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EP About this file: EP3196521

EP3196521 - VALVE SYSTEM [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  30.08.2019
Database last updated on 16.11.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  21.09.2018
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  28.06.2018
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  19.01.2018
FormerThe application has been published
Status updated on  23.06.2017
Most recent event   Tooltip03.07.2020Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): CY, HU, MK		published on 05.08.2020  [2020/32]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Gemü Gebr. Müller Apparatebau GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft
Fritz-Müller-Straße 6-8
74653 Ingelfingen / DE
[2017/30]
Inventor(s)01 / STARK, Carmen
Banzenweiler 13
74586 Frankenhrdt / DE
02 / FRANKENBACH, Klaus
Hofstraße 6
74670 Forchtenberg-Schleierhof / DE
 [2017/30]
Representative(s)DREISS Patentanwälte PartG mbB
Friedrichstraße 6
70174 Stuttgart / DE
[2018/43]
Former [2017/30]DREISS Patentanwälte PartG mbB
Friedrichstrasse 6
70174 Stuttgart / DE
Application number, filing date16205253.420.12.2016
[2017/30]
Priority number, dateDE20161010077019.01.2016         Original published format: DE102016100770
[2017/30]
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3196521
Date:26.07.2017
Language:DE
[2017/30]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3196521
Date:24.10.2018
Language:DE
[2018/43]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP16.05.2017
ClassificationIPC:F16K31/122, F16K41/02, F16K41/10, F16K1/36, F16K7/16
[2017/30]
CPC:
F16K7/16 (EP); F16K1/36 (EP); F16K31/1221 (EP);
F16K41/026 (EP); F16K41/103 (EP)
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 [2018/08]
Former [2017/30]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:VENTILSYSTEM[2017/30]
English:VALVE SYSTEM[2017/30]
French:SYSTÈME DE SOUPAPE[2017/30]
Examination procedure20.12.2016Date on which the examining division has become responsible
03.01.2018Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
03.01.2018Examination requested  [2018/08]
29.06.2018Communication of intention to grant the patent
05.09.2018Fee for grant paid
05.09.2018Fee for publishing/printing paid
05.09.2018Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)25.07.2019No opposition filed within time limit [2019/40]
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipHU20.12.2016
AL24.10.2018
CY24.10.2018
CZ24.10.2018
EE24.10.2018
ES24.10.2018
FI24.10.2018
HR24.10.2018
LT24.10.2018
LV24.10.2018
MC24.10.2018
MK24.10.2018
MT24.10.2018
NL24.10.2018
PL24.10.2018
RO24.10.2018
RS24.10.2018
SI24.10.2018
SK24.10.2018
SM24.10.2018
TR24.10.2018
IE20.12.2018
LU20.12.2018
BE31.12.2018
BG24.01.2019
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GR25.01.2019
IS24.02.2019
PT24.02.2019
[2020/31]
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PL24.10.2018
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Documents cited:Search[XYI]US1509508  (ALBERT GRUNWALD, et al) [X] 1-3 * page 1, column 1, line 9 - page 1, column 1, line 42; figures 1-4; claim - * * page 1, column 2, line 80 - page 2, column 1, line 35 * [Y] 4-6 [I] 7;
 [Y]US2558687  (OTTO KRUEGER ERNEST) [Y] 2,3 * column 2, line 39 - column 4, line 25; figure 2 *;
 [XY]US3085592  (ZAJAC THEODORE S, et al) [X] 1-3 * column 1, line 58 - column 3, line 28; figures 1,4; claim - * * column 4, line 15 - column 5, line 26 * [Y] 4-7;
 [XYI]US3422608  (HUBBARD ARTHUR L) [X] 1,4,8 * column 2, line 62 - column 4, line 5; figure 2; claim - * [Y] 2,3,5,6 [I] 7;
 [I]DE3439153  (SMITH METER INC [US]) [I] 1,8 * page 9, line 32 - page 12, line 34; figures 1-5; claim 1 * * page 17, line 1 - page 19, line 8 * * page 22, line 6 - page 23, line 2 *;
 [Y]EP0501328  (FUJIKIN KK [JP]) [Y] 5,6 * column 3, line 29 - column 5, line 53; figure 1 *;
 [Y]EP1641622  (OSIRIS TECHNOLOGY B V [NL]) [Y] 4,5,7* paragraph [0041] - paragraph [0054]; figure 3 *
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