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Device For Welding A Zip Seal In A Tobacco Pouch - EP3013163

The patent EP3013163 was granted to Sluis Cigar Machinery on Mar 9, 2022. The application was originally filed on Jun 24, 2014 under application number EP14739252A. The patent is currently recorded with a legal status of "Patent Maintained As Amended".

EP3013163

SLUIS CIGAR MACHINERY
Application Number
EP14739252A
Filing Date
Jun 24, 2014
Status
Patent Maintained As Amended
Feb 4, 2022
Publication Date
Mar 9, 2022
External Links
Slate, Register, Google Patents

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CompanyOpposition DateRepresentativeOpposition Status
FOCKENov 11, 2019MEISSNER BOLTE PARTNERSCHAFT MBBADMISSIBLE

Patent Citations (34) New

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

Citation PhasePublication Number
INTERNATIONAL-SEARCH-REPORTEP2489284
INTERNATIONAL-SEARCH-REPORTUS2003093971
INTERNATIONAL-SEARCH-REPORTUS4812074
INTERNATIONAL-SEARCH-REPORTUS6477820
INTERNATIONAL-SEARCH-REPORTWO2010092404
OPPOSITIONDE102007030382
OPPOSITIONDE102009008129
OPPOSITIONDE102009040096
OPPOSITIONDE19906873
OPPOSITIONDE69025093T
OPPOSITIONEP0661208
OPPOSITIONEP2216167
OPPOSITIONEP2489284
OPPOSITIONEP2522491
OPPOSITIONEP2567907
OPPOSITIONFR2619339
OPPOSITIONJP2003276099
OPPOSITIONJPH11245305
OPPOSITIONUS2002062925
OPPOSITIONUS2003168149
OPPOSITIONUS2007199183
OPPOSITIONUS3853671
OPPOSITIONUS4709533
OPPOSITIONUS4812074
OPPOSITIONUS5335997
OPPOSITIONUS6477820
OPPOSITIONUS6941726
OPPOSITIONWO2010092404
OPPOSITIONWO2013002148
OTHERDE102009008129
OTHERDE69025093T
OTHEREP2216167
OTHEREP2567907
OTHERWO2013002148

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