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EP About this file: EP3158832

EP3158832 - EGRESS AND/OR FLICKER-FREE LIGHTING DEVICE WITH PERSISTENT LUMINESCENCE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  25.03.2022
Database last updated on 19.07.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  16.04.2021
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  19.11.2020
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  07.06.2019
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  24.03.2017
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  09.11.2016
Most recent event   Tooltip14.06.2024Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): TR		published on 17.07.2024  [2024/29]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Grote Industries, LLC
2600 Lanier Drive
Madison, IN 47250 / US
[2017/17]
Inventor(s)01 / PEREZ-BOLIVAR, Cesar
C/o Grote Industries
Llc
2600 Lanier Drive
Madison, IN 47250 / US
02 / BROOKS, Timothy, Webster
C/o Grote Industries
Llc
2600 Lanier Drive
Madison, IN 47250 / US
 [2017/17]
Representative(s)Daub, Thomas
Patent- und Rechtsanwaltskanzlei Daub
Bahnhofstrasse 5
88662 Überlingen / DE
[2017/17]
Application number, filing date15810602.120.04.2015
[2017/17]
WO2015US26601
Priority number, dateUS20141430993920.06.2014         Original published format: US201414309939
[2017/17]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2015195199
Date:23.12.2015
Language:EN
[2015/51]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3158832
Date:26.04.2017
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 23.12.2015 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2017/17]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3158832
Date:19.05.2021
Language:EN
[2021/20]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:US23.12.2015
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP16.11.2017
ClassificationIPC:H05B33/00, H01L33/50, H01L33/60
[2017/17]
CPC:
H01L25/0753 (EP,US); H01L33/62 (US); H01L2924/0002 (EP,US);
H01L33/50 (EP,US); H01L33/58 (EP,US)
C-Set:
H01L2924/0002, H01L2924/00 (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 [2017/17]
Extension statesBANot yet paid
MENot yet paid
Validation statesMANot yet paid
TitleGerman:AUSTRITTS- UND/ODER FLIMMERFREIE BELEUCHTUNGSVORRICHTUNG MIT PERSISTENTER LUMINESZENZ[2017/17]
English:EGRESS AND/OR FLICKER-FREE LIGHTING DEVICE WITH PERSISTENT LUMINESCENCE[2017/17]
French:DISPOSITIF D'ÉCLAIRAGE POUR SORTIE DE SECOURS ET/OU DÉPOURVU DE SCINTILLEMENT À LUMINESCENCE PERSISTANTE[2020/50]
Former [2017/17]DISPOSITIF D'ÉCLAIRAGE DÉPOURVU DE FUITE ET/OU DE SCINTILLEMENT À LUMINESCENTE PERSISTANTE
Entry into regional phase13.10.2016National basic fee paid 
13.10.2016Search fee paid 
13.10.2016Designation fee(s) paid 
13.10.2016Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure07.10.2016Date on which the examining division has become responsible
13.10.2016Examination requested  [2017/17]
06.06.2018Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
12.06.2019Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
11.10.2019Reply to a communication from the examining division
05.11.2020Cancellation of oral proceeding that was planned for 02.12.2020
20.11.2020Communication of intention to grant the patent
02.12.2020Date of oral proceedings (cancelled)
24.03.2021Fee for grant paid
24.03.2021Fee for publishing/printing paid
30.03.2021Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Divisional application(s)EP21170440.8  / EP3876673
Opposition(s)22.02.2022No opposition filed within time limit [2022/17]
Fees paidRenewal fee
02.03.2017Renewal fee patent year 03
20.04.2018Renewal fee patent year 04
23.04.2019Renewal fee patent year 05
24.03.2020Renewal fee patent year 06
08.04.2021Renewal fee patent year 07
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipHU20.04.2015
AL19.05.2021
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Documents cited:Search[Y]US2005214962  (DANIELS JOHN J [US], et al) [Y] 1-6,11-13 * paragraph [0202]; figure 63 *;
 [Y]CA2574856  (STAY LIT INTERNATIONAL INC [US]) [Y] 1,6,10* paragraphs [0001] , [0002]; figure 2 *;
 [XY]US2012049216  (TING YI-SHENG [TW], et al) [X] 7-9,14,15 * paragraphs [0007] , [0023]; figure 3 * [Y] 1-5,10-13;
 [Y]EP2546895  (SICHUAN SUNFOR LIGHT CO LTD [CN]) [Y] 1,2 * paragraphs [0015] , [0016] , [0018] , [0019]; figures 1,5 *
International search[XY]US7176623  (NITTA KOICHI [JP], et al) [X] 9, 12-13, 20, 22 * ; figure 1; claim 1; column 4, lines 40-44; column 14, lines 57-61; column 4, lines 58-59; column 6, lines 7-9; column 14, lines 54-61. * [Y] 1-6, 8, 10-11, 14-18, 21;
 [Y]CA2574856  (STAY LIT INTERNATIONAL INC [US]) [Y] 8, 14* ; abstract; claim 1. *;
 [Y]WO2010085299  (BRIDGELUX INC [US], et al) [Y] 1-6 , 8, 11, 15-18, 21 * ; abstract; daim 1. *;
 [Y]US2012049216  (TING YI-SHENG [TW], et al) [Y] 2, 10 * ; abstract; paragraph [0004]. *
ExaminationUS2010096977
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