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EP3536966 - VACUUM DEVICE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  23.04.2021
Database last updated on 13.07.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  15.05.2020
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  18.02.2020
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  09.08.2019
Most recent event   Tooltip03.05.2024Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): MK
published on 05.06.2024  [2024/23]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Pfeiffer Vacuum GmbH
Berlinerstrasse 43
35614 Asslar / DE
[2019/37]
Inventor(s)01 / Böttcher, Jochen
Zur Alten Eiche 3
35394 Gießen / DE
02 / Koch, Christian
Zum Hundsrücken 40
35580 Wetzlar / DE
 [2019/37]
Representative(s)Manitz Finsterwald Patent- und Rechtsanwaltspartnerschaft mbB
Martin-Greif-Strasse 1
80336 München / DE
[2019/37]
Application number, filing date18160546.007.03.2018
[2019/37]
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3536966
Date:11.09.2019
Language:DE
[2019/37]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3536966
Date:17.06.2020
Language:DE
[2020/25]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP05.09.2018
ClassificationIPC:F04D19/04, F04D27/00, H01R29/00
[2019/37]
CPC:
F04D27/001 (EP); F04D19/042 (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 [2019/37]
TitleGerman:VAKUUMGERÄT[2019/37]
English:VACUUM DEVICE[2019/37]
French:APPAREIL À VIDE[2019/37]
Examination procedure07.01.2019Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
07.01.2019Examination requested  [2019/37]
07.01.2019Date on which the examining division has become responsible
19.02.2020Communication of intention to grant the patent
12.05.2020Fee for grant paid
12.05.2020Fee for publishing/printing paid
12.05.2020Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)18.03.2021No opposition filed within time limit [2021/21]
Fees paidRenewal fee
30.03.2020Renewal fee patent year 03
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipHU07.03.2018
AL17.06.2020
CY17.06.2020
DK17.06.2020
EE17.06.2020
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FI17.06.2020
HR17.06.2020
LT17.06.2020
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MC17.06.2020
MK17.06.2020
NL17.06.2020
PL17.06.2020
RO17.06.2020
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SE17.06.2020
SI17.06.2020
SK17.06.2020
SM17.06.2020
BG17.09.2020
NO17.09.2020
GR18.09.2020
IS17.10.2020
PT19.10.2020
IE07.03.2021
LU07.03.2021
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Documents cited:Search[X]EP1767790  (PFEIFFER VACUUM GMBH [DE]) [X] 1,3-5,7,10-15 * claim 1 * * paragraph [0015] *;
 [XA]US2008054741  (OYAMA ATSUSHI [JP]) [X] 1,3-5,7,10-15 * claim 25 * * paragraphs [0020] - [0022] * * paragraphs [0201] - [0204] * * figures 13A,13B,14A,14B * [A] 2,6,8,9;
 [X]CN101761501  (KYKY TECHNOLOGY DEV LTD) [X] 1,11-15 * paragraphs [0029] - [0030] ** claim 1 *
ExaminationEP0223917
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