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EP About this file: EP3353273

EP3353273 - METHOD FOR THE CARE AND CLEANING OF AN AUTOMATIC DISHWASHER [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusPatent maintained as amended
Status updated on  03.11.2023
Database last updated on 15.07.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  22.01.2021
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  27.10.2020
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  26.06.2020
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  29.06.2018
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  01.04.2017
Most recent event   Tooltip27.04.2024Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): MK		published on 29.05.2024  [2024/22]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
Henkelstraße 67
40589 Düsseldorf / DE
[2023/49]
Former [2018/31]For all designated states
Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
Henkelstrasse 67
40589 Düsseldorf / DE
Inventor(s)01 / WEBER, Thomas
Am Krappen 31a
35037 Marburg / DE
02 / BELLOMI, Luca
Eichenwand 42
40627 Düsseldorf / DE
03 / JANKE, Hans Hartmut
Eifelstr. 16
41352 Korschenbroich / DE
04 / BLANK, Volker
Tempelhofer Str. 98
51375 Leverkusen / DE
05 / VOCKENROTH, Inga Kerstin
Benrodestr. 107
40597 Düsseldorf / DE
06 / WRUBBEL, Noelle
Harffstraße 115A
40591 Düsseldorf / DE
07 / ZIPFEL, Johannes
Paul-Gerhardt-Strasse 2
40593 Düsseldorf / DE
08 / PAULUS, Thomas
Augsburger Straße 9
40597 Düsseldorf / DE
 [2021/08]
Former [2018/31]01 / WEBER, Thomas
Herrenweg 7 b
41541 Dormagen / DE
02 / BELLOMI, Luca
Eichenwand 42
40627 Düsseldorf / DE
03 / JANKE, Hans Hartmut
Eifelstr. 16
41352 Korschenbroich / DE
04 / BLANK, Volker
Tempelhofer Str. 98
51375 Leverkusen / DE
05 / VOCKENROTH, Inga Kerstin
Benrodestr. 107
40597 Düsseldorf / DE
06 / WRUBBEL, Noelle
Harffstraße 115A
40591 Düsseldorf / DE
07 / ZIPFEL, Johannes
Paul-Gerhardt-Strasse 2
40593 Düsseldorf / DE
08 / PAULUS, Thomas
Augsburger Straße 9
40597 Düsseldorf / DE
Application number, filing date16770918.721.09.2016
[2018/31]
WO2016EP72357
Priority number, dateDE20151021847525.09.2015         Original published format: DE102015218475
[2018/31]
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2017050796
Date:30.03.2017
Language:DE
[2017/13]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3353273
Date:01.08.2018
Language:DE
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 30.03.2017 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2018/31]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3353273
Date:24.02.2021
Language:DE
[2021/08]
Type: B2 New European patent specification 
No.:EP3353273
Date:06.12.2023
Language:DE
[2023/49]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP30.03.2017
ClassificationIPC:C11D3/20, C11D11/00
[2018/31]
CPC:
C11D3/2086 (EP,US); C11D1/72 (US); C11D3/2082 (US);
C11D2111/14 (EP,US); C11D2111/20 (EP,US); C11D3/0047 (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 [2018/31]
TitleGerman:VERFAHREN ZUR PFLEGE UND REINIGUNG EINER AUTOMATISCHEN GESCHIRRSPÜLMASCHINE[2018/31]
English:METHOD FOR THE CARE AND CLEANING OF AN AUTOMATIC DISHWASHER[2018/31]
French:PROCÉDÉ POUR L'ENTRETIEN ET LE NETTOYAGE D'UN LAVE-VAISSELLE AUTOMATIQUE[2018/31]
Entry into regional phase20.02.2018National basic fee paid 
20.02.2018Designation fee(s) paid 
20.02.2018Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure20.02.2018Examination requested  [2018/31]
20.02.2018Date on which the examining division has become responsible
05.11.2018Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
30.06.2020Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M02)
26.08.2020Reply to a communication from the examining division
28.10.2020Communication of intention to grant the patent
06.01.2021Fee for grant paid
06.01.2021Fee for publishing/printing paid
06.01.2021Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)Opponent(s)01  19.11.2021  23.11.2021  ADMISSIBLE
Reckitt Benckiser Finish B.V.
Siriusdreef 14
2132 WT Hoofddorp / NL
Opponent's representative
Paredes Rojas, José Francisco, et al, et al
Reckitt Benckiser
Corporate Services Limited
Legal Department - Patents Group
Dansom Lane
Hull HU8 7DS / GB
 [2021/52]
08.12.2021Invitation to proprietor to file observations on the notice of opposition
14.06.2022Reply of patent proprietor to notice(s) of opposition
11.05.2023Legal effect of interlocutory decision in opposition
11.05.2023Date of oral proceedings
15.06.2023Despatch of interlocutory decision in opposition
15.06.2023Despatch of minutes of oral proceedings
10.10.2023Despatch of communication that the patent will be maintained as amended
26.10.2023Fee for printing new specification paid
Fees paidRenewal fee
25.09.2018Renewal fee patent year 03
24.09.2019Renewal fee patent year 04
24.09.2020Renewal fee patent year 05
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Cited inInternational search[Y]DE2259830  (KNAPSACK AG);
 [I]DE20022229U  (HENKEL KGAA [DE]);
 [Y]WO03035819  (RHODIA POLYAMIDE INTERMEDIATES [FR], et al);
 [XI]US2003148907  (BLACK ROBERT [US]);
 [Y]EP1679363  (PROCTER & GAMBLE [US]);
 [IY]US2011139182  (LAPHAM PAUL [GB], et al)
OppositionEP0033111
 EP0256148
 WO0162886
 US2003060393
 WO2007068920
 DE202009009335U
 EP2333042
 US2015252301
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