EP 3405049 B1 20200304 (EN)

Application

EP 17704538 A 20170117

Priority

IT UB20160197 U 20160121
IB 2017050237 W 20170117

IPC 8 full level

A24D 3/02 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

A24D 3/0233 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

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

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 3405049 A1 20181128; EP 3405049 B1 20200304

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 17704538 A 20170117