| EP3181505 - STEP FORMED AS ONE-PIECE LIGHT METAL DIE CASTING [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 07.02.2020 Database last updated on 11.04.2026 | |
| Former | The patent has been granted Status updated on 01.03.2019 | ||
| Former | Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 08.11.2018 | ||
| Former | Request for examination was made Status updated on 15.08.2018 | ||
| Former | Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 24.07.2018 | ||
| Former | Request for examination was made Status updated on 28.12.2017 | ||
| Former | The application has been published Status updated on 19.05.2017 | Most recent event Tooltip | 01.07.2022 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): MK | published on 03.08.2022 [2022/31] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states GF Casting Solutions Suzhou Co. Ltd. Changyang Street No. 117, Industrial Park 215021 Suzhou / CN | For all designated states GF Casting Solutions Werdohl GmbH Schlesinger Strasse 1 58791 Werdohl / DE | For all designated states GF Casting Solutions Herzogenburg HPDC GmbH Wiener Strasse 41-43 3130 Herzogenburg / AT | For all designated states GF Casting Solutions Altenmarkt GmbH & Co. KG Essling 41 Altenmarkt bei St. Gallen / AT | [2018/47] |
| Former [2018/45] | For all designated states Georg Fischer Automotive (Suzhou) Co. Ltd 117, Changyang Street Suzhou Industrial Park Suzhou 215021 / CN | ||
| For all designated states GF Casting Solutions Werdohl GmbH Schlesinger Strasse 1 58791 Werdohl / DE | |||
| For all designated states GF Casting Solutions Herzogenburg HPDC GmbH Wiener Strasse 41-43 3130 Herzogenburg / AT | |||
| For all designated states Georg Fischer GmbH & Co KG Essling 41 8934 Altenmarkt, St. Gallen / AT | |||
| Former [2017/25] | For all designated states Georg Fischer Automotive (Suzhou) Co. Ltd 117, Changyang Street Suzhou Industrial Park Suzhou 215021 / CN | ||
| For all designated states Georg Fischer GmbH Schlesinger Strasse 1 58791 Werdohl / DE | |||
| For all designated states Georg Fischer Druckguss GmbH Wiener Strasse 41-43 3130 Herzogenburg / AT | |||
| For all designated states Georg Fischer GmbH & Co KG Essling 41 8934 Altenmarkt, St. Gallen / AT | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Kupferschmid, Roger Oberdorfstrasse 2 8261 Hemishofen / CH | 02 /
Mahnig, Dominik Riethaldenstieg 6 8200 Schaffhausen / CH | 03 /
Kreutzarek, Udo Haasenäckerstrasse 1 78224 Singen / DE | 04 /
Socha, Marek Im Iben 17 78224 Singen / DE | [2017/25] | Representative(s) | Fenner, Seraina Georg Fischer AG Amsler-Laffon-Strasse 9 8201 Schaffhausen / CH | [2017/25] | Application number, filing date | 15200750.6 | 17.12.2015 | [2017/25] | Filing language | DE | Procedural language | DE | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP3181505 | Date: | 21.06.2017 | Language: | DE | [2017/25] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP3181505 | Date: | 03.04.2019 | Language: | DE | [2019/14] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 05.07.2016 | Classification | IPC: | B66B23/12 | [2017/25] | CPC: |
B66B23/12 (EP,CN,KR,RU,US);
B22D17/00 (KR);
B66B21/02 (KR)
| 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 [2018/04] |
| Former [2017/25] | 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 | Title | German: | STUFE ALS EINSTÜCKIGES LEICHTMETALLDRUCKGUSSTEIL AUSGEBILDET | [2017/25] | English: | STEP FORMED AS ONE-PIECE LIGHT METAL DIE CASTING | [2017/25] | French: | MARCHE FORMÉE D'UNE PIECE COULÉE SOUS PRESSION | [2017/25] | Examination procedure | 17.12.2015 | Date on which the examining division has become responsible | 19.12.2017 | Examination requested [2018/04] | 25.07.2018 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 09.08.2018 | Disapproval of the communication of intention to grant the patent by the applicant or resumption of examination proceedings by the EPO | 09.11.2018 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 22.02.2019 | Fee for grant paid | 22.02.2019 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | 22.02.2019 | Receipt of the translation of the claim(s) | Opposition(s) | 06.01.2020 | No opposition filed within time limit [2020/11] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 21.12.2017 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 19.12.2018 | Renewal fee patent year 04 |
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