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EP About this file: EP3521777

EP3521777 - IMPEDANCE SENSOR AND METHOD FOR ITS OPERATION [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  25.03.2022
Database last updated on 11.09.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  16.04.2021
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  10.12.2020
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  15.04.2020
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  20.12.2019
FormerThe application has been published
Status updated on  05.07.2019
Most recent event   Tooltip12.04.2024Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): CY		published on 15.05.2024  [2024/20]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
VEGA Grieshaber KG
Hauptstr. 1 - 5
77709 Wolfach / DE
[2019/32]
Inventor(s)01 / Weinzierle, Christian
Talstraße 100
77709 Wolfach-Kirnbach / DE
02 / Haas, Jürgen
Schulstraße 21
77709 Oberwolfach / DE
 [2019/32]
Representative(s)Patentanwälte Bauer Vorberg Kayser
Partnerschaft mbB
Goltsteinstraße 87
50968 Köln / DE
[2019/32]
Application number, filing date18155432.006.02.2018
[2019/32]
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3521777
Date:07.08.2019
Language:DE
[2019/32]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3521777
Date:19.05.2021
Language:DE
[2021/20]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP25.07.2018
ClassificationIPC:G01F23/26
[2019/32]
CPC:
G01F23/266 (EP,CN,US); G01F23/26 (US); G01F23/261 (US);
G01F23/284 (US); G01F23/80 (US); G01F23/804 (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 [2020/04]
Former [2019/32]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:IMPEDANZSENSOR UND VERFAHREN ZU DESSEN BETRIEB[2019/32]
English:IMPEDANCE SENSOR AND METHOD FOR ITS OPERATION[2019/32]
French:CAPTEUR D'IMPÉDANCE ET SON PROCÉDÉ DE FONCTIONNEMENT[2019/32]
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
20.04.2020Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
31.08.2020Reply to a communication from the examining division
11.12.2020Communication of intention to grant the patent
09.04.2021Fee for grant paid
09.04.2021Fee for publishing/printing paid
09.04.2021Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)22.02.2022No opposition filed within time limit [2022/17]
Fees paidRenewal fee
21.02.2020Renewal fee patent year 03
17.02.2021Renewal fee patent year 04
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipAL19.05.2021
CY19.05.2021
EE19.05.2021
ES19.05.2021
FI19.05.2021
LT19.05.2021
LV19.05.2021
MC19.05.2021
NL19.05.2021
PL19.05.2021
RO19.05.2021
RS19.05.2021
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SK19.05.2021
SM19.05.2021
BG19.08.2021
NO19.08.2021
GR20.08.2021
IS19.09.2021
PT20.09.2021
IE06.02.2022
LU06.02.2022
[2024/20]
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Documents cited:Search[Y]US4164146  (DUVALL BRUCE W [US], et al) [Y] 2-6,8-11 * column 2, line 31 - line 35 * * column 5, line 10 - line 35 * * column 6, line 31 - column 7, line 14 *;
 [A]WO2013167384  (ENDRESS & HAUSER GMBH & CO KG [DE]) [A] 1-11* page 9, line 33 - page 10, line 28 *;
 [XYI]DE102013107120  (ENDRESS & HAUSER GMBH & CO KG [DE]) [X] 1 * figure 1 * * paragraph [0001] * * paragraph [0016] - paragraph [0020] * * paragraph [0025] - paragraph [0030] * * paragraph [0034] - paragraph [0041] * [Y] 2-6,8-11 [I] 7;
 [A]US2017059386  (MUNOZ REGIS [FR]) [A] 1-11 * paragraph [0011] - paragraph [0015] * * paragraph [0076] *
ExaminationUS4434657
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