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EP3404431 - METHOD FOR MONITORING AN OPERATION OF A BINARY INTERFACE AND RELATED BINARY INTERFACE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 26.11.2021 Database last updated on 14.03.2026
Former	The patent has been granted Status updated on 18.12.2020
Former	Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 13.10.2020
Former	Examination is in progress Status updated on 10.05.2019
Former	Request for examination was made Status updated on 02.11.2018
Former	The application has been published Status updated on 19.10.2018
Most recent event Tooltip	19.12.2025	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): TR	published on 21.01.2026 [2026/04]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Pepperl+Fuchs SE Lilienthalstraße 200 68307 Mannheim / DE
	[2021/03]
Former [2018/47]	For all designated states Pepperl+Fuchs GmbH Lilienthalstraße 200 68307 Mannheim / DE
Inventor(s)	01 / Weiskopf, Bernhard Erfurter Weg 36a 68309 Mannheim / DE
	02 / Sand, Michel Preiselbeerweg 34 69469 Weinheim / DE
	[2018/47]
Representative(s)	Ullrich & Naumann PartG mbB Schneidmühlstrasse 21 69115 Heidelberg / DE
	[N/P]
Former [2018/47]	Patent- und Rechtsanwälte Ullrich & Naumann PartG mbB Schneidmühlstrasse 21 69115 Heidelberg / DE
Application number, filing date	18171469.2	09.05.2018
	[2018/47]
Priority number, date	DE201710208171	15.05.2017 Original published format: DE102017208171
	[2018/47]
Filing language	DE
Procedural language	DE
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP3404431
	Date:	21.11.2018
	Language:	DE
	[2018/47]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP3404431
	Date:	20.01.2021
	Language:	DE
	[2021/03]
Search report(s)	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	26.09.2018
Classification	IPC:	G01R31/317, G01D3/08, H04B3/46	[2018/47]
	CPC:	G01R31/31717 (EP); H04B3/46 (EP)
Designated contracting states	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 [2018/49]
Former [2018/47]	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
Title	German:	VERFAHREN ZUR ÜBERWACHUNG EINES BETRIEBS EINER BINÄREN SCHNITTSTELLE UND ENTSPRECHENDE BINÄRE SCHNITTSTELLE	[2018/47]
	English:	METHOD FOR MONITORING AN OPERATION OF A BINARY INTERFACE AND RELATED BINARY INTERFACE	[2018/47]
	French:	PROCÉDÉ DE SURVEILLANCE DU FONCTIONNEMENT D'UNE INTERFACE BINAIRE ET INTERFACE BINAIRE CORRESPONDANTE	[2018/47]
Examination procedure	29.10.2018	Examination requested [2018/49]
	29.10.2018	Date on which the examining division has become responsible
	14.05.2019	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	05.07.2019	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	14.10.2020	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	09.12.2020	Fee for grant paid
	09.12.2020	Fee for publishing/printing paid
	09.12.2020	Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)	21.10.2021	No opposition filed within time limit [2021/52]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	29.05.2020	Renewal fee patent year 03
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	HU	09.05.2018
	AL	20.01.2021
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	BE	31.05.2021
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Documents cited:	Search	[AD] DE102012205289 (IFM ELECTRONIC GMBH et al.) [AD] 1-10 * paragraph [0026] - paragraph [0032] *
		[A] US2011084723 (BOUYAT STEPHANE et al.) [A] 1-10 * paragraph [0046] - paragraph [0100] *
		[A] US2005038623 (HAMMERSCHMIDT DIRK et al.) [A] 1-10 * paragraph [0025] - paragraph [0038] *
		[A] DE102014014309 (MICRONAS GMBH et al.) [A] 1-10 * paragraph [0005] - paragraph [0012] *

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