EP4241584A3
Filter material for a filter element of a smoking article and associated method
Abstract
A method and associated system are provided for forming a biodegradable filter material for a filter element of a smoking article, wherein the method involves combining cellulose acetate fibers with regenerated cellulose fibers, drawing the combined cellulose acetate fibers and regenerated cellulose fibers to form drawn combined fibers, and crimping the drawn combined fibers to form a mixed fiber tow. An associated filter material for the filter element of a smoking article is also provided.
Term
7 yearsto projected expiry
Projected expiry 9 October 2033, counted from filing; an application has no term until it is granted.
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Every citation, both ways
| Document | Relation | Office | Category | Cited during | Relevant claims |
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| US2009032037A1 | Cites | United States of America | A | Search report | 1-15 |
| US2012000479A1 | Cites | United States of America | XDI | Search report | 1-4,8-11,15 |
| WO2012012053A1 | Cites | World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) | XI | Search report | 1-4,8-11,15 |
21 members in 10 offices
Priority claims4
| Document | Office | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 201213648756 | United States of America | A | |
| 201213648756 | United States of America | – | |
| 13782895 | European Patent Office (EPO) | A | |
| 2013064035 | United States of America | W |
Members21
| Document | Office | Kind | |
|---|---|---|---|
| US2014096783A1 | United States of America | A1 | |
| WO2014058968A1 | World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) | A1 | |
| CN104797149A | China | A | |
| EP2906059A1 | European Patent Office (EPO) | A1 | |
| US9119419B2 | United States of America | B2 | |
| JP2015533090A | Japan | A | |
| US2015342249A1 | United States of America | A1 | |
| JP2019129827A | Japan | A | |
| CN104797149B | China | B | |
| JP6745109B2 | Japan | B2 | |
| US10986863B2 | United States of America | B2 | |
| JP2021121209A | Japan | A | |
| JP7228622B2 | Japan | B2 | |
| EP2906059B1 | European Patent Office (EPO) | B1 | |
| PT2906059T | Portugal | T | |
| PL2906059T3 | Poland | T3 | |
| EP4241584A2 | European Patent Office (EPO) | A2 | |
| LT2906059T | Lithuania | T | |
| ES2950150T3 | Spain | T3 | |
| EP4241584A3This record | European Patent Office (EPO) | A3 | |
| HUE062703T2 | Hungary | T2 |
14 legal events, as 2 offices reported them to INPADOC
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| Opt-out of the competence of the unified patent court (upc) registeredCASE NUMBER: APP_42602/2024P01 | P01 | EP | |
| Request for examination filed17P | 17P | EP | |
| Designated contracting states (corrected)RBV | RBV | EP | |
| Information on the status of an ep patent application or granted ep patentGrantedSTATUS: REQUEST FOR EXAMINATION WAS MADESTAA | STAA | EP | |
| Designated contracting statesAK | AK | EP | |
| Information provided on ipc code assigned before grantRIC1 | RIC1 | EP | |
| Information provided on ipc code assigned before grantRIC1 | RIC1 | EP | |
| Information provided on ipc code assigned before grantRIC1 | RIC1 | EP | |
| Search report despatchedORIGINAL CODE: 0009013PUAL | PUAL | EP | |
| Amendment of ipc main classPREVIOUS MAIN CLASS: A24D0003100000R079 | R079 | DE | |
| Divisional application: reference to earlier applicationAC | AC | EP | |
| Designated contracting statesAK | AK | EP | |
| Public reference made under article 153(3) epc to a published international application that has entered the european phaseORIGINAL CODE: 0009012PUAI | PUAI | EP | |
| Information on the status of an ep patent application or granted ep patentGrantedSTATUS: THE APPLICATION HAS BEEN PUBLISHEDSTAA | STAA | EP |
Numbers
- Publication
- 4241584
- Application
- 23175749
Titles3
- German
- FILTERMATERIAL FÜR EIN FILTERELEMENT EINES RAUCHARTIKELS SOWIE ZUGEHÖRIGES VERFAHREN
- English
- FILTER MATERIAL FOR A FILTER ELEMENT OF A SMOKING ARTICLE AND ASSOCIATED METHOD
- French
- MATÉRIAU DE FILTRE POUR ÉLÉMENT DE FILTRE D'UN ARTICLE POUR FUMEUR ET PROCÉDÉ ASSOCIÉ
Classification
- CPC, 4
- A24D3/10
- A24D3/06
- A24D3/068
- A24D3/0204
- IPC, 3
- A24D3 06
- A24D3 02
- A24D3 10
Designated states38
- Contracting states, 38
- Albania
- Austria
- Belgium
- Bulgaria
- Switzerland
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- Germany
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Spain
- Finland
- France
- United Kingdom
- Greece
- Croatia
- Hungary
- Ireland
- Iceland
- Italy
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Latvia
and 14 moreShow fewer
- Monaco
- North Macedonia
- Malta
- Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
- Norway
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Serbia
- Sweden
- Slovenia
- Slovakia
- San Marino
- Türkiye