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EP About this file: EP3779365

EP3779365 - METHOD AND SYSTEM WITH A SENSOR [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusPatent revoked
Status updated on  08.03.2024
Database last updated on 31.08.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  24.09.2021
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  14.07.2021
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  30.04.2021
FormerThe application has been published
Status updated on  15.01.2021
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
SICK AG
Erwin-Sick-Strasse 1
79183 Waldkirch / DE
[2021/07]
Inventor(s)01 / Hofstätter, Daniel
Kaiserstuhlstr. 1/1
79312 Emmendingen / DE
02 / Esslinger, Andreas
Immentalstr. 11
79104 Freiburg / DE
 [2021/07]
Application number, filing date20184170.706.07.2020
[2021/07]
Priority number, dateDE20191012180013.08.2019         Original published format: DE102019121800
[2021/07]
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3779365
Date:17.02.2021
Language:DE
[2021/07]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3779365
Date:27.10.2021
Language:DE
[2021/43]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP09.12.2020
ClassificationIPC:G01D3/08, // G01D3/036
[2021/07]
CPC:
G01D3/08 (EP); G05B23/0283 (US); G06Q50/04 (US);
G01D3/0365 (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 [2021/22]
Former [2021/07]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:VERFAHREN UND SYSTEM MIT EINEM SENSOR[2021/07]
English:METHOD AND SYSTEM WITH A SENSOR[2021/07]
French:PROCÉDÉ ET SYSTÈME DOTÉ D'UN CAPTEUR[2021/07]
Examination procedure27.04.2021Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
27.04.2021Examination requested  [2021/22]
27.04.2021Date on which the examining division has become responsible
15.07.2021Communication of intention to grant the patent
20.09.2021Fee for grant paid
20.09.2021Fee for publishing/printing paid
20.09.2021Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
23.09.2021Observations by third parties
Opposition(s)Opponent(s)01  27.07.2022  29.07.2022  ADMISSIBLE
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
Werner-von-Siemens-Straße 1
80333 München / DE
Opponent's representative
Siemens Patent Attorneys
Postfach 22 16 34
80506 München / DE
 [2023/10]
Former [2022/36]
Opponent(s)01  27.07.2022  29.07.2022  ADMISSIBLE
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
Werner-von-Siemens-Straße 1
80333 München / DE
Former [2022/35]
Opponent(s)01  27.07.2022   
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
Werner-von-Siemens-Straße 1
80333 München / DE
10.08.2022Invitation to proprietor to file observations on the notice of opposition
06.12.2022Reply of patent proprietor to notice(s) of opposition
31.10.2023Date of oral proceedings
31.10.2023Legal effect of revocation of patent [2024/15]
06.12.2023Despatch of minutes of oral proceedings
06.12.2023Despatch of communication that the patent will be revoked
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipAL27.10.2021
CY27.10.2021
CZ27.10.2021
DK27.10.2021
EE27.10.2021
ES27.10.2021
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LV27.10.2021
MC27.10.2021
MK27.10.2021
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BG27.01.2022
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BE31.07.2022
CH31.07.2023
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Documents cited:Search[I]DE102008038417  (ENDRESS & HAUSER PROCESS SOLUT [CH]) [I] 1,7,11,12,14 * paragraph [0012] - paragraph [0016] * * paragraph [0029] - paragraph [0030]; figure 1 * * paragraph [0031] - paragraph [0033]; figure 2 * * paragraph [0034] - paragraph [0035]; figure 3 *;
 [I]DE102010029952  (ENDRESS & HAUSER PROCESS SOLUT [CH]) [I] 1,9-14 * paragraph [0036] - paragraph [0040]; figure 1 * * paragraph [0014] - paragraph [0017] *;
 [XI]US2016182285  (FERGUSON ANTHONY DEAN [US], et al) [X] 1,7,9-12,14 * paragraph [0035] - paragraph [0045]; figure 1 * * paragraph [0053] - paragraph [0054]; figure 2 * * paragraph [0062] - paragraph [0066]; figure 3 * * paragraph [0072] - paragraph [0073]; figure 5 * * paragraph [0078] * [I] 8,13;
 [IA]DE102017104912  (ENDRESS HAUSER PROCESS SOLUTIONS AG [CH]) [I] 1,7,9,11-14 * paragraph [0010] - paragraph [0011] * * paragraph [0035] - paragraph [0037]; figure 1 *[A] 2-6
OppositionUS6594620
 US2012323343
 US2016182285
 US2017286572
 DE102017200369
 US2018210436
 WO2019040125
 EP3591483
    - Früh K F, Et Al, Handbuch der Prozessautomatisierung, (20180101), pages einhalt, 1029 - 1033, ISBN 978-3-8356-7351-9, XP055949337
    - Sick Ag, "Betriebsanleitung microScan3 - EtherNet/IP - Sicherheits-Laserscanner", (20170907), pages 1 - 196, XP055949329
    - Sick Ag, "BETRIEBSANLEITUNG microScan3 EFI-pro Sicherheits-Laserscanner", (20181025), URL: https://www.sick.com/media/docs/0/70/670/Operating_instructions_microScan3_EFI_pro_de_IM0077670.PDF, (20190703), XP055601873
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