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Electronic Smoking Device - EP2563172

The patent EP2563172 was granted to Blec on May 4, 2022. The application was filed on May 2, 2011 under application number EP11775713A. The patent is currently recorded with a legal status of "Patent Maintained As Amended".

EP2563172

BLEC
Application Number
EP11775713A
Filing Date
May 2, 2011
Status
Patent Maintained As Amended
Apr 2, 2022
Publication Date
May 4, 2022
External Links
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CompanyOpposition DateRepresentativeOpposition Status
BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCODec 4, 2017D YOUNGADMISSIBLE

Patent Citations (19) New

Patent citations refer to prior patents cited during different phases such as opposition or international search.

Citation PhasePublication Number
DESCRIPTIONDE102007011120
INTERNATIONAL-SEARCH-REPORTUS2006196518
INTERNATIONAL-SEARCH-REPORTUS2007267031
INTERNATIONAL-SEARCH-REPORTUS2009095311
INTERNATIONAL-SEARCH-REPORTUS2009126745
INTERNATIONAL-SEARCH-REPORTUS2009260641
OPPOSITIONUS2005016550
OPPOSITIONUS2009283103
OPPOSITIONUS2011226236
OPPOSITIONUS5666977
OPPOSITIONUS7131599
OPPOSITIONWO0050111
OPPOSITIONWO2010045671
OPPOSITIONWO9501137
SEARCHDE102007011120
SEARCHEP1618803
SEARCHEP1736065
SEARCHUS2005172976
SEARCHWO9817130

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