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EP3372112 - BACKPACK WITH CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE BACK LENGTH ADJUSTMENT [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  22.10.2021
Database last updated on 14.03.2026
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  13.11.2020
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  28.06.2020
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  30.12.2018
FormerThe application has been published
Status updated on  10.08.2018
Most recent event   Tooltip19.12.2025Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): TR		published on 21.01.2026  [2026/04]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Deuter Sport GmbH
Daimlerstrasse 23
86368 Gersthofen / DE
[2018/37]
Inventor(s)01 / Tiblas, Miguel
Nebelhornstraße 7
86163 Augsburg / DE
 [2018/37]
Representative(s)Hofstetter, Schurack & Partner
Patent- und Rechtsanwaltskanzlei
PartG mbB
Balanstraße 73 / Haus 31A
81541 München / DE
[N/P]
Former [2018/37]Hofstetter, Schurack & Partner
Patent- und Rechtsanwaltskanzlei
PartG mbB
Balanstrasse 57
81541 München / DE
Application number, filing date18159915.005.03.2018
[2018/37]
Priority number, dateDE201720101329U08.03.2017         Original published format: DE 202017101329 U
[2018/37]
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3372112
Date:12.09.2018
Language:DE
[2018/37]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3372112
Date:16.12.2020
Language:DE
[2020/51]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP21.06.2018
ClassificationIPC:A45F3/04
[2018/37]
CPC:
A45F3/047 (EP,US); A45F3/04 (EP,US); A45F2003/045 (EP,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 [2019/05]
Former [2018/37]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:RUCKSACK MIT STUFENLOSER RÜCKENLÄNGENVERSTELLUNG[2018/37]
English:BACKPACK WITH CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE BACK LENGTH ADJUSTMENT[2018/37]
French:SAC À DOS À RÉGLAGE DE LA LONGUEUR DE DOS CONTINU[2018/37]
Examination procedure19.12.2018Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
19.12.2018Examination requested  [2019/05]
19.12.2018Date on which the examining division has become responsible
29.06.2020Communication of intention to grant the patent
05.11.2020Fee for grant paid
05.11.2020Fee for publishing/printing paid
05.11.2020Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)17.09.2021No opposition filed within time limit [2021/47]
Fees paidRenewal fee
07.01.2020Renewal fee patent year 03
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