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EP About this file: EP3929509

EP3929509 - REFRIGERATOR WITH A DIVIDER WITHIN THE MACHINERY ROOM [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Former [2021/52]REFRIGERATOR WITH PARTITION
[2022/40]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  02.02.2024
Database last updated on 30.07.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  24.02.2023
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  03.10.2022
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  02.04.2022
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  26.11.2021
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  04.09.2020
Most recent event   Tooltip24.05.2024Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): SI		published on 26.06.2024  [2024/26]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Qingdao Haier Refrigerator Co., Ltd.
Haier Industrial Park
No. 1 Haier Road
Laoshan District
Qingdao
Shandong 266101 / CN
For all designated states
Haier Smart Home Co., Ltd.
Haier Industrial Park
No. 1 Haier Road
Laoshan District
Qingdao, Shandong 266101 / CN
[2021/52]
Inventor(s)01 / WANG, Jing
Haier Industrial Park No.1 Haier Road, Laoshan
District
Qingdao, Shandong 266101 / CN
02 / LIU, Jianru
Haier Industrial Park No.1 Haier Road, Laoshan
District
Qingdao, Shandong 266101 / CN
03 / CAO, Dongqiang
Haier Industrial Park No.1 Haier Road, Laoshan
District
Qingdao, Shandong 266101 / CN
04 / NIE, Shengyuan
Haier Industrial Park No.1 Haier Road, Laoshan
District
Qingdao, Shandong 266101 / CN
 [2023/13]
Former [2021/52]01 / WANG, Jing
Qingdao, Shandong 266101 / CN
02 / LIU, Jianru
Qingdao, Shandong 266101 / CN
03 / CAO, Dongqiang
Qingdao, Shandong 266101 / CN
04 / NIE, Shengyuan
Qingdao, Shandong 266101 / CN
Representative(s)Ziebig Hengelhaupt Intellectual Property Attorneys Patentanwaltskanzlei PartGmbB
Leipziger Straße 49
10117 Berlin / DE
[N/P]
Former [2023/13]Ziebig Hengelhaupt Intellectual Property Attorneys Patentanwaltsanwaltskanzlei PartGmbB
Leipziger Straße 49
10117 Berlin / DE
Former [2021/52]Ziebig & Hengelhaupt Patent- und Rechtsanwaltskanzlei PartG mbB
Leipziger Straße 49
10117 Berlin / DE
Application number, filing date20763875.019.02.2020
[2021/52]
WO2020CN75886
Priority number, dateCN20191014333126.02.2019         Original published format: CN201910143331
[2021/52]
Filing languageZH
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2020173359
Date:03.09.2020
Language:ZH
[2020/36]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3929509
Date:29.12.2021
Language:EN
[2021/52]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3929509
Date:29.03.2023
Language:EN
[2023/13]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:CN03.09.2020
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP21.03.2022
ClassificationIPC:F25D23/00, // F25D21/14
[2022/16]
CPC:
F25D23/003 (EP,CN,US); F25D11/022 (CN); F25D23/006 (CN,US);
F25D11/02 (US); F25D19/00 (CN); F25D21/14 (EP,CN);
F25B2500/13 (EP); F25D2201/30 (EP); F25D2321/1411 (CN,US);
F25D2321/1412 (CN); F25D2321/143 (CN); F25D2321/1442 (EP);
F25D2323/0021 (CN); F25D2323/00266 (EP,CN,US); F25D2323/00276 (EP,CN,US);
F25D2323/00284 (CN,US) (-)
Former IPC [2021/52]F25D11/02, F25D19/00, F25D21/14, F25D23/00
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 [2021/52]
Extension statesBANot yet paid
MENot yet paid
Validation statesKHNot yet paid
MANot yet paid
MDNot yet paid
TNNot yet paid
TitleGerman:KÜHLSCHRANK MIT EINER TRENNWAND IM MASCHINENRAUM[2022/40]
English:REFRIGERATOR WITH A DIVIDER WITHIN THE MACHINERY ROOM[2022/40]
French:RÉFRIGÉRATEUR AVEC UNE CLOISON DE SÉPARATION DANS LE COMPARTIMENT DE MACHINE[2022/40]
Former [2021/52]KÜHLSCHRANK MIT TRENNWAND
Former [2021/52]REFRIGERATOR WITH PARTITION
Former [2021/52]RÉFRIGÉRATEUR AVEC PARTITION
Entry into regional phase24.09.2021Translation filed 
24.09.2021National basic fee paid 
24.09.2021Search fee paid 
24.09.2021Designation fee(s) paid 
24.09.2021Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure24.09.2021Examination requested  [2021/52]
04.04.2022Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
29.06.2022Reply to a communication from the examining division
04.10.2022Communication of intention to grant the patent
11.01.2023Fee for grant paid
11.01.2023Fee for publishing/printing paid
11.01.2023Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)03.01.2024No opposition filed within time limit [2024/10]
Fees paidRenewal fee
24.09.2021Renewal fee patent year 03
17.02.2023Renewal fee patent year 04
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipAT29.03.2023
CZ29.03.2023
DK29.03.2023
EE29.03.2023
FI29.03.2023
HR29.03.2023
LT29.03.2023
LV29.03.2023
NL29.03.2023
PL29.03.2023
RO29.03.2023
RS29.03.2023
SE29.03.2023
SI29.03.2023
SK29.03.2023
SM29.03.2023
NO29.06.2023
GR30.06.2023
IS29.07.2023
PT31.07.2023
[2024/26]
Former [2024/10]AT29.03.2023
CZ29.03.2023
DK29.03.2023
EE29.03.2023
FI29.03.2023
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SM29.03.2023
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PT31.07.2023
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PT31.07.2023
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PT31.07.2023
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LT29.03.2023
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RS29.03.2023
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GR30.06.2023
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LT29.03.2023
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RS29.03.2023
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 [X]JP2002295954  (MATSUSHITA REFRIGERATION) [X] 1 * the whole document *;
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