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(11) EP 3 755 165 A1

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(43) Date of publication:
30.12.2020 Bulletin 2020/53

(21) Application number: 19711709.6

(22) Date of filing: 18.02.2019
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
A24B 15/16(2020.01)
A24F 47/00(2020.01)
(86) International application number:
PCT/IB2019/051303
(87) International publication number:
WO 2019/162815 (29.08.2019 Gazette 2019/35)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
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 States:
BA ME
Designated Validation States:
KH MA MD TN

(30) Priority: 22.02.2018 US 201815902665

(71) Applicant: R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27101 (US)

(72) Inventor:
  • SPICER, JR., Marvin L.
    Dobson, North Carolina 27017 (US)

(74) Representative: Hoeger, Stellrecht & Partner Patentanwälte mbB 
Uhlandstrasse 14c
70182 Stuttgart
70182 Stuttgart (DE)

   


(54) A SYSTEM FOR DEBOSSING A HEAT GENERATION MEMBER, A SMOKING ARTICLE INCLUDING THE DEBOSSED HEAT GENERATION MEMBER, AND A RELATED METHOD