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EP2921842 - Resonance testing machine [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  30.04.2021
Database last updated on 19.03.2026
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  22.05.2020
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  04.03.2020
Most recent event   Tooltip19.12.2025Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): TR
published on 21.01.2026  [2026/04]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Russenberger Prüfmaschinen AG
Gewerbestrasse 10
8212 Neuhausen am Rheinfall / CH
[2015/39]
Inventor(s)01 / Berchtold, Jürg
Webergasse 18
8200 Schaffhausen / CH
 [2015/39]
Representative(s)Gernet Althaus IP AG
Querstrasse 5
8212 Neuhausen am Rheinfall / CH
[2020/26]
Former [2015/39]Gernet, Samuel Andreas
Suisse Technology Partners Ltd.
Badische Bahnhofstrasse 16
8212 Neuhausen am Rheinfall / CH
Application number, filing date14000991.118.03.2014
[2015/39]
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP2921842
Date:23.09.2015
Language:DE
[2015/39]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP2921842
Date:24.06.2020
Language:DE
[2020/26]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP24.06.2014
ClassificationIPC:G01N3/32, G01N3/38
[2020/08]
CPC:
G01N3/38 (EP,US); G01M7/02 (US); G01N3/32 (EP,US);
G01N2203/0073 (EP,US); G01N2203/0266 (EP,US)
Former IPC [2015/39]G01N3/38
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 [2016/18]
Former [2015/39]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 
TitleGerman:Resonanzprüfmaschine[2015/39]
English:Resonance testing machine[2015/39]
French:Machine de surveillance par résonance[2015/39]
Examination procedure22.03.2016Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
23.03.2016Examination requested  [2016/18]
05.03.2020Communication of intention to grant the patent
12.05.2020Fee for grant paid
12.05.2020Fee for publishing/printing paid
12.05.2020Receipt 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  05.03.2020
Opposition(s)25.03.2021No opposition filed within time limit [2021/22]
Fees paidRenewal fee
31.03.2016Renewal fee patent year 03
31.03.2017Renewal fee patent year 04
03.04.2018Renewal fee patent year 05
01.04.2019Renewal fee patent year 06
31.03.2020Renewal fee patent year 07
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 [YA] DE4341127  (RUSSENBERGER PRUEFMASCH et al.) [Y] 4,5 * Spalte 3, Par. 36;; figures 3,4 *[A] 1
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