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EP2668309 - SLIDING ELEMENT, PARTICULARLY PISTON RING WITH A COATING AND PROCESS OF MANUFACTURING A SLIDING ELMENT [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Former [2013/49]SLIDING ELEMENT, IN PARTICULAR PISTON RING, HAVING A COATING AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING A SLIDING ELEMENT
[2016/32]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  03.11.2017
Database last updated on 18.03.2026
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  25.11.2016
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  16.11.2016
Most recent event   Tooltip17.07.2020Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): AL		published on 19.08.2020  [2020/34]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Federal-Mogul Burscheid GmbH
Bürgermeister-Schmidt-Strasse 17
51399 Burscheid / DE
[2013/49]
Inventor(s)01 / KENNEDY, Marcus
Jülicher Str.47
40477 Düsseldorf / DE
 [2016/51]
Former [2013/49]01 / KENNEDY, Marcus
Rochusstrasse 9
40479 Düsseldorf / DE
Representative(s)Hoffmann Eitle
Patent- und Rechtsanwälte PartmbB
Arabellastraße 30
81925 München / DE
[2016/52]
Former [2013/49]HOFFMANN EITLE
Patent- und Rechtsanwälte
Arabellastrasse 4
81925 München / DE
Application number, filing date11768014.013.10.2011
[2016/52]
WO2011EP67885
Priority number, dateDE2011100325427.01.2011         Original published format: DE102011003254
[2013/49]
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2012100847
Date:02.08.2012
Language:DE
[2012/31]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP2668309
Date:04.12.2013
Language:DE
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 02.08.2012 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2013/49]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP2668309
Date:28.12.2016
Language:DE
[2016/52]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP02.08.2012
ClassificationIPC:C23C28/00, C23C16/44, C23C14/02, C23C14/06, C23C14/32, B05D3/00, F16J9/26
[2016/32]
CPC:
C23C14/025 (EP,US); F02F5/00 (KR); F16J9/26 (KR,US);
B05D3/002 (US); B05D3/007 (US); C23C14/0605 (EP,US);
C23C14/325 (EP,US); C23C16/44 (US); C23C28/00 (EP,US);
F02F3/10 (KR) (-)
Former IPC [2013/49]C23C14/06, C23C14/08, C23C30/00, F16J9/26, H01J37/32, C23C14/32, C23C14/02
Designated contracting statesAL,   AT,   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,   RS,   SE,   SI,   SK,   SM,   TR [2013/49]
Extension statesBANot yet paid
MENot yet paid
TitleGerman:GLEITELEMENT, INSBESONDERE KOLBENRING, MIT EINER BESCHICHTUNG SOWIE VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG EINES GLEITELEMENTS[2013/49]
English:SLIDING ELEMENT, PARTICULARLY PISTON RING WITH A COATING AND PROCESS OF MANUFACTURING A SLIDING ELMENT[2016/32]
French:ÉLÉMENT COULISSANT, NOTAMMENT SEGMENT DE PISTON AVEC UN REVÊTEMENT ET PROCÉDÉ DE FABRICATION D'UN ÉLÉMENT COULISSANT[2016/32]
Former [2013/49]SLIDING ELEMENT, IN PARTICULAR PISTON RING, HAVING A COATING AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING A SLIDING ELEMENT
Former [2013/49]ÉLÉMENT COULISSANT, EN PARTICULIER SEGMENT DE PISTON, DOTÉ D'UN REVÊTEMENT ET PROCÉDÉ DE FABRICATION D'UN ÉLÉMENT COULISSANT
Entry into regional phase07.08.2013National basic fee paid 
07.08.2013Designation fee(s) paid 
07.08.2013Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure19.04.2012Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
07.08.2013Examination requested  [2013/49]
25.07.2014Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M02)
13.08.2014Reply to a communication from the examining division
21.07.2016Communication of intention to grant the patent
11.11.2016Fee for grant paid
11.11.2016Fee for publishing/printing paid
11.11.2016Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Divisional application(s)EP16176352.9  / EP3091100
The date of the Examining Division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued is  25.07.2014
Opposition(s)29.09.2017No opposition filed within time limit [2017/49]
Fees paidRenewal fee
07.10.2013Renewal fee patent year 03
07.10.2014Renewal fee patent year 04
07.10.2015Renewal fee patent year 05
07.10.2016Renewal fee patent year 06
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipHU13.10.2011
AL28.12.2016
CY28.12.2016
CZ28.12.2016
DK28.12.2016
EE28.12.2016
ES28.12.2016
FI28.12.2016
HR28.12.2016
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LV28.12.2016
MC28.12.2016
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SK28.12.2016
SM28.12.2016
TR28.12.2016
BG28.03.2017
NO28.03.2017
GR29.03.2017
IS28.04.2017
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DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0257-8972(95)08280-8
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