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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 on May 19, 2017. The application was issued on Oct 22, 2025.

Patent Summary

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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PHILIP MORRISFeb 15, 2021GRUNECKER
PHILIP MORRISFeb 15, 2021GRUNECKER PATENT

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EP3457874

BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO
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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