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EP3264914 - DEFROSTING METHOD [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	Opposition rejected Status updated on 15.07.2022 Database last updated on 27.07.2024
Former	The patent has been granted Status updated on 28.06.2019
Former	Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 07.02.2019
Former	Examination is in progress Status updated on 06.07.2018
Former	Request for examination was made Status updated on 08.12.2017
Former	The international publication has been made Status updated on 01.09.2017
Most recent event Tooltip	15.07.2022	Opposition rejected	published on 17.08.2022 [2022/33]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Lutetia ZA du Pré de la Dame Jeanne 60128 Plailly / FR
	[N/P]
Former [2018/02]	For all designated states Lutetia ZA du Pré de la Dames Jeanne 60128 Plailly / FR
Inventor(s)	01 / DEUMIER, François 17 résidence La Forêt 1 boulevard Maurice BERTEAUX 95160 Montmorency / FR
	02 / BOUCHARD, Jérôme Deulstrasse 15 12459 Berlin / DE
	03 / LONGO, Philippe 8 rue du Bel Air 92190 Meudon / FR
	[2018/02]
Representative(s)	Cabinet Nony 11 rue Saint-Georges 75009 Paris / FR
	[N/P]
Former [2018/02]	Nony 11 rue Saint-Georges 75009 Paris / FR
Application number, filing date	16707738.7	02.03.2016
	[2018/02]
	WO2016EP54418
Priority number, date	FR20150051805	04.03.2015 Original published format: FR 1551805
	[2018/02]
Filing language	FR
Procedural language	FR
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO2016139244
	Date:	09.09.2016
	Language:	FR
	[2016/36]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP3264914
	Date:	10.01.2018
	Language:	FR
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 09.09.2016 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2018/02]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP3264914
	Date:	31.07.2019
	Language:	FR
	[2019/31]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	EP	09.09.2016
Classification	IPC:	A23L3/365, A23B4/07	[2018/02]
	CPC:	A23B4/07 (EP); A23L3/365 (EP)
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 [2018/02]
Extension states	BA	Not yet paid
	ME	Not yet paid
Validation states	MA	Not yet paid
	MD	Not yet paid
Title	German:	ABTAUVERFAHREN	[2018/02]
	English:	DEFROSTING METHOD	[2018/02]
	French:	PROCEDE DE DECONGELATION	[2018/02]
Entry into regional phase	04.10.2017	National basic fee paid
	04.10.2017	Designation fee(s) paid
	04.10.2017	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	29.08.2017	Date on which the examining division has become responsible
	04.10.2017	Examination requested [2018/02]
	23.04.2018	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	05.07.2018	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	07.01.2019	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	08.02.2019	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	14.06.2019	Fee for grant paid
	14.06.2019	Fee for publishing/printing paid
	14.06.2019	Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Divisional application(s)	EP19188686.0 / EP3593645
Opposition(s)	Opponent(s)	01 30.04.2020 07.05.2020 ADMISSIBLE GEA Food Solutions Bakel B.V. Beekakker 11 5761 EN Bakel / NL Opponent's representative Kutzenberger Wolff & Partner Waidmarkt 11 50676 Köln / DE
		[2020/24]
	23.06.2020	Invitation to proprietor to file observations on the notice of opposition
	03.11.2020	Reply of patent proprietor to notice(s) of opposition
	10.03.2022	Legal effect of rejection of opposition [2022/33]
	10.03.2022	Date of oral proceedings
	31.03.2022	Despatch of minutes of oral proceedings
	31.03.2022	Date of despatch of rejection of opposition
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	03.04.2018	Renewal fee patent year 03
	01.04.2019	Renewal fee patent year 04
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	HU	02.03.2016
	AL	31.07.2019
	AT	31.07.2019
	CY	31.07.2019
	CZ	31.07.2019
	DK	31.07.2019
	EE	31.07.2019
	FI	31.07.2019
	HR	31.07.2019
	LT	31.07.2019
	LV	31.07.2019
	MC	31.07.2019
	MK	31.07.2019
	MT	31.07.2019
	RO	31.07.2019
	RS	31.07.2019
	SE	31.07.2019
	SI	31.07.2019
	SK	31.07.2019
	SM	31.07.2019
	TR	31.07.2019
	IS	30.10.2019
	BG	31.10.2019
	NO	31.10.2019
	GR	01.11.2019
	PT	02.12.2019
	IE	02.03.2020
	LU	02.03.2020
	BE	31.03.2020
	CH	31.03.2020
	LI	31.03.2020
	[2022/32]
Former [2022/28]	HU	02.03.2016
	AL	31.07.2019
	AT	31.07.2019
	CY	31.07.2019
	CZ	31.07.2019
	DK	31.07.2019
	EE	31.07.2019
	FI	31.07.2019
	HR	31.07.2019
	LT	31.07.2019
	LV	31.07.2019
	MC	31.07.2019
	MT	31.07.2019
	RO	31.07.2019
	RS	31.07.2019
	SE	31.07.2019
	SI	31.07.2019
	SK	31.07.2019
	SM	31.07.2019
	TR	31.07.2019
	IS	30.10.2019
	BG	31.10.2019
	NO	31.10.2019
	GR	01.11.2019
	PT	02.12.2019
	IE	02.03.2020
	LU	02.03.2020
	BE	31.03.2020
	CH	31.03.2020
	LI	31.03.2020
Former [2021/13]	AL	31.07.2019
	AT	31.07.2019
	CZ	31.07.2019
	DK	31.07.2019
	EE	31.07.2019
	FI	31.07.2019
	HR	31.07.2019
	LT	31.07.2019
	LV	31.07.2019
	MC	31.07.2019
	RO	31.07.2019
	RS	31.07.2019
	SE	31.07.2019
	SI	31.07.2019
	SK	31.07.2019
	SM	31.07.2019
	TR	31.07.2019
	IS	30.10.2019
	BG	31.10.2019
	NO	31.10.2019
	GR	01.11.2019
	PT	02.12.2019
	IE	02.03.2020
	LU	02.03.2020
	BE	31.03.2020
	CH	31.03.2020
	LI	31.03.2020
Former [2021/08]	AL	31.07.2019
	AT	31.07.2019
	CZ	31.07.2019
	DK	31.07.2019
	EE	31.07.2019
	FI	31.07.2019
	HR	31.07.2019
	LT	31.07.2019
	LV	31.07.2019
	MC	31.07.2019
	RO	31.07.2019
	RS	31.07.2019
	SE	31.07.2019
	SI	31.07.2019
	SK	31.07.2019
	SM	31.07.2019
	TR	31.07.2019
	IS	30.10.2019
	BG	31.10.2019
	NO	31.10.2019
	GR	01.11.2019
	PT	02.12.2019
	IE	02.03.2020
	LU	02.03.2020
	CH	31.03.2020
	LI	31.03.2020
Former [2021/04]	AL	31.07.2019
	AT	31.07.2019
	CZ	31.07.2019
	DK	31.07.2019
	EE	31.07.2019
	FI	31.07.2019
	HR	31.07.2019
	LT	31.07.2019
	LV	31.07.2019
	MC	31.07.2019
	RO	31.07.2019
	RS	31.07.2019
	SE	31.07.2019
	SI	31.07.2019
	SK	31.07.2019
	SM	31.07.2019
	TR	31.07.2019
	IS	30.10.2019
	BG	31.10.2019
	NO	31.10.2019
	GR	01.11.2019
	PT	02.12.2019
	LU	02.03.2020
Former [2020/50]	AL	31.07.2019
	AT	31.07.2019
	CZ	31.07.2019
	DK	31.07.2019
	EE	31.07.2019
	FI	31.07.2019
	HR	31.07.2019
	LT	31.07.2019
	LV	31.07.2019
	MC	31.07.2019
	RO	31.07.2019
	RS	31.07.2019
	SE	31.07.2019
	SI	31.07.2019
	SK	31.07.2019
	SM	31.07.2019
	TR	31.07.2019
	IS	30.10.2019
	BG	31.10.2019
	NO	31.10.2019
	GR	01.11.2019
	PT	02.12.2019
Former [2020/37]	AL	31.07.2019
	AT	31.07.2019
	CZ	31.07.2019
	DK	31.07.2019
	EE	31.07.2019
	FI	31.07.2019
	HR	31.07.2019
	LT	31.07.2019
	LV	31.07.2019
	RO	31.07.2019
	RS	31.07.2019
	SE	31.07.2019
	SI	31.07.2019
	SK	31.07.2019
	SM	31.07.2019
	TR	31.07.2019
	IS	30.10.2019
	BG	31.10.2019
	NO	31.10.2019
	GR	01.11.2019
	PT	02.12.2019
Former [2020/36]	AL	31.07.2019
	AT	31.07.2019
	CZ	31.07.2019
	DK	31.07.2019
	EE	31.07.2019
	FI	31.07.2019
	HR	31.07.2019
	LT	31.07.2019
	LV	31.07.2019
	RO	31.07.2019
	RS	31.07.2019
	SE	31.07.2019
	SK	31.07.2019
	SM	31.07.2019
	TR	31.07.2019
	IS	30.10.2019
	BG	31.10.2019
	NO	31.10.2019
	GR	01.11.2019
	PT	02.12.2019
Former [2020/27]	AL	31.07.2019
	AT	31.07.2019
	CZ	31.07.2019
	DK	31.07.2019
	EE	31.07.2019
	FI	31.07.2019
	HR	31.07.2019
	LT	31.07.2019
	LV	31.07.2019
	RO	31.07.2019
	RS	31.07.2019
	SE	31.07.2019
	SK	31.07.2019
	SM	31.07.2019
	TR	31.07.2019
	BG	31.10.2019
	NO	31.10.2019
	GR	01.11.2019
	PT	02.12.2019
	IS	24.02.2020
Former [2020/26]	AL	31.07.2019
	AT	31.07.2019
	CZ	31.07.2019
	DK	31.07.2019
	EE	31.07.2019
	FI	31.07.2019
	HR	31.07.2019
	LT	31.07.2019
	LV	31.07.2019
	RO	31.07.2019
	RS	31.07.2019
	SE	31.07.2019
	SK	31.07.2019
	TR	31.07.2019
	BG	31.10.2019
	NO	31.10.2019
	GR	01.11.2019
	PT	02.12.2019
	IS	24.02.2020
Former [2020/24]	AL	31.07.2019
	AT	31.07.2019
	DK	31.07.2019
	EE	31.07.2019
	FI	31.07.2019
	HR	31.07.2019
	LT	31.07.2019
	LV	31.07.2019
	RO	31.07.2019
	RS	31.07.2019
	SE	31.07.2019
	TR	31.07.2019
	BG	31.10.2019
	NO	31.10.2019
	GR	01.11.2019
	PT	02.12.2019
	IS	24.02.2020
Former [2020/23]	AL	31.07.2019
	AT	31.07.2019
	DK	31.07.2019
	EE	31.07.2019
	FI	31.07.2019
	HR	31.07.2019
	LT	31.07.2019
	LV	31.07.2019
	RO	31.07.2019
	RS	31.07.2019
	SE	31.07.2019
	TR	31.07.2019
	BG	31.10.2019
	NO	31.10.2019
	GR	01.11.2019
	IS	30.11.2019
	PT	02.12.2019
Former [2020/22]	AL	31.07.2019
	AT	31.07.2019
	DK	31.07.2019
	EE	31.07.2019
	FI	31.07.2019
	HR	31.07.2019
	LT	31.07.2019
	LV	31.07.2019
	RS	31.07.2019
	SE	31.07.2019
	TR	31.07.2019
	BG	31.10.2019
	NO	31.10.2019
	GR	01.11.2019
	IS	30.11.2019
	PT	02.12.2019
Former [2020/17]	AL	31.07.2019
	AT	31.07.2019
	FI	31.07.2019
	HR	31.07.2019
	LT	31.07.2019
	LV	31.07.2019
	RS	31.07.2019
	SE	31.07.2019
	TR	31.07.2019
	BG	31.10.2019
	NO	31.10.2019
	GR	01.11.2019
	IS	30.11.2019
	PT	02.12.2019
Former [2020/15]	AL	31.07.2019
	AT	31.07.2019
	FI	31.07.2019
	HR	31.07.2019
	LT	31.07.2019
	LV	31.07.2019
	RS	31.07.2019
	SE	31.07.2019
	BG	31.10.2019
	NO	31.10.2019
	GR	01.11.2019
	IS	30.11.2019
	PT	02.12.2019
Former [2020/12]	AT	31.07.2019
	FI	31.07.2019
	HR	31.07.2019
	LT	31.07.2019
	LV	31.07.2019
	RS	31.07.2019
	SE	31.07.2019
	BG	31.10.2019
	NO	31.10.2019
	GR	01.11.2019
	IS	30.11.2019
	PT	02.12.2019
Former [2020/11]	AT	31.07.2019
	FI	31.07.2019
	HR	31.07.2019
	LT	31.07.2019
	LV	31.07.2019
	RS	31.07.2019
	SE	31.07.2019
	BG	31.10.2019
	NO	31.10.2019
	GR	01.11.2019
	PT	02.12.2019
Former [2020/10]	AT	31.07.2019
	FI	31.07.2019
	LT	31.07.2019
	SE	31.07.2019
	BG	31.10.2019
	NO	31.10.2019
	PT	02.12.2019
Former [2020/09]	FI	31.07.2019
	LT	31.07.2019
	NO	31.10.2019
Former [2020/08]	LT	31.07.2019
	NO	31.10.2019
Cited in	International search	[ID]EP0574327 (JAEGER PARTICIPATIONS SA [FR]) [ID] 1-16 * the whole document *;
		[I]EP2327310 (CFS BAKEL BV [NL]) [I] 1-16 * paragraphs [0005] - [0013] - [0018] * * examples 1,2 * * claims 1-8 *;
		[XI]WO2010133356 (CFS SLAGELSE AS [DK], et al) [X] 1-7,12,15,16 * pages 1-5 * * examples 1-3 * * claims 1-13 * [I] 1-16;
		[XI]FR2711485 (ARMOR INOX SA [FR]) [X] 1,2,5-8,10-15 * page 6, line 3 - page 8, line 20 * * claims 1-4 * * figures 1-5 * [I] 1-16;
		[A]JPH04187914 (BROTHER IND LTD) [A] 1-16 * abstract *
		[A] - YANUSHKIN N P ET AL, "Vacuum defrosting of meat blocks and cuts, and equipment for this purpose. (translated)", FSTA,, (19700101), XP002580421 [A] 1-16 * the whole document *
		[A] - D.W. EVERINGTON ET AL, "Auftauen gefrorener Nahrungsmittel im Vakuum", DIE LEBENSMITTEL-INDUSTRIE, (19720101), vol. 19, no. 10, pages 423 - 426, XP009184837 [A] 1-16 * the whole document *
		[A] - KAREL HOKE ET AL., "Rizené rozmrazováni potravin", CZECH J. FOOD SCI., (20000101), vol. 18, no. 5, pages 194 - 200, XP009184836 [A] 1-16 * the whole document *
	by applicant	EP0574327
		FR2711485
		EP2327310
		WO2010133356
	Opposition	JPH04187914
		EP0574327
		FR2711485
		WO2004066742
		WO2010133356
		EP2327310
		EP2371222
		- YANUSKIN N P et al., "Vacuum defrosting of meat blocks and cuts, and equipment for this purpose", FSTA, (19700101), XP002580421
		- D.W. EVERINGTON et al., "Auftauen gefroener Nahrungsmittel im Vakuum", DIE LEBNSMITTEL-INDUSTRIE, (19720101), vol. 19, no. 10, pages 423 - 426, XP009184837

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