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EP About this file: EP3678457

EP3678457 - ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR CONNECTING CONTACT POINTS TO A REFERENCE POTENTIAL [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  04.03.2022
Database last updated on 05.10.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  26.03.2021
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  14.12.2020
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  07.08.2020
FormerThe application has been published
Status updated on  05.06.2020
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
Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KG
Otto-Hahn-Ring 6
81739 München / DE
[2021/04]
Former [2020/28]For all designated states
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
Werner-von-Siemens-Straße 1
80333 München / DE
Inventor(s)01 / Zahner, Ulrich
Helmut-Anzeneder-Straße 9
91052 Erlangen / DE
 [2020/28]
Application number, filing date19216402.816.12.2019
[2020/28]
Priority number, dateDE20191020009507.01.2019         Original published format: DE102019200095
[2020/28]
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3678457
Date:08.07.2020
Language:DE
[2020/28]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3678457
Date:28.04.2021
Language:DE
[2021/17]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP14.05.2020
ClassificationIPC:H05F3/02
[2020/28]
CPC:
H01H29/32 (EP,US); G01R19/165 (US); H05F3/02 (EP);
H01H9/12 (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 [2020/37]
Former [2020/28]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:ANORDNUNG UND VERFAHREN ZUM VERBINDEN VON KONTAKTSTELLEN MIT EINEM BEZUGSPOTENTIAL[2020/28]
English:ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR CONNECTING CONTACT POINTS TO A REFERENCE POTENTIAL[2020/28]
French:DISPOSITIF ET PROCÉDÉ DE RACCORDEMENT DES POINTS DE CONTACT À UN POTENTIEL DE RÉFÉRENCE[2020/28]
Examination procedure04.08.2020Examination requested  [2020/37]
04.08.2020Date on which the examining division has become responsible
15.12.2020Communication of intention to grant the patent
15.03.2021Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
16.03.2021Fee for grant paid
16.03.2021Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)31.01.2022No opposition filed within time limit [2022/14]
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Documents cited:Search[AD]DE112007002875  (SIEMENS AG [DE]) [AD] 1-14 * paragraph [0028] - paragraph [0029]; figures 2,3 *;
 [A]DE207000  (FELTEN & GUILLEAUME-LAHMEYERWERKE AG) [A] 1-14 * page 1, line 38 - page 2, line 9; figures 1,2 *;
 [A]GB190603541  (SIEMENS BROTHERS & CO LTD [GB]) [A] 1-14 * abstract *;
 [A]US2005155782  (WESTBERRY WYMAN [US]) [A] 1-14 * paragraph [0014] - paragraph [0016]; figure 1 *;
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by applicantDE112007002875
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