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EP2931512 - HEAT-ASSISTED CARTON FORMATION [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 26.02.2021 Database last updated on 13.11.2024
Former	The patent has been granted Status updated on 20.03.2020
Former	Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 18.11.2019
Former	Examination is in progress Status updated on 08.06.2018
Most recent event Tooltip	08.07.2022	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): MK	published on 10.08.2022 [2022/32]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Graphic Packaging International, LLC Law department - 9th floor 1500 Riveredge Parkway, Suite 100 Atlanta, GA 30328 / US
	[2018/19]
Former [2015/43]	For all designated states Graphic Packaging International, Inc. 9th Floor 1500 Riveredge Parkway Suite 100 Atlanta, Georgia 30328 / US
Inventor(s)	01 / WALSH, Joseph, C. 5532 La Platra Circle Boulder, CO 80301 / US
	[2015/43]
Representative(s)	Grättinger Möhring von Poschinger Patentanwälte Partnerschaft mbB Wittelsbacherstrasse 2b 82319 Starnberg / DE
	[2020/17]
Former [2015/43]	Grättinger Möhring von Poschinger Patentanwälte Partnerschaft Wittelsbacherstrasse 2b 82319 Starnberg / DE
Application number, filing date	13859215.9	21.11.2013
	[2015/43]
	WO2013US71134
Priority number, date	US201261797141P	30.11.2012 Original published format: US 201261797141 P
	[2015/43]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO2014085169
	Date:	05.06.2014
	Language:	EN
	[2014/23]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP2931512
	Date:	21.10.2015
	Language:	EN
	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.
	[2015/43]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP2931512
	Date:	22.04.2020
	Language:	EN
	[2020/17]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	KR	05.06.2014
	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	05.12.2016
Classification	IPC:	B31B50/36, B31B50/74, // B31B50/62, B31B100/00	[2019/43]
	CPC:	B31B50/36 (EP,BR,US); B31B50/741 (EP,US); B31B2100/00 (EP,US)
	Former IPC [2016/35]	B31B1/26, B31B1/04, B31B1/62, B31B1/74
	Former IPC [2015/43]	B31B1/26, B31B1/04, B31B1/60
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 [2015/43]
Extension states	BA	Not yet paid
	ME	Not yet paid
Title	German:	WÄRMEUNTERSTÜTZTE FORMUNG VON KARTONS	[2015/43]
	English:	HEAT-ASSISTED CARTON FORMATION	[2015/43]
	French:	FORMATION DE CARTON ASSISTÉE THERMIQUEMENT	[2015/43]
Entry into regional phase	25.06.2015	National basic fee paid
	25.06.2015	Search fee paid
	25.06.2015	Designation fee(s) paid
	25.06.2015	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	25.06.2015	Examination requested [2015/43]
	21.06.2017	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	06.06.2018	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	02.10.2018	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	13.09.2019	Date of oral proceedings
	11.11.2019	Minutes of oral proceedings despatched
	19.11.2019	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	12.03.2020	Fee for grant paid
	12.03.2020	Fee for publishing/printing paid
	12.03.2020	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 06.06.2018
Opposition(s)	25.01.2021	No opposition filed within time limit [2021/13]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	30.11.2015	Renewal fee patent year 03
	28.11.2016	Renewal fee patent year 04
	27.11.2017	Renewal fee patent year 05
	27.11.2018	Renewal fee patent year 06
	27.11.2019	Renewal fee patent year 07
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	HU	21.11.2013
	AL	22.04.2020
	AT	22.04.2020
	CY	22.04.2020
	CZ	22.04.2020
	DK	22.04.2020
	EE	22.04.2020
	FI	22.04.2020
	HR	22.04.2020
	IT	22.04.2020
	LT	22.04.2020
	LV	22.04.2020
	MC	22.04.2020
	MK	22.04.2020
	MT	22.04.2020
	PL	22.04.2020
	RO	22.04.2020
	RS	22.04.2020
	SE	22.04.2020
	SI	22.04.2020
	SK	22.04.2020
	SM	22.04.2020
	TR	22.04.2020
	BG	22.07.2020
	NO	22.07.2020
	GR	23.07.2020
	IS	22.08.2020
	PT	24.08.2020
	IE	21.11.2020
	LU	21.11.2020
	CH	30.11.2020
	LI	30.11.2020
	[2022/32]
Former [2022/27]	HU	21.11.2013
	AL	22.04.2020
	AT	22.04.2020
	CY	22.04.2020
	CZ	22.04.2020
	DK	22.04.2020
	EE	22.04.2020
	FI	22.04.2020
	HR	22.04.2020
	IT	22.04.2020
	LT	22.04.2020
	LV	22.04.2020
	MC	22.04.2020
	MT	22.04.2020
	PL	22.04.2020
	RO	22.04.2020
	RS	22.04.2020
	SE	22.04.2020
	SI	22.04.2020
	SK	22.04.2020
	SM	22.04.2020
	TR	22.04.2020
	BG	22.07.2020
	NO	22.07.2020
	GR	23.07.2020
	IS	22.08.2020
	PT	24.08.2020
	IE	21.11.2020
	LU	21.11.2020
	CH	30.11.2020
	LI	30.11.2020
Former [2022/26]	AL	22.04.2020
	AT	22.04.2020
	CZ	22.04.2020
	DK	22.04.2020
	EE	22.04.2020
	FI	22.04.2020
	HR	22.04.2020
	IT	22.04.2020
	LT	22.04.2020
	LV	22.04.2020
	MC	22.04.2020
	PL	22.04.2020
	RO	22.04.2020
	RS	22.04.2020
	SE	22.04.2020
	SI	22.04.2020
	SK	22.04.2020
	SM	22.04.2020
	TR	22.04.2020
	BG	22.07.2020
	NO	22.07.2020
	GR	23.07.2020
	IS	22.08.2020
	PT	24.08.2020
	IE	21.11.2020
	LU	21.11.2020
	CH	30.11.2020
	LI	30.11.2020
Former [2021/46]	AL	22.04.2020
	AT	22.04.2020
	CZ	22.04.2020
	DK	22.04.2020
	EE	22.04.2020
	FI	22.04.2020
	HR	22.04.2020
	IT	22.04.2020
	LT	22.04.2020
	LV	22.04.2020
	MC	22.04.2020
	PL	22.04.2020
	RO	22.04.2020
	RS	22.04.2020
	SE	22.04.2020
	SI	22.04.2020
	SK	22.04.2020
	SM	22.04.2020
	BG	22.07.2020
	NO	22.07.2020
	GR	23.07.2020
	IS	22.08.2020
	PT	24.08.2020
	IE	21.11.2020
	LU	21.11.2020
	CH	30.11.2020
	LI	30.11.2020
Former [2021/37]	AL	22.04.2020
	AT	22.04.2020
	CZ	22.04.2020
	DK	22.04.2020
	EE	22.04.2020
	FI	22.04.2020
	HR	22.04.2020
	IT	22.04.2020
	LT	22.04.2020
	LV	22.04.2020
	MC	22.04.2020
	PL	22.04.2020
	RO	22.04.2020
	RS	22.04.2020
	SE	22.04.2020
	SI	22.04.2020
	SK	22.04.2020
	SM	22.04.2020
	BG	22.07.2020
	NO	22.07.2020
	GR	23.07.2020
	IS	22.08.2020
	PT	24.08.2020
	LU	21.11.2020
	CH	30.11.2020
	LI	30.11.2020
Former [2021/33]	AL	22.04.2020
	AT	22.04.2020
	CZ	22.04.2020
	DK	22.04.2020
	EE	22.04.2020
	FI	22.04.2020
	HR	22.04.2020
	IT	22.04.2020
	LT	22.04.2020
	LV	22.04.2020
	MC	22.04.2020
	PL	22.04.2020
	RO	22.04.2020
	RS	22.04.2020
	SE	22.04.2020
	SI	22.04.2020
	SK	22.04.2020
	SM	22.04.2020
	BG	22.07.2020
	NO	22.07.2020
	GR	23.07.2020
	IS	22.08.2020
	PT	24.08.2020
	LU	21.11.2020
Former [2021/31]	AL	22.04.2020
	AT	22.04.2020
	CZ	22.04.2020
	DK	22.04.2020
	EE	22.04.2020
	FI	22.04.2020
	HR	22.04.2020
	IT	22.04.2020
	LT	22.04.2020
	LV	22.04.2020
	MC	22.04.2020
	PL	22.04.2020
	RO	22.04.2020
	RS	22.04.2020
	SE	22.04.2020
	SI	22.04.2020
	SK	22.04.2020
	SM	22.04.2020
	BG	22.07.2020
	NO	22.07.2020
	GR	23.07.2020
	IS	22.08.2020
	PT	24.08.2020
Former [2021/24]	AL	22.04.2020
	AT	22.04.2020
	CZ	22.04.2020
	DK	22.04.2020
	EE	22.04.2020
	FI	22.04.2020
	HR	22.04.2020
	IT	22.04.2020
	LT	22.04.2020
	LV	22.04.2020
	PL	22.04.2020
	RO	22.04.2020
	RS	22.04.2020
	SE	22.04.2020
	SI	22.04.2020
	SK	22.04.2020
	SM	22.04.2020
	BG	22.07.2020
	NO	22.07.2020
	GR	23.07.2020
	IS	22.08.2020
	PT	24.08.2020
Former [2021/10]	AL	22.04.2020
	AT	22.04.2020
	CZ	22.04.2020
	DK	22.04.2020
	EE	22.04.2020
	FI	22.04.2020
	HR	22.04.2020
	IT	22.04.2020
	LT	22.04.2020
	LV	22.04.2020
	PL	22.04.2020
	RO	22.04.2020
	RS	22.04.2020
	SE	22.04.2020
	SK	22.04.2020
	SM	22.04.2020
	BG	22.07.2020
	NO	22.07.2020
	GR	23.07.2020
	IS	22.08.2020
	PT	24.08.2020
Former [2021/09]	AL	22.04.2020
	AT	22.04.2020
	CZ	22.04.2020
	DK	22.04.2020
	EE	22.04.2020
	FI	22.04.2020
	HR	22.04.2020
	IT	22.04.2020
	LT	22.04.2020
	LV	22.04.2020
	RO	22.04.2020
	RS	22.04.2020
	SE	22.04.2020
	SM	22.04.2020
	BG	22.07.2020
	NO	22.07.2020
	GR	23.07.2020
	IS	22.08.2020
	PT	24.08.2020
Former [2021/08]	AL	22.04.2020
	DK	22.04.2020
	FI	22.04.2020
	HR	22.04.2020
	LT	22.04.2020
	LV	22.04.2020
	RO	22.04.2020
	RS	22.04.2020
	SE	22.04.2020
	SM	22.04.2020
	BG	22.07.2020
	NO	22.07.2020
	GR	23.07.2020
	IS	22.08.2020
	PT	24.08.2020
Former [2021/04]	AL	22.04.2020
	FI	22.04.2020
	HR	22.04.2020
	LT	22.04.2020
	LV	22.04.2020
	RS	22.04.2020
	SE	22.04.2020
	BG	22.07.2020
	NO	22.07.2020
	GR	23.07.2020
	IS	22.08.2020
	PT	24.08.2020
Former [2021/01]	FI	22.04.2020
	HR	22.04.2020
	LT	22.04.2020
	LV	22.04.2020
	RS	22.04.2020
	SE	22.04.2020
	BG	22.07.2020
	NO	22.07.2020
	GR	23.07.2020
	IS	22.08.2020
	PT	24.08.2020
Former [2020/51]	FI	22.04.2020
	HR	22.04.2020
	LT	22.04.2020
	LV	22.04.2020
	RS	22.04.2020
	SE	22.04.2020
	NO	22.07.2020
	GR	23.07.2020
	IS	22.08.2020
	PT	24.08.2020
Former [2020/50]	FI	22.04.2020
	HR	22.04.2020
	LT	22.04.2020
	LV	22.04.2020
	SE	22.04.2020
	NO	22.07.2020
	GR	23.07.2020
	IS	22.08.2020
	PT	24.08.2020
Former [2020/48]	FI	22.04.2020
	LT	22.04.2020
	SE	22.04.2020
	NO	22.07.2020
	IS	22.08.2020
	PT	24.08.2020
Former [2020/47]	LT	22.04.2020
	NO	22.07.2020
	IS	22.08.2020
Former [2020/46]	IS	22.08.2020
Documents cited:	Search	[A]US2876555 (PYL JR CHESTER A VANDER) [A] 15 * column 5, line 42 - line 71 *;
		[IY]US5800329 (FAGER LARS [SE], et al) [I] 16 * column 3, line 18 - column 5, line 17; figures 1-5 * [Y] 1-14,17,18;
		[L]US2007167304 (SELLE PAUL [US], et al) [L] 16* paragraph [0094] *;
		[XYI]US2012071312 (SEICHE WERNER [DE], et al) [X] 1,4,5 * the whole document * [Y] 1-14,17,18 [I] 16
	International search	[A]US4979932 (BURNSIDE PAUL [US]);
		[Y]US5800329 (FAGER LARS [SE], et al);
		[A]US2009264271 (WIKLUND LENNART [SE]);
		[A]US7708679 (CAILLOUX LIONEL [FR], et al);
		[Y]US2012071312 (SEICHE WERNER [DE], et al)

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