EP1378182A1 - Perforiertes Papier für von Hand gerollte Zigaretten - Google Patents

Perforiertes Papier für von Hand gerollte Zigaretten Download PDF

Info

Publication number
EP1378182A1
EP1378182A1 EP03291667A EP03291667A EP1378182A1 EP 1378182 A1 EP1378182 A1 EP 1378182A1 EP 03291667 A EP03291667 A EP 03291667A EP 03291667 A EP03291667 A EP 03291667A EP 1378182 A1 EP1378182 A1 EP 1378182A1
Authority
EP
European Patent Office
Prior art keywords
cigarette
sheet
paper
cigarette paper
perforations
Prior art date
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.)
Granted
Application number
EP03291667A
Other languages
English (en)
French (fr)
Other versions
EP1378182B1 (de
Inventor
Philippe Parcevaux
Pascal Marnot
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
Republic Technologies NA LLC
Original Assignee
Republic Technologies NA LLC
Priority date (The priority date 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 date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by Republic Technologies NA LLC filed Critical Republic Technologies NA LLC
Publication of EP1378182A1 publication Critical patent/EP1378182A1/de
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of EP1378182B1 publication Critical patent/EP1378182B1/de
Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical
Expired - Lifetime legal-status Critical Current

Links

Images

Classifications

    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24F—SMOKERS' REQUISITES; MATCH BOXES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES
    • A24F17/00—Receptacles for cigarette papers
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24C—MACHINES FOR MAKING CIGARS OR CIGARETTES
    • A24C5/00—Making cigarettes; Making tipping materials for, or attaching filters or mouthpieces to, cigars or cigarettes
    • A24C5/40—Hand-driven apparatus for making cigarettes
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24D—CIGARS; CIGARETTES; TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS; MOUTHPIECES FOR CIGARS OR CIGARETTES; MANUFACTURE OF TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS OR MOUTHPIECES
    • A24D1/00—Cigars; Cigarettes
    • A24D1/02—Cigars; Cigarettes with special covers
    • A24D1/027—Cigars; Cigarettes with special covers with ventilating means, e.g. perforations

Definitions

  • the present invention relates to a ventilated cigarette paper including a number of artificial holes designed to admit the fresh air in the cigarette when it is smoked.
  • the role of this fresh air is to dilute the smoke inhaled by the smoker, the amount of tars and nicotine delivered by the cigarette being diminished.
  • the invention relates to a ventilated cigarette paper whose perforations are located in such a way that they keep their efficiency in the case of cigarettes rolled by hand or with the aid of rolling machines.
  • the rolling paper is usually of a width over 50% to 100% of the perimeter of the rolled cigarette, which renders ineffective the perforations because they are covered by a second layer of paper during the making of cigarettes, the second layer constituted by the extra margin that sticks to the opposite edge.
  • the quantities of tars obtained will be compared with a sheet of unventilated cigarette paper of width 26 mm, a sheet ventilated and of width 26 mm, and finally a sheet ventilated and of width 38 mm.
  • references to tar levels and their decrease are based on measurements made according to ISO / DIS 15592.
  • a manufactured cigarette has a conventional diameter of 7.2 mm and its perimeter is 22.6 mm. When the chosen paper is not ventilated, the cigarette delivers 2.87 mg tars per puff.
  • the present invention should make it possible to overcome the problem of recovery, the efficiency of ventilation remaining the same when the recovery following the rolling of the cigarette varies within the limits generally found on the market.
  • the present invention also aims at enabling the smoker, get rid of the choice of the end by which he will take his cigarette in mouth, the efficiency of the ventilation remaining the same whatever the end chosen, either to know simply the end that it must wear To the mouth.
  • the invention aims to solve these disadvantages by keeping however adequate ventilation efficiency, ie by proposing a leaf that is neither too waterproof nor too ventilated.
  • the object is achieved according to the invention by means of a sheet of paper cigarettes equipped with a perforation area, the perforation area forming a strip parallel to the long axis of the cigarette, this strip having a central axis placed sufficiently close to the center of the width of the sheet to lie outside the paper recovery area after rolling of the cigarette, characterized in that the perforations have a size between 50 and 500 microns.
  • the purpose is achieved according to the invention by adding a distinctive sign to the end of the leaf to be taken in the mouth.
  • This distinctive sign is one of the elements allowing the industrial realization of the sheet of cigarette paper according to the invention.
  • the invention relates to a sheet of cigarette paper provided under large format board, in the form of individual sheets stacked, entangled or connected, in the form of unwinding rollers, under form of preformed tubes.
  • Figure 1 shows an individual sheet of cigarette paper 100, provided with an adhesive rubber band 110, a strip formed by perforations extending the entire length of the sheet of paper to cigarettes 120, parallel to the large side of the sheet, centered on the axis 130 parallel to the large side of the leaf and passing through the middle of the small side of leaf.
  • band reserved for ventilation the tape that remains uncovered by not recovering the paper after the rolling of the cigarette.
  • Ventilation is, in this embodiment, symmetrical and does not does not depend on the end put in mouth. On the other hand, whatever the percentage of recovery, it is the middle of the initial sheet that is reached last by the double thickness.
  • a strip of 7.2 mm wide is free of overlap and the perforations that are there find are available for ventilation. If the perforations were performed conventionally on circles perpendicular to the axis of the cigarette, only a small portion of them would be available for ventilation, because of the obstruction of the holes by the second round of paper.
  • Figure 2 shows an individual sheet of cigarette paper 200, provided with an adhesive band 210, with a printed border 220 determining the side of the cigarette to be taken in the mouth, a band reserved for ventilation 240, parallel to the large side of the sheet, centered on the axis 230 parallel to the large side of the sheet, passing through the middle of the small side of the leaf and only one area has been perforated.
  • the area perforated 250 forms at this point a zone of perforations, which one will call here area of perforations 250.
  • Example 1 Circular holes of 300 microns are made on the circumference of a cigarette, about 20 mm from the end worn on the mouth .
  • the reduction of tars obtained when these holes are not covered by a second round of paper can determine the effectiveness of a hole of this size and in this area.
  • each hole contributes 1.3% to the overall decrease of tars per puff. It is hoped that the tars delivered by the cigarette will be reduced by half. So you have to earn 50% tar per puff, which will be obtained by the presence of 39 holes.
  • the width of the cigarette paper sheet is 35 mm.
  • the distance standard between two holes is 2.5 mm. If we leave 2.5 mm between the edge of the leaf and the first hole, we can place three rings of 13 holes at 17.5 mm, 20 mm, and 22.5 mm from the end of the sheet brought to the mouth
  • the proposed cigarette sheet is unable to lead to the desired 50% tar reduction.
  • the smoker carries the cigarette to his mouth by the non perforated, the efficiency will be even lower insofar as the perforations will be gone by the third puff.
  • the proposed cigarette sheet according to the invention to reach the goal sought after which is a 50% decrease in tars per puff, has a the same width of 35 mm, a band dedicated to ventilation centered on the middle of the sheet and 9 mm wide, circular perforations identical 300 micron diameter in the band reserved for the ventilation, over a width of 7.5 mm and over the entire length of the sheet, that is 70 mm.
  • Circular holes being 2.5 mm apart, 3 columns (direction parallel to the axis of the cigarette) by 22 rows (perpendicular to the axis of the sheet) holes are available for ventilation.
  • the rolled cigarette with a diameter of 7 mm in a sheet of 35 mm has a 13 mm overlap and therefore leaves a non covered with 9 mm that we call band reserved for ventilation.
  • the holes that are covered by the lips of the smoker be the first thirteen millimeters of the length of the sheet of cigarette paper.
  • Example 2 Circular holes of 300 microns are made on the circumference of a cigarette, about 20 mm from the end worn on the mouth. Three rings of 13 holes are placed at 17.5 mm, 20 mm, and 22.5 mm from the end of the sheet brought to the mouth. As we have seen in Example 1, the cigarette being rolled to a diameter of 7 mm, the width of the sheet of cigarette paper being 35 mm, only three holes per row will not be obstructed. Therefore, with only 9 holes available instead of 39, the proposed cigarette sheet is unable to lead to a desired 50% tar reduction.
  • the proposed cigarette sheet according to the invention to reach the goal sought has a width of 28 mm, a band reserved for ventilation centered on the middle of the sheet and 16 mm wide, a paver of circular perforations located in the ventilation band, of a 15 mm wide and 14 mm long, between dimension 13 and dimension 27 mm measured from the end worn to the mouth, this end being materialized by a line printed on the sheet of cigarette paper.
  • This trait is part of the invention and contributes to the aim sought by the invention insofar as it is he who allows the perforator to position the pavement along the length of the sheet. Indeed, perforation and eventual cutting of the sheet can be synchronized with scrolling the sheet original, thanks to this printed line.
  • the tile contains circular holes 2.5 mm apart, 7 columns (parallel to the cigarette axis) by 6 rows (perpendicular to the axis of the sheet).
  • 7 mm is rolled with the sheet of cigarette paper according to the invention described in Example 2, 42 1.3% efficiency holes are available and the goal is achieved.
  • the diameter of the rolled cigarette is 7mm, which is a value usually found and close to the value retained 7.2 mm in the future international standard.
  • the widths of the sheet of cigarette paper according to the invention can be adjusted to release a band reserved for ventilation width sufficient. It is also obvious that the size of the holes and the distance between the holes can be adjusted to achieve the desired efficiency.
  • the band reserved for ventilation extends the entire length of the leaf and it is centered on the axis passing through the middle of the small side of the sheet and parallel to the large side of the sheet. Its width is the one left free of overlap in an average cigarette as found on the intended market.
  • the perforations are made by electrical, thermal, mechanical, optical means or chemical.
  • the holes are not circular, but can take any geometric form and present a particular orientation with respect to the axes of the cigarette.
  • the size of the holes is included in a nonlimiting manner between 50 and 500 microns.
  • the distance between the holes can be any and is limited only by criteria related to the paper physics or the physics of perforation.
  • the sheet of cigarette paper is with a distinctive sign on the end to be put in the mouth.
  • This distinctive sign may be, but not limited to, a notch, a wire, a impression, a punch.
  • the zone of perforations can be perforated during the scrubbing operation or gluing the sheets of cigarette papers.
  • the holes are not present at the making of the cigarette, but appear as and when as the cigarette is smoked.
  • an obstructing hole can melt under the effect of the heat of the cone of combustion or obstructing hole can open under the effect of suction of the smoker.
  • the width of the sheet of Cigarette paper is deliberately reduced in the limit of rolling, in order to widen the ventilation band to the point that all the necessary holes can be accommodated.
  • a mechanical perforation is preferentially adopted, which proves to be able to achieve significant reductions in tars without major obstacles.
  • This mechanical perforation preferentially without removing paper, in practice by drilling with needles by example, push back the paper rather than removing the paper pellet at the way of a cookie cutter. After perforation, the sheet of paper presents, around the perforation, a collar raised on a particular face of the paper.
  • a preformed tube of cigarette paper preferably has also this arrangement, ie is preferentially a pre-drilled tube whose perforations were made in a corresponding direction in the inner to outer direction of the tube.

Landscapes

  • Cigarettes, Filters, And Manufacturing Of Filters (AREA)
  • Making Paper Articles (AREA)
  • Control And Other Processes For Unpacking Of Materials (AREA)
EP03291667A 2002-07-04 2003-07-04 Perforiertes Papier für von Hand gerollte Zigaretten Expired - Lifetime EP1378182B1 (de)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
FR0208365 2002-07-04
FR0208365A FR2841748B1 (fr) 2002-07-04 2002-07-04 Papier a cigarettes a rouler ventile

Publications (2)

Publication Number Publication Date
EP1378182A1 true EP1378182A1 (de) 2004-01-07
EP1378182B1 EP1378182B1 (de) 2008-05-21

Family

ID=29720087

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
EP03291667A Expired - Lifetime EP1378182B1 (de) 2002-07-04 2003-07-04 Perforiertes Papier für von Hand gerollte Zigaretten

Country Status (5)

Country Link
EP (1) EP1378182B1 (de)
AT (1) ATE395838T1 (de)
DE (1) DE60321092D1 (de)
ES (1) ES2305417T3 (de)
FR (1) FR2841748B1 (de)

Cited By (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO2006061050A1 (de) * 2004-12-10 2006-06-15 Gizeh Raucherbedarf Gmbh Zigarettenpapier-blättchen zum selbstfertigen einer schadstoffreduzierten zigarette
WO2007098876A1 (de) * 2006-02-24 2007-09-07 Gizeh Raucherbedarf Gmbh Verpackung für zigarettenpapier-blättchen sowie für die verpackung vorgesehener stapel von zigarettenpapier-blättchen
US7921856B2 (en) 2004-02-04 2011-04-12 Yuriy Sergeyevich Bilivitin Sleeve for a russian cigarette
US9743690B2 (en) 2012-01-31 2017-08-29 Zecaso Gmbh Resealable packaging made of paper, cardboard or paperboard, especially for receiving sheets and paper

Citations (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR1312714A (fr) * 1962-01-13 1962-12-21 Job Soc Papier à cigarette
FR2032311A1 (en) * 1969-01-14 1970-11-27 Steigerwald Karl Heat sensitive laminated ventilation flaps - in a cigarette paper or pipe bowl to assist
US4088142A (en) * 1975-10-28 1978-05-09 British American Tobacco Co., Ltd. Cigarettes
US5062434A (en) * 1989-09-22 1991-11-05 Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation Cigarette paper
DE4107026C1 (en) * 1991-03-01 1992-03-12 H.F. & Ph.F. Reemtsma Gmbh & Co, 2000 Hamburg, De Individual cigarette making kit - has highly porous areas in paper and tobacco plug

Patent Citations (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR1312714A (fr) * 1962-01-13 1962-12-21 Job Soc Papier à cigarette
FR2032311A1 (en) * 1969-01-14 1970-11-27 Steigerwald Karl Heat sensitive laminated ventilation flaps - in a cigarette paper or pipe bowl to assist
US4088142A (en) * 1975-10-28 1978-05-09 British American Tobacco Co., Ltd. Cigarettes
US5062434A (en) * 1989-09-22 1991-11-05 Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation Cigarette paper
DE4107026C1 (en) * 1991-03-01 1992-03-12 H.F. & Ph.F. Reemtsma Gmbh & Co, 2000 Hamburg, De Individual cigarette making kit - has highly porous areas in paper and tobacco plug

Cited By (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US7921856B2 (en) 2004-02-04 2011-04-12 Yuriy Sergeyevich Bilivitin Sleeve for a russian cigarette
WO2006061050A1 (de) * 2004-12-10 2006-06-15 Gizeh Raucherbedarf Gmbh Zigarettenpapier-blättchen zum selbstfertigen einer schadstoffreduzierten zigarette
WO2007098876A1 (de) * 2006-02-24 2007-09-07 Gizeh Raucherbedarf Gmbh Verpackung für zigarettenpapier-blättchen sowie für die verpackung vorgesehener stapel von zigarettenpapier-blättchen
US9743690B2 (en) 2012-01-31 2017-08-29 Zecaso Gmbh Resealable packaging made of paper, cardboard or paperboard, especially for receiving sheets and paper

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
DE60321092D1 (de) 2008-07-03
EP1378182B1 (de) 2008-05-21
FR2841748B1 (fr) 2005-04-08
ES2305417T3 (es) 2008-11-01
ATE395838T1 (de) 2008-06-15
FR2841748A1 (fr) 2004-01-09

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
JP5739345B2 (ja) 喫煙品用フィルター
FR2957755A3 (fr) Cigarette avec filtre a ventilation variable
ES2391663T3 (es) Cigarrillo con filtro que posee un material de boquilla
EP3930490B1 (de) Kartonfilter für zigaretten, zigarette und verfahren zur herstellung davon
CH641016A5 (fr) Article a fumer.
JP2012529276A (ja) 喫煙品
US9961935B1 (en) Smoking product and method of making
CH677431A5 (de)
KR102392892B1 (ko) 절취 탭이 구비된 제거 가능한 티핑 래퍼부를 갖는 에어로졸 발생 물품
CH712424A2 (fr) Tube filtre pour un article à fumer.
FR2465509A1 (fr) Filtre a gorge d'aeration
WO2009031038A2 (en) Smoking article with variable ventilation
TW200924654A (en) Filter and method for making a filter for a cigarette
EP1378182B1 (de) Perforiertes Papier für von Hand gerollte Zigaretten
CH649199A5 (fr) Filtre pour cigarette.
BE1012329A3 (fr) Tubes en papier a cigarette et leur procede de fabrication.
LU84968A1 (fr) Perfectionnements aux filtres pour cigarettes et d'autres articles a fumer
WO2021019184A1 (fr) Filtre, notamment filtre conique, pour cigarette ou similaire
FR2973200A1 (fr) Bague perforatrice pour cigarettes pour arreter de fumer
FR2831397A1 (fr) Cigarette a filtre
FR2827742A1 (fr) Procede de realisation d'un papier a cigarette a ventilation et aspect satisfaisants
EP1192868A1 (de) Verfahren zur Herstellung eines ventilierten Zigarettenpapiers
FR2462110A1 (fr) Cigarette a plusieurs tabacs
JP3104989U (ja) スーパーロングフィルタ付き紙巻タバコ
Gaudreau et al. Variability of the attenuation of the auditory protectors measured by the field-sight method as a function of the direction of the incident sound and carrier noises

Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
PUAI Public reference made under article 153(3) epc to a published international application that has entered the european phase

Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009012

AK Designated contracting states

Kind code of ref document: A1

Designated state(s): AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT RO SE SI SK TR

AX Request for extension of the european patent

Extension state: AL LT LV MK

17P Request for examination filed

Effective date: 20040618

AKX Designation fees paid

Designated state(s): AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT RO SE SI SK TR

17Q First examination report despatched

Effective date: 20061024

GRAP Despatch of communication of intention to grant a patent

Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: EPIDOSNIGR1

RIN1 Information on inventor provided before grant (corrected)

Inventor name: MARNOT, PASCAL

Inventor name: PARCEVAUX, PHILIPPE

GRAS Grant fee paid

Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: EPIDOSNIGR3

GRAA (expected) grant

Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009210

AK Designated contracting states

Kind code of ref document: B1

Designated state(s): AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT RO SE SI SK TR

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: GB

Ref legal event code: FG4D

Free format text: NOT ENGLISH

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: CH

Ref legal event code: EP

REF Corresponds to:

Ref document number: 60321092

Country of ref document: DE

Date of ref document: 20080703

Kind code of ref document: P

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: IE

Ref legal event code: FG4D

Free format text: LANGUAGE OF EP DOCUMENT: FRENCH

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: SI

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20080521

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: FI

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20080521

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: ES

Ref legal event code: FG2A

Ref document number: 2305417

Country of ref document: ES

Kind code of ref document: T3

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: IE

Ref legal event code: FD4D

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: SE

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20080821

Ref country code: PT

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20081021

Ref country code: IE

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20080521

Ref country code: DK

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20080521

Ref country code: CZ

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20080521

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: SK

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20080521

Ref country code: RO

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20080521

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: CH

Ref legal event code: PL

PLBE No opposition filed within time limit

Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009261

STAA Information on the status of an ep patent application or granted ep patent

Free format text: STATUS: NO OPPOSITION FILED WITHIN TIME LIMIT

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: MC

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES

Effective date: 20080731

26N No opposition filed

Effective date: 20090224

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: EE

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20080521

Ref country code: BG

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20080821

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: LI

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES

Effective date: 20080731

Ref country code: CH

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES

Effective date: 20080731

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: IT

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20080521

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: CY

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20080521

Ref country code: HU

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20081122

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: TR

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20080521

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: GR

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20080822

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: FR

Ref legal event code: PLFP

Year of fee payment: 14

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: FR

Ref legal event code: PLFP

Year of fee payment: 15

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: FR

Ref legal event code: PLFP

Year of fee payment: 16

PGFP Annual fee paid to national office [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: NL

Payment date: 20220623

Year of fee payment: 20

Ref country code: LU

Payment date: 20220623

Year of fee payment: 20

PGFP Annual fee paid to national office [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: FR

Payment date: 20220610

Year of fee payment: 20

PGFP Annual fee paid to national office [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: GB

Payment date: 20220718

Year of fee payment: 20

Ref country code: ES

Payment date: 20220802

Year of fee payment: 20

Ref country code: DE

Payment date: 20220624

Year of fee payment: 20

Ref country code: AT

Payment date: 20220621

Year of fee payment: 20

PGFP Annual fee paid to national office [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: BE

Payment date: 20220725

Year of fee payment: 20

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: DE

Ref legal event code: R071

Ref document number: 60321092

Country of ref document: DE

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: NL

Ref legal event code: MK

Effective date: 20230703

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: GB

Ref legal event code: PE20

Expiry date: 20230703

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: BE

Ref legal event code: MK

Effective date: 20230704

Ref country code: ES

Ref legal event code: FD2A

Effective date: 20230727

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: AT

Ref legal event code: MK07

Ref document number: 395838

Country of ref document: AT

Kind code of ref document: T

Effective date: 20230704

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: GB

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF EXPIRATION OF PROTECTION

Effective date: 20230703

Ref country code: ES

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF EXPIRATION OF PROTECTION

Effective date: 20230705