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EP 3795003 A1 20210324 - SMOKING SUBSTITUTE APPARATUS

Title (en)

SMOKING SUBSTITUTE APPARATUS

Title (de)

RAUCHERSATZVORRICHTUNG

Title (fr)

APPAREIL DE SUBSTITUTION DU TABAC

Publication

EP 3795003 A1 20210324 (EN)

Application

EP 19198571 A 20190920

Priority

EP 19198571 A 20190920

IPC 8 full level

A24F 40/48 (2020.01)

CPC (source: EP)

A24F 40/48 (2020.01); A24F 40/10 (2020.01)

Citation (search report)

[I] WO 2015042412 A1 20150326 - NICOTINE TECHNOLOGY INC E [US]
[I] WO 2012072264 A1 20120607 - PHILIP MORRIS PROD [CH], et al
[I] US 2017127725 A1 20170511 - BUCHBERGER HELMUT [AT], et al
[I] WO 2017025311 A1 20170216 - PHILIP MORRIS PRODUCTS SA [CH]
[I] US 2018070646 A1 20180315 - BOWEN ADAM [US], et al
[I] US 2018360116 A1 20181220 - SCHMIDT RENE [DE], et al

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 3795003 A1 20210324

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 19198571 A 20190920