EP2945796 - INCISED COMPOSITE MATERIAL FOR SELECTIVE, MULTISPECTRAL REFLECTION [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 12.11.2021 Database last updated on 03.09.2024 | |
Former | The patent has been granted Status updated on 04.12.2020 | ||
Former | Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 05.08.2020 | ||
Former | Examination is in progress Status updated on 14.04.2020 | ||
Former | Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 07.01.2020 | ||
Former | Examination is in progress Status updated on 08.03.2019 | Most recent event Tooltip | 27.04.2024 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): MK | published on 29.05.2024 [2024/22] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. 555 Paper Mill Road Newark, DE 19711 / US | [2021/01] |
Former [2015/48] | For all designated states W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. 555 Paper Mill Road Newark, DE 19711 / US | Inventor(s) | 01 /
WILLIAMS, Neil, R. 301 Belmont Court Lincoln University, PA 19352 / US | 02 /
CULLER, Gregory, D. 45 Latham Road Nottingham, PA 19362 / US | [2015/48] | Representative(s) | HGF HGF Limited 1 City Walk Leeds LS11 9DX / GB | [N/P] |
Former [2021/01] | HGF 1 City Walk Leeds LS11 9DX / GB | ||
Former [2015/48] | Klunker . Schmitt-Nilson . Hirsch Patentanwälte Destouchesstraße 68 80796 München / DE | Application number, filing date | 14741110.2 | 17.01.2014 | [2015/48] | WO2014US12001 | Priority number, date | US201361754291P | 18.01.2013 Original published format: US 201361754291 P | US201414157217 | 16.01.2014 Original published format: US201414157217 | [2015/48] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO2014113644 | Date: | 24.07.2014 | Language: | EN | [2014/30] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP2945796 | Date: | 25.11.2015 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 24.07.2014 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [2015/48] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP2945796 | Date: | 06.01.2021 | Language: | EN | [2021/01] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | KR | 24.07.2014 | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 08.07.2016 | Classification | IPC: | B32B5/18, B32B27/06, B32B15/08, B32B3/26, B32B5/02, B32B5/30, B32B27/08, B32B27/12, B32B27/32, F41H3/02 | [2020/01] | CPC: |
F41H3/02 (EP,US);
B32B27/08 (EP,US);
B32B27/12 (EP,US);
B32B27/322 (EP,US);
B32B3/266 (EP,US);
B32B5/024 (EP,US);
B32B5/30 (EP,US);
B32B2255/04 (EP,US);
B32B2255/10 (EP,US);
B32B2255/205 (EP,US);
B32B2262/0276 (EP,US);
B32B2264/0257 (EP,US);
B32B2307/4026 (EP,US);
B32B2307/54 (EP,US);
B32B2437/00 (EP,US);
B32B2459/00 (EP,US);
H01Q17/005 (US);
Y10T428/24331 (EP,US);
Y10T442/3333 (EP,US)
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Former IPC [2015/48] | B32B5/18, B32B27/06, B32B15/08 | 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 [2015/48] | Extension states | BA | Not yet paid | ME | Not yet paid | Title | German: | VERBUNDSTOFF MIT INZISIONEN ZUR SELEKTIVEN, MULTISPEKTRALEN REFLEXION | [2015/48] | English: | INCISED COMPOSITE MATERIAL FOR SELECTIVE, MULTISPECTRAL REFLECTION | [2015/48] | French: | MATÉRIAU COMPOSITE INCISÉ POUR RÉFLEXION MULTISPECTRALE SÉLECTIVE | [2015/48] | Entry into regional phase | 17.08.2015 | National basic fee paid | 17.08.2015 | Search fee paid | 17.08.2015 | Designation fee(s) paid | 17.08.2015 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 17.08.2015 | Examination requested [2015/48] | 13.01.2017 | Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description) | 13.03.2019 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M02) | 11.04.2019 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 08.01.2020 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 08.04.2020 | Disapproval of the communication of intention to grant the patent by the applicant or resumption of examination proceedings by the EPO | 19.05.2020 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M02) | 27.05.2020 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 06.08.2020 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 30.11.2020 | Fee for grant paid | 30.11.2020 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | 30.11.2020 | 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 13.03.2019 | Opposition(s) | 07.10.2021 | No opposition filed within time limit [2021/50] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 28.01.2016 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 24.01.2017 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 24.01.2018 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 24.01.2019 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 21.01.2020 | Renewal fee patent year 07 |
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PT | 06.05.2021 | Documents cited: | Search | [XY]CA2366240 (FORBO STAMOID AG [CH], et al) [X] 1,2,7,12 * page 13, line 19 - line 24 * * figures 1a-d * * page 13, line 29 - line 32 * * page 14, line 24 - line 39 * [Y] 3-6,8-11,13-15; | [Y]GB1314624 (BARRACUDAVERKEN AB) [Y] 4-6,8-11,13-15 * column 2 * * sentence 33 - sentence 50 * * column 3, line 64 - line 65 *; | [Y]US2010028624 (SMITH SCOTT DUANE [US], et al) [Y] 3 * paragraph [0004]; figures 4-6 * * paragraph [0029] * * paragraph [0031] - paragraph [0032] * * paragraph [0034] *; | [Y]US2004250331 (BAYER JOHN J [US]) [Y] 10 * figures 3-6 * * paragraph [0034] - paragraph [0036] *; | [Y]US3069796 (RUTER RUDOLF G, et al) [Y] 14,15 * figure 3 *; | [X]WO2009017520 (MILLIKEN & CO [US], et al) [X] 1,2,7,12 * figure 1 * * paragraph [0010] * * paragraph [0016] *; | [X]EP0490467 (BRUNSWICK CORP [US]) [X] 1,2,7,12 * figures 3-4 * * claims 1,8,9 *; | [X]US4560595 (JOHANSSON LARS E [CA]) [X] 1,2,12 * claims 10,11 * * figures 1,2 *; | [A]US4323605 (RUSH CHARLES R) [A] 1-15 * claim 1 * * figures 1-4 * | International search | [X]US4560595 (JOHANSSON LARS E [CA]); | [A]KR20110069011 (GORE ENTERPRISE HOLDINGS INC [US]); | [A]US3733606 (JOHANSSON S); | [A]KR20080021035 (GORE ENTERPRISE HOLDINGS INC [US]); | [A]US5955175 (CULLER GREGORY D [US]) | Examination | US4375488 |