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EP2656017 - COUPLING ELEMENT OF AN ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCER FOR AN ULTRASONIC FLOW METER [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 23.07.2021 Database last updated on 03.10.2024
Former	The patent has been granted Status updated on 14.08.2020
Former	Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 23.04.2020
Former	Examination is in progress Status updated on 23.12.2016
Most recent event Tooltip	22.07.2022	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): BE	published on 24.08.2022 [2022/34]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Endress+Hauser Flowtec AG Kägenstrasse 7 4153 Reinach / CH
	[2013/44]
Inventor(s)	01 / KISSLING, Beat Rainenweg 117 CH-4153 Reinach / CH
	02 / MÜLLER, Quirin Oberdorf 26 CH-4132 Muttenz / CH
	[2013/44]
Representative(s)	Andres, Angelika Maria Endress+Hauser Group Services (Deutschland) AG+Co. KG Colmarer Straße 6 79576 Weil am Rhein / DE
	[2020/38]
Former [2013/44]	Andres, Angelika Maria Endress+Hauser (Deutschland) AG+Co. KG PatServe Colmarer Strasse 6 79576 Weil am Rhein / DE
Application number, filing date	11788133.4	23.11.2011
	[2020/38]
	WO2011EP70844
Priority number, date	DE20101063535	20.12.2010 Original published format: DE102010063535
	[2013/44]
Filing language	DE
Procedural language	DE
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO2012084391
	Date:	28.06.2012
	Language:	DE
	[2012/26]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP2656017
	Date:	30.10.2013
	Language:	DE
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 28.06.2012 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2013/44]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP2656017
	Date:	16.09.2020
	Language:	DE
	[2020/38]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	EP	28.06.2012
Classification	IPC:	G01F1/66	[2013/44]
	CPC:	G01F1/662 (EP,US); G01F1/667 (EP,US)
Designated contracting states	AL, 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 [2013/44]
Extension states	BA	Not yet paid
	ME	Not yet paid
Title	German:	KOPPELELEMENT EINES ULTRASCHALLWANDLERS FÜR EIN ULTRASCHALL-DURCHFLUSSMESSGERÄT	[2013/44]
	English:	COUPLING ELEMENT OF AN ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCER FOR AN ULTRASONIC FLOW METER	[2013/44]
	French:	ÉLÉMENT DE COUPLAGE D'UN TRANSDUCTEUR ULTRASONIQUE POUR UN DÉBITMÈTRE À ULTRASONS	[2013/44]
Entry into regional phase	29.05.2013	National basic fee paid
	29.05.2013	Designation fee(s) paid
	29.05.2013	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	29.05.2013	Examination requested [2013/44]
	04.02.2014	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	03.01.2017	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	30.03.2017	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	24.04.2020	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	07.08.2020	Fee for grant paid
	07.08.2020	Fee for publishing/printing paid
	07.08.2020	Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
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 03.01.2017
Opposition(s)	17.06.2021	No opposition filed within time limit [2021/34]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	28.11.2013	Renewal fee patent year 03
	25.11.2014	Renewal fee patent year 04
	24.11.2015	Renewal fee patent year 05
	23.11.2016	Renewal fee patent year 06
	24.11.2017	Renewal fee patent year 07
	22.11.2018	Renewal fee patent year 08
	26.11.2019	Renewal fee patent year 09
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	HU	23.11.2011
	AL	16.09.2020
	CY	16.09.2020
	CZ	16.09.2020
	DK	16.09.2020
	EE	16.09.2020
	ES	16.09.2020
	FI	16.09.2020
	HR	16.09.2020
	LT	16.09.2020
	LV	16.09.2020
	MC	16.09.2020
	MK	16.09.2020
	MT	16.09.2020
	PL	16.09.2020
	RO	16.09.2020
	RS	16.09.2020
	SE	16.09.2020
	SI	16.09.2020
	SK	16.09.2020
	SM	16.09.2020
	TR	16.09.2020
	AT	23.11.2020
	IE	23.11.2020
	LU	23.11.2020
	BE	30.11.2020
	CH	30.11.2020
	LI	30.11.2020
	BG	16.12.2020
	NO	16.12.2020
	GR	17.12.2020
	IS	16.01.2021
	PT	18.01.2021
	[2022/34]
Former [2022/32]	HU	23.11.2011
	AL	16.09.2020
	CY	16.09.2020
	CZ	16.09.2020
	DK	16.09.2020
	EE	16.09.2020
	ES	16.09.2020
	FI	16.09.2020
	HR	16.09.2020
	LT	16.09.2020
	LV	16.09.2020
	MC	16.09.2020
	MK	16.09.2020
	MT	16.09.2020
	PL	16.09.2020
	RO	16.09.2020
	RS	16.09.2020
	SE	16.09.2020
	SI	16.09.2020
	SK	16.09.2020
	SM	16.09.2020
	TR	16.09.2020
	AT	23.11.2020
	IE	23.11.2020
	LU	23.11.2020
	CH	30.11.2020
	LI	30.11.2020
	BG	16.12.2020
	NO	16.12.2020
	GR	17.12.2020
	IS	16.01.2021
	PT	18.01.2021
Former [2022/27]	HU	23.11.2011
	AL	16.09.2020
	CY	16.09.2020
	CZ	16.09.2020
	DK	16.09.2020
	EE	16.09.2020
	ES	16.09.2020
	FI	16.09.2020
	HR	16.09.2020
	LT	16.09.2020
	LV	16.09.2020
	MC	16.09.2020
	MT	16.09.2020
	PL	16.09.2020
	RO	16.09.2020
	RS	16.09.2020
	SE	16.09.2020
	SI	16.09.2020
	SK	16.09.2020
	SM	16.09.2020
	TR	16.09.2020
	AT	23.11.2020
	IE	23.11.2020
	LU	23.11.2020
	CH	30.11.2020
	LI	30.11.2020
	BG	16.12.2020
	NO	16.12.2020
	GR	17.12.2020
	IS	16.01.2021
	PT	18.01.2021
Former [2022/26]	AL	16.09.2020
	CZ	16.09.2020
	DK	16.09.2020
	EE	16.09.2020
	ES	16.09.2020
	FI	16.09.2020
	HR	16.09.2020
	LT	16.09.2020
	LV	16.09.2020
	MC	16.09.2020
	PL	16.09.2020
	RO	16.09.2020
	RS	16.09.2020
	SE	16.09.2020
	SI	16.09.2020
	SK	16.09.2020
	SM	16.09.2020
	TR	16.09.2020
	AT	23.11.2020
	IE	23.11.2020
	LU	23.11.2020
	CH	30.11.2020
	LI	30.11.2020
	BG	16.12.2020
	NO	16.12.2020
	GR	17.12.2020
	IS	16.01.2021
	PT	18.01.2021
Former [2022/07]	AL	16.09.2020
	CZ	16.09.2020
	DK	16.09.2020
	EE	16.09.2020
	ES	16.09.2020
	FI	16.09.2020
	HR	16.09.2020
	LT	16.09.2020
	LV	16.09.2020
	MC	16.09.2020
	PL	16.09.2020
	RO	16.09.2020
	RS	16.09.2020
	SE	16.09.2020
	SI	16.09.2020
	SK	16.09.2020
	SM	16.09.2020
	AT	23.11.2020
	IE	23.11.2020
	LU	23.11.2020
	CH	30.11.2020
	LI	30.11.2020
	BG	16.12.2020
	NO	16.12.2020
	GR	17.12.2020
	IS	16.01.2021
	PT	18.01.2021
Former [2021/46]	AL	16.09.2020
	CZ	16.09.2020
	DK	16.09.2020
	EE	16.09.2020
	ES	16.09.2020
	FI	16.09.2020
	HR	16.09.2020
	LT	16.09.2020
	LV	16.09.2020
	MC	16.09.2020
	PL	16.09.2020
	RO	16.09.2020
	RS	16.09.2020
	SE	16.09.2020
	SI	16.09.2020
	SK	16.09.2020
	SM	16.09.2020
	IE	23.11.2020
	LU	23.11.2020
	CH	30.11.2020
	LI	30.11.2020
	BG	16.12.2020
	NO	16.12.2020
	GR	17.12.2020
	IS	16.01.2021
	PT	18.01.2021
Former [2021/37]	AL	16.09.2020
	CZ	16.09.2020
	DK	16.09.2020
	EE	16.09.2020
	ES	16.09.2020
	FI	16.09.2020
	HR	16.09.2020
	LT	16.09.2020
	LV	16.09.2020
	MC	16.09.2020
	PL	16.09.2020
	RO	16.09.2020
	RS	16.09.2020
	SE	16.09.2020
	SI	16.09.2020
	SK	16.09.2020
	SM	16.09.2020
	LU	23.11.2020
	CH	30.11.2020
	LI	30.11.2020
	BG	16.12.2020
	NO	16.12.2020
	GR	17.12.2020
	IS	16.01.2021
	PT	18.01.2021
Former [2021/36]	AL	16.09.2020
	CZ	16.09.2020
	EE	16.09.2020
	ES	16.09.2020
	FI	16.09.2020
	HR	16.09.2020
	LT	16.09.2020
	LV	16.09.2020
	MC	16.09.2020
	PL	16.09.2020
	RO	16.09.2020
	RS	16.09.2020
	SE	16.09.2020
	SI	16.09.2020
	SK	16.09.2020
	SM	16.09.2020
	LU	23.11.2020
	BG	16.12.2020
	NO	16.12.2020
	GR	17.12.2020
	IS	16.01.2021
	PT	18.01.2021
Former [2021/33]	AL	16.09.2020
	CZ	16.09.2020
	EE	16.09.2020
	ES	16.09.2020
	FI	16.09.2020
	HR	16.09.2020
	LT	16.09.2020
	LV	16.09.2020
	MC	16.09.2020
	PL	16.09.2020
	RO	16.09.2020
	RS	16.09.2020
	SE	16.09.2020
	SK	16.09.2020
	SM	16.09.2020
	LU	23.11.2020
	BG	16.12.2020
	NO	16.12.2020
	GR	17.12.2020
	IS	16.01.2021
	PT	18.01.2021
Former [2021/31]	AL	16.09.2020
	CZ	16.09.2020
	EE	16.09.2020
	ES	16.09.2020
	FI	16.09.2020
	HR	16.09.2020
	LT	16.09.2020
	LV	16.09.2020
	MC	16.09.2020
	PL	16.09.2020
	RO	16.09.2020
	RS	16.09.2020
	SE	16.09.2020
	SK	16.09.2020
	SM	16.09.2020
	BG	16.12.2020
	NO	16.12.2020
	GR	17.12.2020
	IS	16.01.2021
	PT	18.01.2021
Former [2021/28]	AL	16.09.2020
	CZ	16.09.2020
	EE	16.09.2020
	ES	16.09.2020
	FI	16.09.2020
	HR	16.09.2020
	LT	16.09.2020
	LV	16.09.2020
	PL	16.09.2020
	RO	16.09.2020
	RS	16.09.2020
	SE	16.09.2020
	SK	16.09.2020
	SM	16.09.2020
	BG	16.12.2020
	NO	16.12.2020
	GR	17.12.2020
	IS	16.01.2021
	PT	18.01.2021
Former [2021/25]	AL	16.09.2020
	CZ	16.09.2020
	EE	16.09.2020
	ES	16.09.2020
	FI	16.09.2020
	HR	16.09.2020
	LT	16.09.2020
	LV	16.09.2020
	PL	16.09.2020
	RO	16.09.2020
	RS	16.09.2020
	SE	16.09.2020
	SM	16.09.2020
	BG	16.12.2020
	NO	16.12.2020
	GR	17.12.2020
	IS	16.01.2021
	PT	18.01.2021
Former [2021/23]	CZ	16.09.2020
	EE	16.09.2020
	FI	16.09.2020
	HR	16.09.2020
	LT	16.09.2020
	LV	16.09.2020
	RO	16.09.2020
	RS	16.09.2020
	SE	16.09.2020
	SM	16.09.2020
	BG	16.12.2020
	NO	16.12.2020
	GR	17.12.2020
	PT	18.01.2021
Former [2021/22]	CZ	16.09.2020
	EE	16.09.2020
	FI	16.09.2020
	HR	16.09.2020
	LT	16.09.2020
	LV	16.09.2020
	RO	16.09.2020
	RS	16.09.2020
	SE	16.09.2020
	BG	16.12.2020
	NO	16.12.2020
	GR	17.12.2020
	PT	18.01.2021
Former [2021/21]	FI	16.09.2020
	HR	16.09.2020
	LT	16.09.2020
	LV	16.09.2020
	RS	16.09.2020
	SE	16.09.2020
	BG	16.12.2020
	NO	16.12.2020
	GR	17.12.2020
	PT	18.01.2021
Former [2021/20]	FI	16.09.2020
	HR	16.09.2020
	LT	16.09.2020
	LV	16.09.2020
	RS	16.09.2020
	SE	16.09.2020
	BG	16.12.2020
	NO	16.12.2020
	GR	17.12.2020
Former [2021/10]	FI	16.09.2020
	HR	16.09.2020
	LV	16.09.2020
	RS	16.09.2020
	SE	16.09.2020
	BG	16.12.2020
	NO	16.12.2020
	GR	17.12.2020
Former [2021/09]	FI	16.09.2020
	SE	16.09.2020
	BG	16.12.2020
	NO	16.12.2020
	GR	17.12.2020
Former [2021/08]	FI	16.09.2020
	SE	16.09.2020
	BG	16.12.2020
	NO	16.12.2020
Former [2021/07]	FI	16.09.2020
	NO	16.12.2020
Cited in	International search	[XY]DE1150213 (NAT RES DEV) [X] 1-9,11 * column 2, lines 37-41 * * column 8, lines 6-29 * * figure 5 * [Y] 12-14;
		[X]US5467321 (BAUMOEL JOSEPH [US]) [X] 1-11 * column 4, line 10 - column 5, line 38; figures 4A-4B *;
		[X]WO2005012897 (UNIV WARWICK [GB], et al) [X] 1-8,11 * page 3, line 37 - page 6, line 5; figures 1-7 *;
		[Y]EP1094305 (CALDON INC [US]) [Y] 12-14 * paragraphs [0008] , [0013] , [0037]; figures 1-3,5-6 *
	by applicant	US5052230
		DE102007062913
		US4467659
		US4475054

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