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EP4438249 - GRIPPING DEVICE, GRIPPING SYSTEM, HANDLING DEVICE AND METHOD [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	Examination is in progress Status updated on 04.07.2025 Database last updated on 28.03.2026
Former	Request for examination was made Status updated on 21.03.2025
Former	The application has been published Status updated on 30.08.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	25.03.2026	New entry: Renewal fee paid
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Groninger GmbH & Co. KG Birkenbergstr. 1 91625 Schnelldorf / DE
	[2024/40]
Inventor(s)	01 / Hofmann, Hannes Wilhelm 74597 Stimpfach-Rechenberg / DE
	[2024/40]
Representative(s)	Witte, Weller & Partner Patentanwälte mbB Postfach 10 54 62 70047 Stuttgart / DE
	[2024/40]
Application number, filing date	24163787.5	15.03.2024
	[2024/40]
Priority number, date	DE202310107664	27.03.2023 Original published format: DE102023107664
	[2024/40]
Filing language	DE
Procedural language	DE
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP4438249
	Date:	02.10.2024
	Language:	DE
	[2024/40]
Search report(s)	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	01.07.2024
Classification	IPC:	B25J15/02	[2024/40]
	CPC:	B25J15/0246 (EP)
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 [2024/40]
Extension states	BA	Not yet paid
Validation states	GE	Not yet paid
	KH	Not yet paid
	MA	Not yet paid
	MD	Not yet paid
	TN	Not yet paid
Title	German:	GREIFVORRICHTUNG, GREIFSYSTEM, HANDHABUNGSEINRICHTUNG UND VERFAHREN	[2024/40]
	English:	GRIPPING DEVICE, GRIPPING SYSTEM, HANDLING DEVICE AND METHOD	[2024/40]
	French:	DISPOSITIF DE PRÉHENSION, SYSTÈME DE PRÉHENSION, DISPOSITIF DE MANIPULATION ET PROCÉDÉ	[2024/40]
Examination procedure	14.03.2025	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	14.03.2025	Examination requested [2025/17]
	14.03.2025	Date on which the examining division has become responsible
	04.07.2025	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	04.11.2025	Reply to a communication from the examining division
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	24.03.2026	Renewal fee patent year 03
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Documents cited:	Search	[XI] CN111872964 (UNIV TSINGHUA et al.)
	Examination	DE102019209755
	by applicant	DE102020102761

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