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EP About this file: EP2890625

EP2890625 - RAIL SYSTEM [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusPatent maintained as amended
Status updated on  23.08.2019
Database last updated on 07.03.2026
Most recent event   Tooltip17.07.2020Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): AL		published on 19.08.2020  [2020/34]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Strothmann Machines & Handling GmbH
Altenkamp 11
33758 Schloß Holte-Stukenbrock / DE
[2015/28]
Inventor(s)01 / MÜNTER, Christoph
Finnebachstr. 16
32602 Vlotho / DE
 [2015/28]
Representative(s)Ter Meer Steinmeister & Partner
Patentanwälte mbB
Artur-Ladebeck-Strasse 51
33617 Bielefeld / DE
[2015/28]
Application number, filing date12759043.828.08.2012
[2016/41]
WO2012EP66669
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2014032699
Date:06.03.2014
Language:DE
[2014/10]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP2890625
Date:08.07.2015
Language:DE
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 06.03.2014 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2015/28]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP2890625
Date:12.10.2016
Language:DE
[2016/41]
Type: B2 New European patent specification 
No.:EP2890625
Date:25.09.2019
Language:DE
[2019/39]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP06.03.2014
ClassificationIPC:B66C7/00, E01B25/28
[2015/28]
CPC:
E01B25/28 (EP,CN,US); B66C7/00 (CN); B66C11/06 (US);
B66C7/08 (EP,US); F16C29/045 (EP); F16C33/61 (EP)
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 [2015/28]
TitleGerman:SCHIENENSYSTEM[2015/28]
English:RAIL SYSTEM[2015/28]
French:SYSTÈME DE RAIL[2015/28]
Entry into regional phase20.01.2015National basic fee paid 
20.01.2015Designation fee(s) paid 
20.01.2015Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure20.01.2015Examination requested  [2015/28]
25.05.2016Communication of intention to grant the patent
31.08.2016Fee for grant paid
31.08.2016Fee for publishing/printing paid
31.08.2016Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Divisional application(s)The date of the Examining Division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued is  25.05.2016
Opposition(s)Opponent(s)01  18.05.2017  23.05.2017  ADMISSIBLE
LOSYCO GmbH
Walter-Werning-Straße 7
33699 Bielefeld / DE
Opponent's representative
Dantz, Jan Henning
Loesenbeck - Specht - Dantz
Patent- und Rechtsanwälte
Am Zwinger 2
33602 Bielefeld / DE
 [N/P]
Former [2017/26]
Opponent(s)01  18.05.2017  23.05.2017  ADMISSIBLE
LOSYCO GmbH
Walter-Werning-Straße 7
33699 Bielefeld / DE
Opponent's representative
Dantz, Jan Henning
Loesenbeck - Specht - Dantz
Patent- und Rechtsanwälte
Am Zwinger 2
DE-33602 Bielefeld / DE
17.08.2017Invitation to proprietor to file observations on the notice of opposition
14.12.2017Reply of patent proprietor to notice(s) of opposition
04.02.2019Legal effect of interlocutory decision in opposition
04.02.2019Date of oral proceedings
08.03.2019Despatch of interlocutory decision in opposition
08.03.2019Despatch of minutes of oral proceedings
02.07.2019Despatch of communication that the patent will be maintained as amended
16.08.2019Fee for printing new specification paid
Fees paidRenewal fee
20.01.2015Renewal fee patent year 03
01.09.2015Renewal fee patent year 04
25.08.2016Renewal fee patent year 05
Penalty fee
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipHU28.08.2012
AL12.10.2016
CY12.10.2016
CZ12.10.2016
DK12.10.2016
EE12.10.2016
FI12.10.2016
HR12.10.2016
LT12.10.2016
LV12.10.2016
MC12.10.2016
MK12.10.2016
MT12.10.2016
RO12.10.2016
RS12.10.2016
SE12.10.2016
SI12.10.2016
SK12.10.2016
SM12.10.2016
BG12.01.2017
NO12.01.2017
GR13.01.2017
IS12.02.2017
PT13.02.2017
GB28.08.2017
IE28.08.2017
LU28.08.2017
BE31.08.2017
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BE31.08.2017
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Cited inInternational search[AD] DE4318383  (STROTHMANN GMBH & CO KG MASCHI et al.) [AD] 1-4,7,8,11 * column 2, line 29 - column 3, line 49; figures 1,2; claim 1 *
 [A] DE3150571  (ZUEBLIN AG et al.) [A] 1-3,7,9 * abstract *
 [A] DE202011002642  (BEHRENS & KLEIN OBERBAUSYSTEME GMBH et al.) [A] 1,9 * abstract *
 [A] EP0607954  (AFT GMBH et al.) [A] 1 * abstract *
by applicantDE4318383
OppositionDE10328336
 WO9963160
 EP0222277
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