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EP About this file: EP2898452

EP2898452 - OVERALL EQUIPMENT EFFECTIVENESS OF A ROBOT CELL [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  12.02.2021
Database last updated on 23.04.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  28.02.2020
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  04.11.2019
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  11.11.2016
Most recent event   Tooltip08.07.2022Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): MK		published on 10.08.2022  [2022/32]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
ABB Schweiz AG
Brown Boveri Strasse 6
5400 Baden / CH
[2020/14]
Former [2017/15]For all designated states
ABB Schweiz AG
Brown Boveri Strasse 6
5400 Baden / CH
Former [2015/31]For all designated states
ABB Technology Ltd.
Affolternstrasse 44
8050 Zürich / CH
Inventor(s)01 / EMMERTZ, Bertil
Björkgatan 7
723 46 Västerås / SE
02 / ANDERSSON, Henrik
Kuskvägen 4
734 94 Strömsholm / SE
 [2020/14]
Former [2015/31]01 / EMMERTZ, Bertil
Björkgatan 7
S-723 46 Västerås / SE
02 / ANDERSSON, Henrik
Kuskvägen 4
S-734 94 Strömsholm / SE
Representative(s)Kransell & Wennborg KB
P.O. Box 27834
115 93 Stockholm / SE
[2020/14]
Former [2015/31]Savela, Reino Aleksi
ABB AB
Intellectual Property
Ingenjör Bååths Gata 11
721 83 Västerås / SE
Application number, filing date12774965.320.09.2012
[2020/14]
WO2012EP68548
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2014044311
Date:27.03.2014
Language:EN
[2014/13]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP2898452
Date:29.07.2015
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 27.03.2014 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2015/31]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP2898452
Date:01.04.2020
Language:EN
[2020/14]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP27.03.2014
ClassificationIPC:G06Q10/06
[2015/31]
CPC:
G06Q10/0639 (EP,US); G06Q10/063 (EP,CN,US); B25J9/1602 (US);
G06Q50/04 (EP,CN,US); G05B2219/32015 (US); G05B2219/49071 (US);
Y02P90/30 (EP,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 [2015/31]
Extension statesBANot yet paid
MENot yet paid
TitleGerman:GESAMTANLAGENEFFEKTIVITÄT EINER ROBOTERZELLE[2015/31]
English:OVERALL EQUIPMENT EFFECTIVENESS OF A ROBOT CELL[2015/31]
French:EFFICACITÉ D'ÉQUIPEMENT GLOBAL D'UNE CELLULE DE ROBOT[2015/31]
Entry into regional phase20.04.2015National basic fee paid 
20.04.2015Designation fee(s) paid 
20.04.2015Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure21.07.2014Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
20.04.2015Examination requested  [2015/31]
02.11.2015Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
18.07.2016Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
08.11.2016Reply to a communication from the examining division
05.11.2019Communication of intention to grant the patent
21.02.2020Fee for grant paid
21.02.2020Fee for publishing/printing paid
21.02.2020Receipt 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  18.07.2016
Opposition(s)12.01.2021No opposition filed within time limit [2021/11]
Fees paidRenewal fee
20.04.2015Renewal fee patent year 03
30.09.2015Renewal fee patent year 04
30.09.2016Renewal fee patent year 05
02.10.2017Renewal fee patent year 06
01.10.2018Renewal fee patent year 07
24.09.2019Renewal fee patent year 08
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipHU20.09.2012
AL01.04.2020
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DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/CASE.2011.6042406
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