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EP4239428 - METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR NAVIGATING AN INDUSTRIAL TRUCK [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	The patent has been granted Status updated on 26.12.2025 Database last updated on 28.03.2026
Former	Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 19.08.2025
Former	Examination is in progress Status updated on 06.09.2024
Former	Request for examination was made Status updated on 26.07.2024
Former	The application has been published Status updated on 04.08.2023
Most recent event Tooltip	26.12.2025	(Expected) grant	published on 28.01.2026 [2026/05]
	26.12.2025	Change - divisional application(s)	published on 28.01.2026 [2026/05]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states STILL GmbH Berzeliusstraße 10 22113 Hamburg / DE
	[2023/36]
Inventor(s)	01 / ABEL, Bengt 21335 Lüneburg / DE
	02 / KÖNIG, Ralf 21365 Adendorf / DE
	03 / SCHÜTHE, Dennis 21255 Tostedt / DE
	04 / VIERECK, Volker 23898 Kühsen / DE
	[2023/36]
Representative(s)	Patentship Patentanwaltgesellschaft Schertlinstraße 29 86159 Augsburg / DE
	[2023/36]
Application number, filing date	22203506.5	25.10.2022
	[2023/36]
Priority number, date	DE202110130631	23.11.2021 Original published format: DE102021130631
	[2023/36]
Filing language	DE
Procedural language	DE
Publication	Type:	A2 Application without search report
	No.:	EP4239428
	Date:	06.09.2023
	Language:	DE
	[2023/36]
	Type:	A3 Search report
	No.:	EP4239428
	Date:	24.01.2024
	Language:	DE
	[2024/04]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP4239428
	Date:	28.01.2026
	Language:	DE
	[2026/05]
Search report(s)	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	04.01.2024
Classification	IPC:	G05D1/00	[2025/34]
	CPC:	G05D1/0274 (EP); B66F9/063 (EP); B66F9/0755 (EP); G01C21/005 (EP); G01C21/206 (EP); G05D1/0234 (EP)
	Former IPC [2024/04]	G05D1/02, G01C21/20, B66F9/075, B66F9/06
	Former IPC [2023/36]	G05D1/02, G01C21/20, B66F9/06
Designated contracting states	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, ME, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR [2024/35]
Former [2023/36]	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, ME, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR
Title	German:	VERFAHREN UND SYSTEM ZUR NAVIGATION EINES FLURFÖRDERZEUGS	[2023/36]
	English:	METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR NAVIGATING AN INDUSTRIAL TRUCK	[2023/36]
	French:	PROCÉDÉ ET SYSTÈME DE NAVIGATION D'UN CHARIOT DE MANUTENTION	[2023/36]
Examination procedure	23.07.2024	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	23.07.2024	Examination requested [2024/35]
	23.07.2024	Date on which the examining division has become responsible
	05.09.2024	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	05.03.2025	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	20.08.2025	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	22.12.2025	Fee for grant paid
	22.12.2025	Fee for publishing/printing paid
	22.12.2025	Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Divisional application(s)	EP25224905.7 / EP4697116
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	29.10.2024	Renewal fee patent year 03
	24.10.2025	Renewal fee patent year 04
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Documents cited:	Search	[YX] EP3904993 (PANASONIC IP MAN CO LTD et al.)
		[Y] KR20120108277 (HAGISONIC CO LTD et al.)
		[YX] DE102019217160 (BOSCH GMBH ROBERT et al.) [Y] 4 * paragraphs [0004] , [0019] , [0020] * * paragraph [0026] - paragraph [0140] * * figures 1-25 *[X] 1-3,5-7
		[Y] US2020042010 (NAKAJIMA MITSUYASU et al.) [Y] 4 * abstract *
		[Y] HAIHONG ZHANG ET AL: "A topological Area Coverage Algorithm for Indoor Vacuuming Robot", AUTOMATION AND LOGISTICS, 2007 IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON, IEEE, PISCATAWAY, NJ, USA, 1 August 2007 (2007-08-01), pages 2645 - 2649, XP031139234, ISBN: 978-1-4244-1531-1
		[Y] FOLKER WIENTAPPER ET AL: "Reconstruction and Accurate Alignment of Feature Maps for Augmented Reality", 3D IMAGING, MODELING, PROCESSING, VISUALIZATION AND TRANSMISSION (3DIMPVT), 2011 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON, IEEE, 16 May 2011 (2011-05-16), pages 140 - 147, XP031896478, ISBN: 978-1-61284-429-9, DOI: 10.1109/3DIMPVT.2011.25 [Y] 4 * abstract * DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/3DIMPVT.2011.25
	by applicant	D. MORATUWAGEB. VOD. WANG: "A hierarchical approach to the Multi-Vehicle-SLAM-Problem", 15 TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INFORMATION FUSION, SINGAPORE, 2012, pages 1119 - 1125, XP032228543
		F. ZHANGH. STHLEG. CHENC. BUCKLA. KNOLL: "Multiple vehicle cooperative localization under random finite set framework", 2013 IEEE/RSJ INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INTELLIGENT ROBOTS AND SYSTEMS, TOKYO, 2013, pages 1405 - 1411, XP032537661, DOI: 10.1109/IROS.2013.6696533 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/IROS.2013.6696533
		D. MORATUWAGEB. VOD. WANG: "Collaborative multi-vehicle SLAM with moving object tracking", 2013 IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ROBOTICS AND AUTOMATION, KARLSRUHE, 2013, pages 5702 - 5708, XP032506717, DOI: 10.1109/ICRA.2013.6631397 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICRA.2013.6631397

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