| EP2926331 - AUTOMATION DEVICE, METHOD FOR VIRTUAL FUNCTIONAL LINKING OF EXTERNAL COMPONENTS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 28.06.2019 Database last updated on 18.03.2026 | |
| Former | The patent has been granted Status updated on 20.07.2018 | ||
| Former | Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 27.03.2018 | ||
| Former | Examination is in progress Status updated on 25.08.2017 | Most recent event Tooltip | 03.07.2020 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): CY, HU, MK | published on 05.08.2020 [2020/32] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Festo Didactic SE Rechbergstraße 3 73770 Denkendorf / DE | [2018/34] |
| Former [2015/51] | For all designated states Festo Fidactic SE Rechbergstraße 3 73770 Denkendorf / DE | ||
| Former [2015/41] | For all designated states Festo Didactic GmbH & Co. KG Rechbergstrasse 3 73770 Denkendorf / DE | Inventor(s) | 01 /
BLEYER, Jürgen Hölderlinstrasse 2 73092 Heiningen / DE | [2015/41] | Representative(s) | Patentanwälte Magenbauer & Kollegen Partnerschaft mbB Plochinger Straße 109 73730 Esslingen / DE | [2015/41] | Application number, filing date | 12794205.0 | 28.11.2012 | [2015/41] | WO2012EP04903 | Filing language | DE | Procedural language | DE | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO2014082647 | Date: | 05.06.2014 | Language: | DE | [2014/23] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP2926331 | Date: | 07.10.2015 | Language: | DE | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 05.06.2014 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [2015/41] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP2926331 | Date: | 22.08.2018 | Language: | DE | [2018/34] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | EP | 05.06.2014 | Classification | IPC: | G09B23/06, G09B19/00 | [2018/16] | CPC: |
G09B19/003 (EP,US);
G05B15/02 (US);
G09B23/00 (US);
G09B23/06 (EP,US);
G09B9/00 (US)
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