A METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF SMOKING ARTICLES - Patent 2117365

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EP 2 117 365 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	18.11.2009 Bulletin 2009/47

(21)	Application number: 08701565.7

(22)	Date of filing: 18.01.2008

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

A24C 5/18^(2006.01)

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/EP2008/050553

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2008/098815 (21.08.2008 Gazette 2008/34)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

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Priority:

13.02.2007 GB 0702769

(71)	Applicant: British American Tobacco (Investments) Limited
	London WC2R 3LA (GB)

(72)	Inventor:
	MCCLELLAN, Andrew Millbrook Southampton SO15 8TL (GB)

(74)	Representative: Read, Matthew Charles et al
	Venner Shipley LLP 20 Little Britain London EC1A 7DH 20 Little Britain London EC1A 7DH (GB)

(54)	A METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF SMOKING ARTICLES