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Article For Use In Apparatus For Heating Smokable Material

Patent No. EP3457874 (titled "Article For Use In Apparatus For Heating Smokable Material") was filed by British-American Tobacco (Investments) Limited on May 19, 2017. The application was issued on Oct 22, 2025.

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Article for use with heat-not-burn tobacco products, comprising a heatable material that releases compounds without combustion, and a kit including the article and a heat-not-burn apparatus for heating the material.

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EP3457874

BRITISH-AMERICAN TOBACCO (INVESTMENTS) LIMITED
Application Number
EP17728783A
Filing Date
May 19, 2017
Status
Patent Maintained As Amended
Sep 19, 2025
Publication Date
Oct 22, 2025
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