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EP About this file: EP3672009

EP3672009 - PROTECTION CIRCUIT, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  08.08.2024
Database last updated on 16.09.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  01.09.2023
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  13.04.2023
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  18.12.2020
FormerThe application has been published
Status updated on  22.05.2020
Most recent event   Tooltip30.08.2024Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): LU, MC		published on 02.10.2024 [2024/40]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Marelli Automotive Lighting Reutlingen (Germany) GmbH
Tübinger Strasse 123
72762 Reutlingen / DE
[2023/40]
Former [2020/26]For all designated states
Automotive Lighting Reutlingen GmbH
Tübinger Strasse 123
72762 Reutlingen / DE
Inventor(s)01 / Horbelt, Markus
75417 Mühlacker / DE
02 / Laubenstein, Rüdiger
Dürrstraße 61
72760 Reutlingen / DE
03 / Wolf, Manuel
Rottendorfer Straße 45
97074 Würzburg / DE
 [2022/22]
Former [2020/26]01 / Horbelt, Markus
Rosenstraße 21
72770 Reutlingen / DE
02 / Laubenstein, Rüdiger
Dürrstraße 61
72760 Reutlingen / DE
03 / Wolf, Manuel
Rottendorfer Straße 45
97074 Würzburg / DE
Representative(s)DREISS Patentanwälte PartG mbB
Friedrichstraße 6
70174 Stuttgart / DE
[2020/26]
Application number, filing date19217887.919.12.2019
[2020/26]
Priority number, dateDE20181013351921.12.2018         Original published format: DE102018133519
[2020/26]
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3672009
Date:24.06.2020
Language:DE
[2020/26]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3672009
Date:04.10.2023
Language:DE
[2023/40]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP15.05.2020
ClassificationIPC:H02H9/04, H04L25/02, // H04B3/02, H04M1/74, H04M3/18
[2023/17]
CPC:
H02H9/04 (EP); H04L25/0266 (EP); H04B3/02 (EP);
H04M1/745 (EP); H04M2201/80 (EP)
Former IPC [2020/26]H02H9/04, H04L25/02, H04M3/18, H04M1/74
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 [2021/03]
Former [2020/26]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:SCHUTZSCHALTUNG, ELEKTRONISCHE VORRICHTUNG UND VERFAHREN ZUM BETREIBEN EINER ELEKTRONISCHEN VORRICHTUNG[2020/26]
English:PROTECTION CIRCUIT, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE[2020/26]
French:CIRCUIT DE PROTECTION, DISPOSITIF ÉLECTRONIQUE ET PROCÉDÉ DE FONCTIONNEMENT D'UN DISPOSITIF ÉLECTRONIQUE[2020/26]
Examination procedure15.12.2020Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
15.12.2020Examination requested  [2021/03]
15.12.2020Date on which the examining division has become responsible
14.04.2023Communication of intention to grant the patent
21.08.2023Fee for grant paid
21.08.2023Fee for publishing/printing paid
21.08.2023Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)05.07.2024No opposition filed within time limit [2024/37]
Fees paidRenewal fee
16.12.2021Renewal fee patent year 03
20.12.2022Renewal fee patent year 04
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipCZ04.10.2023
DK04.10.2023
EE04.10.2023
ES04.10.2023
HR04.10.2023
IT04.10.2023
LT04.10.2023
LV04.10.2023
MC04.10.2023
NL04.10.2023
PL04.10.2023
RO04.10.2023
RS04.10.2023
SE04.10.2023
SK04.10.2023
SM04.10.2023
LU19.12.2023
BG04.01.2024
NO04.01.2024
GR05.01.2024
IS04.02.2024
PT05.02.2024
[2024/40]
Former [2024/36]CZ04.10.2023
DK04.10.2023
EE04.10.2023
ES04.10.2023
HR04.10.2023
IT04.10.2023
LT04.10.2023
LV04.10.2023
NL04.10.2023
PL04.10.2023
RO04.10.2023
RS04.10.2023
SE04.10.2023
SK04.10.2023
SM04.10.2023
BG04.01.2024
NO04.01.2024
GR05.01.2024
IS04.02.2024
PT05.02.2024
Former [2024/35]CZ04.10.2023
DK04.10.2023
EE04.10.2023
ES04.10.2023
HR04.10.2023
LT04.10.2023
LV04.10.2023
NL04.10.2023
PL04.10.2023
RO04.10.2023
RS04.10.2023
SE04.10.2023
SM04.10.2023
BG04.01.2024
NO04.01.2024
GR05.01.2024
IS04.02.2024
PT05.02.2024
Former [2024/34]DK04.10.2023
EE04.10.2023
ES04.10.2023
HR04.10.2023
LT04.10.2023
LV04.10.2023
NL04.10.2023
PL04.10.2023
RS04.10.2023
SE04.10.2023
SM04.10.2023
BG04.01.2024
NO04.01.2024
GR05.01.2024
IS04.02.2024
PT05.02.2024
Former [2024/33]DK04.10.2023
ES04.10.2023
HR04.10.2023
LT04.10.2023
LV04.10.2023
NL04.10.2023
PL04.10.2023
RS04.10.2023
SE04.10.2023
SM04.10.2023
BG04.01.2024
NO04.01.2024
GR05.01.2024
IS04.02.2024
PT05.02.2024
Former [2024/26]ES04.10.2023
HR04.10.2023
LT04.10.2023
LV04.10.2023
NL04.10.2023
PL04.10.2023
RS04.10.2023
SE04.10.2023
BG04.01.2024
NO04.01.2024
GR05.01.2024
IS04.02.2024
PT05.02.2024
Former [2024/25]ES04.10.2023
HR04.10.2023
LT04.10.2023
NL04.10.2023
PL04.10.2023
RS04.10.2023
SE04.10.2023
BG04.01.2024
NO04.01.2024
GR05.01.2024
IS04.02.2024
PT05.02.2024
Former [2024/21]LT04.10.2023
NL04.10.2023
BG04.01.2024
GR05.01.2024
IS04.02.2024
Former [2024/20]NL04.10.2023
GR05.01.2024
IS04.02.2024
Former [2024/17]NL04.10.2023
Documents cited:Search[A]US3860757  (STEWART JAMES A) [A] 1,8* figure 2 *;
 [XI]EP1120949  (MECELEC IND [FR]) [X] 1,8-10 * paragraphs [0006] , [0 11] * * figure 1 * [I] 2-7;
 [X]DE20007619U  (KRAUSS MAFFEI WEGMANN GMBH & C [DE]) [X] 1,8 * paragraphs [0012] , [0 42] * * figure 1 *;
 [XI]US2014085951  (KAERIYAMA SHUNICHI [JP], et al) [X] 1,3,8 * paragraphs [0119] , [ 191] * * figures 2, 19 * [I] 2,4-7,9,10
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