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EP3580789 - THERMOELECTRIC MODULE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Former [2019/51]	THERMOELECTRIC MODULE AND FLEXIBLE THERMOELECTRIC CIRCUIT ASSEMBLY
	[2020/32]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 24.09.2021 Database last updated on 28.03.2026
Former	The patent has been granted Status updated on 16.10.2020
Former	Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 27.07.2020
Former	Examination is in progress Status updated on 04.02.2020
Former	Request for examination was made Status updated on 15.11.2019
Former	The international publication has been made Status updated on 18.08.2018
Former	unknown Status updated on 09.03.2018
Most recent event Tooltip	13.09.2024	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): MT	published on 16.10.2024 [2024/42]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Magna Seating Inc. 337 Magna Drive Aurora, Ontario L4G 7K1 / CA
	[2019/51]
Inventor(s)	01 / DAVIS, Jason 14202 Chesapeake Circle Commerce Township MI 48390 / US
	02 / STEPANOV, Artur 2266 Phillips Road Auburn Hills MI 48326 / US
	03 / KOZLOWSKI, Eric 1751 Rush Road Oakland Township MI 48363 / US
	[2019/51]
Representative(s)	Glawe, Delfs, Moll Partnerschaft mbB Hopfenmarkt 33 20457 Hamburg / DE
	[N/P]
Former [2019/51]	Glawe, Delfs, Moll Partnerschaft mbB von Patent- und Rechtsanwälten Postfach 13 03 91 20103 Hamburg / DE
Application number, filing date	18707470.3	08.02.2018
	[2019/51]
	WO2018US17409
Priority number, date	US201762456346P	08.02.2017 Original published format: US 201762456346 P
	[2019/51]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A2 Application without search report
	No.:	WO2018148398
	Date:	16.08.2018
	Language:	EN
	[2018/33]
	Type:	A2 Application without search report
	No.:	EP3580789
	Date:	18.12.2019
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 16.08.2018 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2019/51]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP3580789
	Date:	18.11.2020
	Language:	EN
	[2020/47]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	EP	01.11.2018
Classification	IPC:	H01L35/32, B60N2/56	[2019/51]
	CPC:	B60N2/5692 (EP,KR); H10N10/17 (EP,KR,US); B60N2/5678 (US); H10N10/13 (EP,KR,US); H10N10/817 (KR); H10N10/82 (US); (+) H10N10/851 (US); H10N10/852 (US) (-)
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 [2019/51]
Extension states	BA	Not yet paid
	ME	Not yet paid
Validation states	MA	Not yet paid
	MD	Not yet paid
	TN	Not yet paid
Title	German:	THERMOELEKTRISCHES MODUL	[2020/32]
	English:	THERMOELECTRIC MODULE	[2020/32]
	French:	MODULE THERMOÉLECTRIQUE	[2020/32]
	Former [2019/51]	THERMOELEKTRISCHES MODUL UND THERMOELEKTRISCHE SCHALTUNGSANORDNUNG
	Former [2019/51]	THERMOELECTRIC MODULE AND FLEXIBLE THERMOELECTRIC CIRCUIT ASSEMBLY
	Former [2019/51]	MODULE THERMOÉLECTRIQUE ET ENSEMBLE CIRCUIT THERMOÉLECTRIQUE FLEXIBLE
Entry into regional phase	02.07.2019	National basic fee paid
	02.07.2019	Designation fee(s) paid
	02.07.2019	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	02.07.2019	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	02.07.2019	Examination requested [2019/51]
	02.07.2019	Date on which the examining division has become responsible
	07.02.2020	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	15.06.2020	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	28.07.2020	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	12.10.2020	Fee for grant paid
	12.10.2020	Fee for publishing/printing paid
	12.10.2020	Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)	19.08.2021	No opposition filed within time limit [2021/43]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	13.02.2020	Renewal fee patent year 03
Opt-out from the exclusive Tooltip competence of the Unified Patent Court	See the Register of the Unified Patent Court for opt-out data
	Responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or quality of the data displayed under the link provided lies entirely with the Unified Patent Court.
Lapses during opposition Tooltip	HU	08.02.2018
	AL	18.11.2020
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	BE	28.02.2021
	CH	28.02.2021
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	IS	18.03.2021
	PT	18.03.2021
	[2024/42]
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	PT	18.03.2021
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