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EP About this file: EP3501582

EP3501582 - NEBULIZER AND CARTRIDGE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  03.03.2023
Database last updated on 12.07.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  25.03.2022
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  02.01.2022
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  01.04.2021
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  20.12.2019
FormerThe application has been published
Status updated on  24.05.2019
Most recent event   Tooltip14.06.2024Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): MC, TR		published on 17.07.2024 [2024/29]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
Binger Strasse 173
55216 Ingelheim am Rhein / DE
[2019/26]
Inventor(s)01 / WUTTKE, Gilbert
Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
Corporate Patents
Binger Strasse 173
55216 Ingelheim am Rhein / DE
02 / GRAESSL, Herbert
Oberer Hofberg 3
71540 Murrhardt / DE
 [2019/26]
Representative(s)Von Rohr Patentanwälte Partnerschaft mbB
Rüttenscheider Straße 62
45130 Essen / DE
[2019/26]
Application number, filing date17020588.421.12.2017
[2019/26]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3501582
Date:26.06.2019
Language:EN
[2019/26]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3501582
Date:27.04.2022
Language:EN
[2022/17]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP20.06.2018
ClassificationIPC:A61M11/06, B05B11/00, A61M11/02, A61M16/20, A61M15/00
[2019/26]
CPC:
A61M11/06 (EP); A61M11/02 (EP,US); A61M15/0013 (US);
A61M15/0025 (US); A61M16/208 (EP); B05B11/0054 (EP);
B05B15/33 (EP); A61M15/0065 (EP); A61M2205/128 (EP);
B05B11/026 (EP); B05B11/1091 (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 [2020/04]
Former [2019/26]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:ZERSTÄUBER UND KARTUSCHE[2019/26]
English:NEBULIZER AND CARTRIDGE[2019/26]
French:NÉBULISEUR ET CARTOUCHE[2019/26]
Examination procedure18.12.2019Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
18.12.2019Examination requested  [2020/04]
18.12.2019Date on which the examining division has become responsible
31.03.2021Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
21.09.2021Reply to a communication from the examining division
03.01.2022Communication of intention to grant the patent
22.03.2022Fee for grant paid
22.03.2022Fee for publishing/printing paid
22.03.2022Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)30.01.2023No opposition filed within time limit [2023/14]
Fees paidRenewal fee
20.12.2019Renewal fee patent year 03
15.12.2020Renewal fee patent year 04
20.12.2021Renewal fee patent year 05
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipHU21.12.2017
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 [A]CA2319834  (BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INT [DE]) [A] 1-15* page 15, lines 16-29; figure 7 *;
 [XD]WO2010094305  (BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INT [DE], et al) [XD] 1-15 * pages 10-31; figures 2,3,5-8 *;
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 EP2614848
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