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EP About this file: EP3623632

EP3623632 - MODULAR FRAME SYSTEM FOR VACUUM PUMPS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  22.07.2022
Database last updated on 06.11.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  13.08.2021
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  15.04.2021
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  03.07.2020
FormerThe application has been published
Status updated on  14.02.2020
Most recent event   Tooltip13.09.2024Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): MT		published on 16.10.2024  [2024/42]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
PFEIFFER VACUUM GMBH
Berliner Strasse 43
35614 Asslar / DE
[2020/12]
Inventor(s)01 / Ehresmann, Christian
Hohe Str. 4
35794 Mengerskirchen / DE
02 / Huber, Peter
Abt-Möhler-Str. 18
35510 Butzbach / DE
 [2020/12]
Representative(s)Manitz Finsterwald Patent- und Rechtsanwaltspartnerschaft mbB
Martin-Greif-Strasse 1
80336 München / DE
[2020/12]
Application number, filing date19199579.425.09.2019
[2020/12]
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP3623632
Date:18.03.2020
Language:DE
[2020/12]
Type: A3 Search report 
No.:EP3623632
Date:08.04.2020
Language:DE
[2020/15]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3623632
Date:15.09.2021
Language:DE
[2021/37]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP10.03.2020
ClassificationIPC:F04C29/00, F04D17/16, F04D19/04, F04D29/60, F16M1/04
[2020/12]
CPC:
F04D29/601 (EP); F04C29/00 (EP); F04D19/04 (EP);
F04D25/16 (EP); F16M1/04 (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 [2020/32]
Former [2020/12]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:MODULARES RAHMENSYSTEM FÜR VAKUUMPUMPEN[2020/12]
English:MODULAR FRAME SYSTEM FOR VACUUM PUMPS[2020/12]
French:SYSTÈME DE CADRE MODULAIRE POUR POMPES À VIDE[2020/12]
Examination procedure30.06.2020Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
30.06.2020Examination requested  [2020/32]
30.06.2020Date on which the examining division has become responsible
16.04.2021Communication of intention to grant the patent
10.08.2021Fee for grant paid
10.08.2021Fee for publishing/printing paid
10.08.2021Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)16.06.2022No opposition filed within time limit [2022/34]
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