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EP3686404 - DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TREATING THE EXHAUST GAS OF AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Former [2020/31]DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TREATING THE WASTE GAS OF A COMBUSTION ENGINE
[2021/01]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  02.04.2022
Database last updated on 28.06.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  23.04.2021
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  13.01.2021
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  06.11.2020
FormerThe application has been published
Status updated on  26.06.2020
Most recent event   Tooltip14.06.2024Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): TR		published on 17.07.2024 [2024/29]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
VOLKSWAGEN AG
Berliner Ring 2
38440 Wolfsburg / DE
For all designated states
Dr.Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
Porscheplatz 1
70435 Stuttgart / DE
[2020/31]
Inventor(s)01 / Baron von Ceumern-Lindenstjerna, Falk-Christian
Helene-Engelbrecht-Str. 21
38124 Braunschweig / DE
02 / Paukner, Stefan
Hermann-Löns-Weg 6
38442 Wolfsburg / DE
03 / Kaack, Michael
Altes Hohes Feld 4a
38531 Rötgesbüttel / DE
04 / Hemminger, Sebastian
Theodor-Heuss-Straße 18
71739 Oberriexingen / DE
 [2020/31]
Representative(s)Gulde & Partner
Patent- und Rechtsanwaltskanzlei mbB
Wallstraße 58/59
10179 Berlin / DE
[2020/31]
Application number, filing date20153329.623.01.2020
[2020/31]
Priority number, dateDE20191010157623.01.2019         Original published format: DE102019101576
[2020/31]
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3686404
Date:29.07.2020
Language:DE
[2020/31]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3686404
Date:26.05.2021
Language:DE
[2021/21]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP19.05.2020
ClassificationIPC:F01N3/10, F01N3/20, F01N9/00, F01N13/00
[2020/31]
CPC:
F01N3/101 (EP,CN,US); F01N3/24 (CN); F01N3/2033 (EP,US);
F01N13/008 (EP); F01N13/0093 (US); F01N3/025 (US);
F01N3/20 (CN); F01N3/28 (CN); F01N9/00 (EP,CN);
F01N2240/14 (EP,US); F01N2340/06 (EP); F01N2560/025 (EP,US);
F01N2900/1402 (EP); F01N2900/1602 (EP); F01N2900/1624 (EP,US);
F01N2900/1626 (EP); Y02T10/12 (EP); Y02T10/40 (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 [2020/50]
Former [2020/31]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:VORRICHTUNG UND VERFAHREN ZUR ABGASNACHBEHANDLUNG EINES VERBRENNUNGSMOTORS[2020/31]
English:DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TREATING THE EXHAUST GAS OF AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE[2021/01]
French:DISPOSITIF ET PROCÉDÉ DE POST-TRAITEMENT DES GAZ D'ÉCHAPPEMENT D'UN MOTEUR À COMBUSTION INTERNE[2020/31]
Former [2020/31]DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TREATING THE WASTE GAS OF A COMBUSTION ENGINE
Examination procedure04.11.2020Examination requested  [2020/50]
04.11.2020Date on which the examining division has become responsible
14.01.2021Communication of intention to grant the patent
13.04.2021Fee for grant paid
13.04.2021Fee for publishing/printing paid
13.04.2021Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)01.03.2022No opposition filed within time limit [2022/18]
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Documents cited:Search[A]JPH0586845  (TOYOTA MOTOR CORP) [A] 1-14 * paragraph [0009] - paragraph [0022] * * claim 1 ** figure 1 *;
 [A]DE4340613  (BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE AG [DE]) [A] 1-14 * column 2, line 43 - column 3, line 35 * * claim 1 * * figure 1 *;
 [A]DE102012021573  (VOLKSWAGEN AG [DE]) [A] 1-14 * paragraph [0028] - paragraph [0041] * * figure 1 *;
 [A]DE102016206394  (VOLKSWAGEN AG [DE]) [A] 1-14 * paragraph [0037] * * figure 5 *;
 [A]DE102017113366  (VOLKSWAGEN AG [DE]) [A] 1-14 * paragraphs [0018] , [0022] , [0023] , [0025] , [0026] , [0028] * * figures 2,4,5 *
by applicantDE102010027984
 DE102010062257
 DE19951008013
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