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EP About this file: EP4043737

EP4043737 - BONDING CONCENTRIC ELEMENTS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  03.10.2025
Database last updated on 18.03.2026
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  25.10.2024
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  23.07.2024
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  24.02.2023
FormerThe application has been published
Status updated on  15.07.2022
Most recent event   Tooltip23.01.2026Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): BE, IE		published on 25.02.2026  [2026/09]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
B/E Aerospace, Inc.
150 Oak Plaza Blvd.
Winston Salem, NC 27105 / US
[2022/33]
Inventor(s)01 / TARNOWSKI, Adrian
51-317 Wroclaw / PL
02 / KROCZEK, Piotr
51-169 Wroclaw / PL
 [2022/33]
Representative(s)Dehns
10 Old Bailey
London EC4M 7NG / GB
[2024/48]
Former [2022/33]Dehns
St. Bride's House
10 Salisbury Square
London EC4Y 8JD / GB
Application number, filing date21461511.410.02.2021
[2022/33]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP4043737
Date:17.08.2022
Language:EN
[2022/33]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP4043737
Date:27.11.2024
Language:EN
[2024/48]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP08.07.2021
ClassificationIPC:F16B11/00
[2022/33]
CPC:
F16B11/008 (EP); B29C66/5344 (US); B29C65/485 (US);
B29C65/542 (US); B29C66/1122 (US)
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 [2023/13]
Former [2022/33]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:VERBINDEN KONZENTRISCHER ELEMENTE[2022/33]
English:BONDING CONCENTRIC ELEMENTS[2022/33]
French:LIAISON D'ÉLÉMENTS CONCENTRIQUES[2022/33]
Examination procedure17.02.2023Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
17.02.2023Examination requested  [2023/13]
17.02.2023Date on which the examining division has become responsible
24.07.2024Communication of intention to grant the patent
21.10.2024Fee for grant paid
21.10.2024Fee for publishing/printing paid
21.10.2024Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)28.08.2025No opposition filed within time limit [2025/45]
Fees paidRenewal fee
22.02.2023Renewal fee patent year 03
20.02.2024Renewal fee patent year 04
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipAT27.11.2024
BG27.11.2024
CZ27.11.2024
DK27.11.2024
EE27.11.2024
ES27.11.2024
FI27.11.2024
HR27.11.2024
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MC27.11.2024
NL27.11.2024
PL27.11.2024
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IE10.02.2025
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NO27.02.2025
RS27.02.2025
BE28.02.2025
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IS27.03.2025
PT27.03.2025
[2026/09]
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Documents cited:Search[XI] US2020056368  (ADACHI HIROYUKI et al.) [X] 1-9,11-14 * abstract * * paragraphs [0022] - [0034]; figures 1-3 *[I] 10,15
 [X] DE19520065  (SCHLIMMER MICHAEL PROF DR ING et al.) [X] 1-5,12 * figure 5 *
 [XI] US2019184465  (KREIG BILL DAVID et al.) [X] 1-7,9,11-13 * figure 3 *[I] 15
 [X] CN105666855  (UNIV WUHAN TECH et al.) [X] 1-4,12,13,15 * figures 1-5 *
 [A] US2018038540  (RUSSALIAN VIGEL et al.) [A] 1 * abstract; figures 2-6 *
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