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EP About this file: EP2420025

EP2420025 - METHOD AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING THE TIME OF AN EVENT IN AN IO DEVICE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  15.11.2013
Database last updated on 31.08.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip17.07.2015Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): HU, LU		published on 19.08.2015  [2015/34]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Phoenix Contact GmbH & Co. KG
Flachsmarktstraße 8
32825 Blomberg / DE
[N/P]
Former [2012/08]For all designated states
Phoenix Contact GmbH & Co. KG
Flachsmarktstrasse 8
32825 Blomberg / DE
Inventor(s)01 / WESSLING, Klaus
Bahnhofstrasse 14
31675 Bückeburg / DE
02 / KRUMSIEK, Dietmar
Niederes Feld 30
31860 Emmerthal / DE
03 / GEMKE, Christian
Klusheideweg 19
33104 Paderborn / DE
 [2012/08]
Representative(s)Kampfenkel, Klaus
Blumbach - Zinngrebe
Patentanwälte PartG mbB
Alexandrastrasse 5
65187 Wiesbaden / DE
[N/P]
Former [2012/08]Kampfenkel, Klaus
Blumbach - Zinngrebe Patentanwälte Alexandrastrasse 5
65187 Wiesbaden / DE
Application number, filing date10718068.916.04.2010
WO2010EP02345
Priority number, dateDE2009101768116.04.2009         Original published format: DE102009017681
[2012/08]
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2010118879
Date:21.10.2010
Language:DE
[2010/42]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP2420025
Date:22.02.2012
Language:DE
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 21.10.2010 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2012/08]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP2420025
Date:09.01.2013
Language:DE
[2013/02]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP21.10.2010
ClassificationIPC:H04L12/40, H04L12/28
[2012/08]
CPC:
H04L43/106 (EP,US); G04G5/00 (EP,US); G04G7/00 (EP,US);
G05B21/02 (EP,US); G06F1/14 (EP,US); H04L12/403 (EP,US);
H04J3/0667 (EP,US); H04L2012/4026 (EP,US) (-)
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   BG,   CH,   CY,   CZ,   DE,   DK,   EE,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   GR,   HR,   HU,   IE,   IS,   IT,   LI,   LT,   LU,   LV,   MC,   MK,   MT,   NL,   NO,   PL,   PT,   RO,   SE,   SI,   SK,   SM,   TR [2012/08]
Extension statesALNot yet paid
BANot yet paid
MENot yet paid
RSNot yet paid
TitleGerman:VERFAHREN UND KOMMUNIKATIONSSYSTEM ZUM ERMITTELN DES ZEITPUNKTES EINES EREIGNISSES IN EINEM IO-GERÄT[2012/08]
English:METHOD AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING THE TIME OF AN EVENT IN AN IO DEVICE[2012/08]
French:PROCÉDÉ ET SYSTÈME DE COMMUNICATION POUR LA DÉTERMINATION DE L'INSTANT D'OCCURRENCE D'UN ÉVÉNEMENT DANS UN APPAREIL D'E/S[2012/08]
Entry into regional phase15.11.2011National basic fee paid 
15.11.2011Designation fee(s) paid 
15.11.2011Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure15.11.2011Examination requested  [2012/08]
27.04.2012Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
09.08.2012Communication of intention to grant the patent
15.11.2012Fee for grant paid
15.11.2012Fee for publishing/printing paid
Divisional application(s)The date of the Examining Division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued is  09.08.2012
Opposition(s)10.10.2013No opposition filed within time limit [2013/51]
Fees paidRenewal fee
27.04.2012Renewal fee patent year 03
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipHU16.04.2010
CY09.01.2013
CZ09.01.2013
DK09.01.2013
EE09.01.2013
FI09.01.2013
HR09.01.2013
LT09.01.2013
LV09.01.2013
MC09.01.2013
MK09.01.2013
MT09.01.2013
PL09.01.2013
RO09.01.2013
SE09.01.2013
SI09.01.2013
SK09.01.2013
SM09.01.2013
TR09.01.2013
BG09.04.2013
NO09.04.2013
GR10.04.2013
IE16.04.2013
LU16.04.2013
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PT09.05.2013
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