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EP2808566 - Expanding connector [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  04.05.2018
Database last updated on 18.11.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  26.05.2017
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  08.12.2016
Most recent event   Tooltip17.07.2020Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): AL		published on 19.08.2020  [2020/34]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Häfele GmbH & Co KG
Adolf-Häfele-Strasse 1
72202 Nagold / DE
[2014/49]
Inventor(s)01 / Nitschmann, Gunter
Goethestr. 12
72202 Nagold / DE
 [2014/49]
Representative(s)Kohler Schmid Möbus Patentanwälte
Partnerschaftsgesellschaft mbB
Gropiusplatz 10
70563 Stuttgart / DE
[2017/26]
Former [2014/49]Kohler Schmid Möbus
Patentanwälte Ruppmannstraße 27
70565 Stuttgart / DE
Application number, filing date14156622.425.02.2014
[2014/49]
Priority number, dateDE201320102366U31.05.2013         Original published format: DE 202013102366 U
[2014/49]
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP2808566
Date:03.12.2014
Language:DE
[2014/49]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP2808566
Date:28.06.2017
Language:DE
[2017/26]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP22.10.2014
ClassificationIPC:F16B12/20
[2014/49]
CPC:
F16B12/2036 (EP,US); F16B12/2063 (US); F16B12/20 (EP,US);
A47B2230/0044 (US); A47B2230/0048 (US); F16B2012/2018 (EP,US)
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 [2015/26]
Former [2014/49]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:Spreizverbinder[2014/49]
English:Expanding connector[2014/49]
French:Cheville à expansion[2014/49]
Examination procedure03.02.2015Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
03.02.2015Examination requested  [2015/12]
09.12.2016Communication of intention to grant the patent
14.03.2017Fee for grant paid
14.03.2017Fee for publishing/printing paid
14.03.2017Receipt 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  09.12.2016
Opposition(s)29.03.2018No opposition filed within time limit [2018/23]
Fees paidRenewal fee
25.02.2016Renewal fee patent year 03
22.02.2017Renewal fee patent year 04
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipHU25.02.2014
AL28.06.2017
CY28.06.2017
CZ28.06.2017
DK28.06.2017
EE28.06.2017
FI28.06.2017
HR28.06.2017
LT28.06.2017
LV28.06.2017
MC28.06.2017
MK28.06.2017
MT28.06.2017
PT28.06.2017
RO28.06.2017
RS28.06.2017
SI28.06.2017
SK28.06.2017
SM28.06.2017
BG28.09.2017
NO28.09.2017
GR29.09.2017
IS28.10.2017
IE25.02.2018
LU25.02.2018
CH28.02.2018
LI28.02.2018
[2020/34]
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CY28.06.2017
CZ28.06.2017
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EE28.06.2017
FI28.06.2017
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Documents cited:Search[X]GB2301412  (TITUS INT PLC [GB]) [X] 1-5,8 * page 8 - page 9, line 25; figures 2-12 *;
 [X]EP1008767  (RIOJA CALVO MIGUEL ANGEL [ES]) [X] 1,2,4-6,8 * figure 1 *;
 [Y]DE20219178U  (HETTICH HEINZE GMBH & CO KG [DE]) [Y] 1-8 * figures 1,4 *;
 [Y]EP1530926  (LIVENZA FERRAMENTA SRL [IT]) [Y] 1-8* paragraph [0014] - paragraph [0016]; figures 1,13A,13B,14 *;
 [X]DE202007009771U  (HAEFELE GMBH & CO KG [DE]) [X] 1-8 * figures 1-7 *
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