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EP About this file: EP2650252

EP2650252 - Container sterilization with UV radiation [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  01.01.2016
Database last updated on 19.07.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip12.10.2018Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): AL		published on 14.11.2018  [2018/46]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Krones AG
Böhmerwaldstraße 5
93073 Neutraubling / DE
[2013/42]
Inventor(s)01 / Frankenberger, Günter
Böhmerwaldstraße 5
93073 Neutraubling / DE
02 / Engelhard, Patrick
Böhmerwaldstraße 5
93073 Neutraubling / DE
03 / Koller, Stefan
Böhmerwaldstraße 5
93073 Neutraubling / DE
 [2013/42]
Representative(s)Bittner, Bernhard
Hannke Bittner & Partner
Patent- und Rechtsanwälte mbB
Prüfeninger Strasse 1
93049 Regensburg / DE
[N/P]
Former [2015/09]Bittner, Bernhard
Hannke Bittner & Partner
Patent- und Rechtsanwälte
Prüfeninger Strasse 1
93049 Regensburg / DE
Former [2013/42]Bittner, Bernhard
Hannke Bittner & Partner Patent- und Rechtsanwälte Ägidienplatz 7
93047 Regensburg / DE
Application number, filing date12194893.929.11.2012
[2013/42]
Priority number, dateDE2011105626012.12.2011         Original published format: DE102011056260
[2013/42]
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP2650252
Date:16.10.2013
Language:DE
[2013/42]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP2650252
Date:25.02.2015
Language:DE
[2015/09]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP12.09.2013
ClassificationIPC:B67B3/00
[2013/42]
CPC:
B65B55/08 (EP); A61L2/10 (EP); A61L2202/23 (EP)
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 [2013/42]
TitleGerman:Behältnissterilisation mit UV-Strahlung[2013/42]
English:Container sterilization with UV radiation[2013/42]
French:Stérilisation de récipients par rayonnement UV[2013/42]
Examination procedure26.03.2014Examination requested  [2014/19]
27.03.2014Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
24.04.2014Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M02)
30.06.2014Reply to a communication from the examining division
19.09.2014Communication of intention to grant the patent
08.01.2015Fee for grant paid
08.01.2015Fee for publishing/printing paid
08.01.2015Receipt 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  24.04.2014
Opposition(s)26.11.2015No opposition filed within time limit [2016/05]
Fees paidRenewal fee
10.11.2014Renewal fee patent year 03
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipHU29.11.2012
AL25.02.2015
BG25.02.2015
CY25.02.2015
CZ25.02.2015
DK25.02.2015
EE25.02.2015
ES25.02.2015
FI25.02.2015
HR25.02.2015
LT25.02.2015
LV25.02.2015
MC25.02.2015
MK25.02.2015
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NO25.05.2015
GR26.05.2015
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Documents cited:Search[XD]EP1120121  (SHEPPARD RAYMOND WILLIAM [GB]) [XD] 1 * column 22; figures 1,2 *;
 [XD]DE102009043726  (KHS GMBH [DE]) [XD] 1 * figure 4 *;
 [A]DE19520925  (KHS MASCH & ANLAGENBAU AG [DE]) [A] 1 * column 5, lines 25-46; figure 1 *;
 [X]WO2008015358  (AIR LIQUIDE [FR], et al) [X] 1 * page 27, paragraph 4; figure 1 * * page 29, paragraph 3 *
by applicantDE102004032861
 DE102009043496
 DE102009043726
 EP1120121
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