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EP About this file: EP3718895

EP3718895 - AIRCRAFT SEAT DEVICE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  01.11.2024
Database last updated on 28.03.2026
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  24.11.2023
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  18.07.2023
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  04.02.2022
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  03.04.2021
FormerThe application has been published
Status updated on  04.09.2020
Most recent event   Tooltip26.12.2025Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): TR		published on 28.01.2026  [2026/05]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Recaro Aircraft Seating GmbH & Co. KG
Daimlerstrasse 21
74523 Schwäbisch Hall / DE
[2020/41]
Inventor(s)01 / Drenzeck, Thomas
Steinäckerweg 19
74545 Michelfeld / DE
 [2020/41]
Representative(s)Daub, Thomas
Daub PartG mbB
Bahnhofstraße 5
88662 Überlingen / DE
[N/P]
Former [2020/41]Daub, Thomas
Patent- und Rechtsanwaltskanzlei Daub
Bahnhofstrasse 5
88662 Überlingen / DE
Application number, filing date20167563.401.04.2020
[2020/41]
Priority number, dateDE20191010849301.04.2019         Original published format: DE102019108493
[2020/41]
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3718895
Date:07.10.2020
Language:DE
[2020/41]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3718895
Date:27.12.2023
Language:DE
[2023/52]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP08.09.2020
ClassificationIPC:B64D11/06, B60N2/64, B60N2/803, B60N2/42, B60N2/68, B60N2/427
[2023/29]
CPC:
B64D11/0619 (EP); B60N2/4221 (EP); B60N2/42709 (EP);
B60N2/686 (EP); B60N2/803 (EP); B64D11/0649 (EP)
Former IPC [2020/41]B64D11/06, B60N2/64, B60N2/803
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 [2021/18]
Former [2020/41]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:FLUGZEUGSITZVORRICHTUNG[2020/41]
English:AIRCRAFT SEAT DEVICE[2020/41]
French:DISPOSITIF DE SIÈGE D'AVION[2020/41]
Examination procedure25.03.2021Examination requested  [2021/18]
25.03.2021Date on which the examining division has become responsible
07.04.2021Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
03.02.2022Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
12.08.2022Reply to a communication from the examining division
19.07.2023Communication of intention to grant the patent
17.11.2023Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
20.11.2023Fee for grant paid
20.11.2023Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)30.09.2024No opposition filed within time limit [2024/49]
Fees paidRenewal fee
21.04.2022Renewal fee patent year 03
25.04.2023Renewal fee patent year 04
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Documents cited:Search[XI] WO2015191709  (ZODIAC SEATS US LLC et al.) [X] 1-6,11 * paragraph [[0099]] - paragraph [[00100]]; figure 3 * * paragraph [[00125]]; figures 21-24 *[I] 7-10,12,13
 [XI] WO2017155566  (ZODIAC SEATS US LLC et al.) [X] 1,2,4,5,10,11 * paragraphs [[0082]] , [[00102]]; figures 1, 12-15 *[I] 7-10,12,13
 [XI] WO2018009201  (ZODIAC SEATS US LLC et al.) [X] 1-5,11 * paragraph [[0058]] - paragraph [[0059]]; figures 5-6 * * paragraph [[0047]] *[I] 7-10,12,13
 [X] CN107826136  (UNIV BEIJING JIAOTONG et al.) [X] 1,2,11 * paragraph [[0046]] *
 [A] WO2017040241  (GENTHERM INC et al.) [A] 1 * paragraph [[0047]] - paragraph [[0048]]; figure 3 *
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