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Aerosol-Cooling Element And Arrangements For Use With Apparatus For Heating A Smokable Material - EP3136885

The patent EP3136885 was granted to British American Tobacco on Oct 1, 2025. The application was filed on Apr 30, 2015 under application number EP15725399A. The patent is currently recorded with a legal status of "Patent Maintained As Amended".

EP3136885

BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO
Application Number
EP15725399A
Filing Date
Apr 30, 2015
Status
Patent Maintained As Amended
Aug 29, 2025
Publication Date
Oct 1, 2025
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CompanyOpposition DateRepresentativeOpposition Status
MICHALSKI HUTTERMANN & PARTNER PATENTANWALTE MBBJul 20, 2021MICHALSKI HUTTERMANN & PARTNER PATENTANWALTE MBBADMISSIBLE

Patent Citations (31) New

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

Citation PhasePublication Number
DESCRIPTIONWO2014EP72828
EXAMINATIONEP2625975
EXAMINATIONJP2001120250
EXAMINATIONUS2013133675
EXAMINATIONUS6814786
EXAMINATIONWO2012168699
EXAMINATIONWO2013164705
INTERNATIONAL-SEARCH-REPORTEP2625974
INTERNATIONAL-SEARCH-REPORTJP2001120250
INTERNATIONAL-SEARCH-REPORTUS6814786
INTERNATIONAL-SEARCH-REPORTWO2012168699
INTERNATIONAL-SEARCH-REPORTWO2013164705
OPPOSITIONEP2625975
OPPOSITIONFR1302759
OPPOSITIONGB981379
OPPOSITIONUS2012080042
OPPOSITIONUS2013133675
OPPOSITIONUS2248259
OPPOSITIONWO0130184
OPPOSITIONWO03042588
OPPOSITIONWO2004086888
OPPOSITIONWO2007031876
OPPOSITIONWO2011084594
OPPOSITIONWO2012022989
OPPOSITIONWO2012079887
OPPOSITIONWO2012123702
OPPOSITIONWO2012168699
OPPOSITIONWO2013120565
OPPOSITIONWO2013164705
OPPOSITIONWO2013190036
OPPOSITIONWO2014118286

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