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EP4219321 - PACKAGING MACHINE AND METHOD FOR FORMING PACKAGES [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  28.03.2025
Database last updated on 28.03.2026
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  19.04.2024
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  14.03.2024
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  09.02.2024
FormerThe application has been published
Status updated on  30.06.2023
Most recent event   Tooltip23.01.2026Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): IE		published on 25.02.2026  [2026/09]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A.
Avenue Général-Guisan 70
1009 Pully / CH
[2023/31]
Inventor(s)01 / ZANNINI, Antonio
41123 Modena / IT
 [2023/31]
Representative(s)Tetra Pak Patent Attorneys
AB Tetra Pak
Patent Department
Ruben Rausings gata
221 86 Lund / SE
[N/P]
Former [2023/31]Tetra Pak - Patent Attorneys SE
AB Tetra Pak
Patent Department
Ruben Rausings gata
221 86 Lund / SE
Application number, filing date23152919.923.01.2023
[2023/31]
Priority number, dateEP2022015383728.01.2022         Original published format: EP 22153837
[2023/31]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP4219321
Date:02.08.2023
Language:EN
[2023/31]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP4219321
Date:22.05.2024
Language:EN
[2024/21]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP03.07.2023
ClassificationIPC:B65B9/20, A61L2/08, B65B55/08, B65B55/10, B65B61/18, A61L2/10
[2024/13]
CPC:
B65B55/103 (EP); B65B55/08 (EP); B65B61/186 (EP);
B65B9/20 (EP); A61L2/087 (EP); A61L2/10 (EP)
Former IPC [2023/31]B65B9/20, A61L2/08, B65B55/08, B65B55/10, B65B61/18
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,   ME,   MK,   MT,   NL,   NO,   PL,   PT,   RO,   RS,   SE,   SI,   SK,   SM,   TR [2024/11]
Former [2023/31]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 
TitleGerman:VERPACKUNGSMASCHINE UND VERFAHREN ZUM FORMEN VON VERPACKUNGEN[2023/31]
English:PACKAGING MACHINE AND METHOD FOR FORMING PACKAGES[2023/31]
French:MACHINE D'EMBALLAGE ET PROCÉDÉ DE FORMATION D'EMBALLAGES[2023/31]
Examination procedure02.02.2024Examination requested  [2024/11]
02.02.2024Date on which the examining division has become responsible
15.03.2024Communication of intention to grant the patent
16.04.2024Fee for grant paid
16.04.2024Fee for publishing/printing paid
16.04.2024Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)25.02.2025No opposition filed within time limit [2025/18]
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Documents cited:Search[A] EP3549613  (TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE et al.) [A] 1-15 * figure 1 *
 [A] EP1232760  (TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE et al.) [A] 1-15 * figure 1 *
 [A] FR2055707  (ALPURA AG et al.) [A] 1-15 * figure 4 *
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