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EP 3794995 A1 20210324 - SMOKING SUBSTITUTE COMPONENT

Title (en)

SMOKING SUBSTITUTE COMPONENT

Title (de)

RAUCHERSATZKOMPONENTE

Title (fr)

COMPOSANT DE SUBSTITUTION DU TABAC

Publication

EP 3794995 A1 20210324 (EN)

Application

EP 19198607 A 20190920

Priority

EP 19198607 A 20190920

IPC 8 full level

A24F 40/42 (2020.01); A24F 40/485 (2020.01)

CPC (source: EP)

A24F 40/42 (2020.01); A24F 40/485 (2020.01); A24F 40/10 (2020.01)

Citation (search report)

[XAYI] CN 109259318 A 20190125 - CHINA TOBACCO HUNAN IND CO LTD, et al
[XAYI] US 2018310616 A1 20181101 - CLEMENS DAVID A [US], et al
[XA] US 2019124997 A1 20190502 - QIU WEIHUA [CN]
[XA] US 2017295846 A1 20171019 - LIU QIUMING [CN]
[XAY] CN 104287098 A 20150121 - ZHU XIAOCHUN

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

Designated extension state (EPC)

BA ME

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 3794995 A1 20210324

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 19198607 A 20190920