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EP About this file: EP3409443

EP3409443 - MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR AN AESTHETIC STRUCTURAL PART AND AN AESTHETIC STRUCTURAL PART [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  12.08.2022
Database last updated on 11.09.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  03.09.2021
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  27.04.2021
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  14.08.2019
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  14.06.2019
FormerThe application has been published
Status updated on  02.11.2018
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
Thermo King Corporation
314 West 90th Street
Minneapolis, MN 55420 / US
[2018/49]
Inventor(s)01 / PACKIARAJAN, Selvam
9888 Pincherry Lane
Eden Prairie, MN 55347 / US
 [2018/49]
Representative(s)Haseltine Lake Kempner LLP
One Portwall Square
Portwall Lane
Bristol BS1 6BH / GB
[N/P]
Former [2021/40]Haseltine Lake Kempner LLP
Redcliff Quay
120 Redcliff Street
Bristol BS1 6HU / GB
Former [2018/49]Haseltine Lake LLP
Redcliff Quay 120 Redcliff Street
Bristol BS1 6HU / GB
Application number, filing date18175503.401.06.2018
[2018/49]
Priority number, dateUS20171561106601.06.2017         Original published format: US201715611066
[2018/49]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3409443
Date:05.12.2018
Language:EN
[2018/49]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3409443
Date:06.10.2021
Language:EN
[2021/40]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP24.07.2018
ClassificationIPC:B29C51/14, B29C45/14, B29L31/00
[2018/49]
CPC:
B29C45/1418 (EP,US); B29C69/02 (US); B32B27/08 (US);
B32B27/302 (US); B32B27/365 (US); B29C2045/14155 (EP,US);
B29C45/14688 (EP,US); B29C51/14 (EP,US); B29C51/264 (EP,US);
B29C51/266 (EP,US); B29K2055/02 (US); B29K2069/00 (US);
B29K2105/08 (US); B29K2105/12 (EP,US); B29L2031/737 (EP,US);
B29L2031/74 (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 [2019/29]
Former [2018/49]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:VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG EINES ÄSTHETISCHEN PRODUKTES UND ÄSTHETISCHES PRODUKT[2021/20]
English:MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR AN AESTHETIC STRUCTURAL PART AND AN AESTHETIC STRUCTURAL PART[2018/49]
French:PROCÉDÉ DE FABRICATION D'UN PRODUIT ESTHÉTIQUE ET UN PRODUIT ESTHÉTIQUE[2021/21]
Former [2018/49]HERSTELLUNGSVERFAHREN FÜR EIN ÄSTHETISCHES BAUTEIL UND EIN ÄSTHETISCHES BAUTEIL
Former [2018/49]PROCÉDÉ DE FABRICATION D'UNE PIÈCE STRUCTURALE ESTHÉTIQUE ET PIÈCE STRUCTURALE ESTHÉTIQUE
Examination procedure05.06.2019Examination requested  [2019/29]
05.06.2019Date on which the examining division has become responsible
20.08.2019Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
02.01.2020Reply to a communication from the examining division
10.03.2020Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
09.07.2020Reply to a communication from the examining division
05.08.2020Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
16.11.2020Reply to a communication from the examining division
28.04.2021Communication of intention to grant the patent
19.08.2021Fee for grant paid
19.08.2021Fee for publishing/printing paid
19.08.2021Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)07.07.2022No opposition filed within time limit [2022/37]
Fees paidRenewal fee
22.06.2020Renewal fee patent year 03
23.06.2021Renewal fee patent year 04
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipHU01.06.2018
AL06.10.2021
AT06.10.2021
CY06.10.2021
CZ06.10.2021
DK06.10.2021
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BG06.01.2022
NO06.01.2022
GR07.01.2022
IS06.02.2022
PT07.02.2022
IE01.06.2022
LU01.06.2022
BE30.06.2022
CH30.06.2022
LI30.06.2022
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 [X]JPS59202834  (YOSHIDA KOGYO KK) [X] 1,6,11,15 * paragraph [0001]; figures 1-20; claim 1 *;
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