EP3941281B8 - Aerosol delivery system - Google Patents

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Publication number: EP3941281B8
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: delivery system; aerosol delivery; aerosol; delivery
Prior art date: 2019-03-21
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Active

Application number

EP20715754.6A

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German (de)

French (fr)

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EP3941281A1 (en

EP3941281B1 (en

Inventor

Chris Lord

Thomas Sudlow

Ben ILLIDGE

Alfred Madden

Ben ASTBURY

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IMPERIAL TOBACCO Ltd

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Imperial Tobacco Ltd Great Britain

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2019-03-21

Filing date

2020-03-17

Publication date

2023-07-19

2020-03-17 Application filed by Imperial Tobacco Ltd Great Britain filed Critical Imperial Tobacco Ltd Great Britain

2020-03-17 Priority to EP23177585.9A priority Critical patent/EP4233588A3/en

2022-01-26 Publication of EP3941281A1 publication Critical patent/EP3941281A1/en

2023-06-07 Publication of EP3941281B1 publication Critical patent/EP3941281B1/en

2023-07-19 Application granted granted Critical

2023-07-19 Publication of EP3941281B8 publication Critical patent/EP3941281B8/en

Status Active legal-status Critical Current

2040-03-17 Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical

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239000000443 aerosol Substances 0.000 title 1

Classifications

- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
- A24F—SMOKERS' REQUISITES; MATCH BOXES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES
- A24F40/00—Electrically operated smoking devices; Component parts thereof; Manufacture thereof; Maintenance or testing thereof; Charging means specially adapted therefor
- A24F40/40—Constructional details, e.g. connection of cartridges and battery parts
- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
- A24F—SMOKERS' REQUISITES; MATCH BOXES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES
- A24F40/00—Electrically operated smoking devices; Component parts thereof; Manufacture thereof; Maintenance or testing thereof; Charging means specially adapted therefor
- A24F40/10—Devices using liquid inhalable precursors

EP20715754.6A 2019-03-21 2020-03-17 Aerosol delivery system Active EP3941281B8 (en)

Priority Applications (1)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
EP23177585.9A EP4233588A3 (en)	2019-03-21	2020-03-17	Aerosol delivery system

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
EP19164458.2A EP3711605A1 (en)	2019-03-21	2019-03-21	Aerosol delivery system
PCT/EP2020/057320 WO2020187923A1 (en)	2019-03-21	2020-03-17	Aerosol delivery system

Related Child Applications (2)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
EP23177585.9A Division EP4233588A3 (en)	2019-03-21	2020-03-17	Aerosol delivery system
EP23177585.9A Division-Into EP4233588A3 (en)	2019-03-21	2020-03-17	Aerosol delivery system

Publications (3)

Publication Number	Publication Date
EP3941281A1 EP3941281A1 (en)	2022-01-26
EP3941281B1 EP3941281B1 (en)	2023-06-07
EP3941281B8 true EP3941281B8 (en)	2023-07-19

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Family Applications (3)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
EP19164458.2A Ceased EP3711605A1 (en)	2019-03-21	2019-03-21	Aerosol delivery system
EP20715754.6A Active EP3941281B8 (en)	2019-03-21	2020-03-17	Aerosol delivery system
EP23177585.9A Pending EP4233588A3 (en)	2019-03-21	2020-03-17	Aerosol delivery system

Family Applications Before (1)

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EP19164458.2A Ceased EP3711605A1 (en)	2019-03-21	2019-03-21	Aerosol delivery system

Family Applications After (1)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
EP23177585.9A Pending EP4233588A3 (en)	2019-03-21	2020-03-17	Aerosol delivery system

Country Status (2)

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EP (3)	EP3711605A1 (en)
WO (1)	WO2020187923A1 (en)

Families Citing this family (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number	Priority date	Publication date	Assignee	Title
CN115104778A (en) *	2021-03-19	2022-09-27	比亚迪股份有限公司	Atomizer, manufacturing method of atomizer and electronic cigarette

Family Cites Families (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
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CN204317489U (en) *	2012-11-22	2015-05-13	惠州市吉瑞科技有限公司	Electronic cigarette and electronic cigarette device
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GB2561867B (en) *	2017-04-25	2021-04-07	Nerudia Ltd	Aerosol delivery system

2019
- 2019-03-21 EP EP19164458.2A patent/EP3711605A1/en not_active Ceased
2020
- 2020-03-17 EP EP20715754.6A patent/EP3941281B8/en active Active
- 2020-03-17 EP EP23177585.9A patent/EP4233588A3/en active Pending
- 2020-03-17 WO PCT/EP2020/057320 patent/WO2020187923A1/en active Application Filing

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Publication number	Publication date
EP4233588A3 (en)	2023-11-01
EP3941281A1 (en)	2022-01-26
EP4233588A2 (en)	2023-08-30
EP3941281B1 (en)	2023-06-07
WO2020187923A1 (en)	2020-09-24
EP3711605A1 (en)	2020-09-23

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