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EP About this file: EP3769905

EP3769905 - DEVICE FOR POSITIONING MOTOR VEHICLE PARTS AND METHOD FOR SELECTIVELY CONFIGURING SUCH A DEVICE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Former [2021/04]DEVICE FOR POSITIONING MOTOR VEHICLE PARTS
[2021/27]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  28.10.2022
Database last updated on 28.03.2026
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  19.11.2021
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  11.07.2021
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  25.12.2020
Most recent event   Tooltip19.12.2025Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): TR		published on 21.01.2026  [2026/04]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
MAGNA STEYR Fahrzeugtechnik AG & Co KG
Liebenauer Hauptstrasse 317
8041 Graz / AT
[2021/04]
Inventor(s)01 / KRIBERNEGG, Christoph
Neue-Welt 11
8451 Leibnitz / AT
02 / LEONHARDSBERGER, Patrick
Radegunder Straße 3a/10
8045 Graz / AT
03 / Mayer, Thomas
Oberlabill 16A
8081 Frannach / AT
04 / PICHLER, Manfred
Schiesstattgasse 14b/14
8010 Graz / AT
 [2021/04]
Representative(s)Zangger, Bernd
Magna International Europe GmbH
Patentabteilung
Liebenauer Hauptstraße 317
8041 Graz / AT
[2021/04]
Application number, filing date19188407.125.07.2019
[2021/04]
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3769905
Date:27.01.2021
Language:DE
[2021/04]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3769905
Date:22.12.2021
Language:DE
[2021/51]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP17.01.2020
ClassificationIPC:B23P21/00, B62D65/18, B62D65/02, B23K37/047, B23K37/04, B23K31/02, B23K101/00, B23K101/18
[2021/27]
CPC:
B23K31/02 (EP); B25B11/00 (CN,US); B62D65/026 (EP,US);
B23K37/0443 (EP,CN); B23K37/047 (EP); B23P19/04 (US);
B23P21/00 (EP); B23Q1/0072 (US); B23Q1/0081 (US);
B25B1/2405 (US); B62D65/022 (EP); B23K2101/006 (EP,CN);
B23K2101/18 (EP); B23P2700/50 (EP) (-)
Former IPC [2021/04]B23P21/00, B23K37/04, B23K37/047, B62D65/02, B62D65/18
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,   MK,   MT,   NL,   NO,   PL,   PT,   RO,   RS,   SE,   SI,   SK,   SM,   TR [2021/04]
TitleGerman:VORRICHTUNG ZUM POSITIONIEREN VON KRAFTFAHRZEUGTEILEN UND VERFFAHREN ZUM WAHLWEISEN KONFIGURATION EINER SOLCHEN VORRICHTUNG.[2021/27]
English:DEVICE FOR POSITIONING MOTOR VEHICLE PARTS AND METHOD FOR SELECTIVELY CONFIGURING SUCH A DEVICE[2021/27]
French:DISPOSITIF DE POSITIONNEMENT DE PIÈCES DE VÉHICULE AUTOMOBILE ET PROCÉDÉ POUR CONFIGURER SÉLECTIVEMENT UN TEL DISPOSITIF[2021/27]
Former [2021/04]VORRICHTUNG ZUM POSITIONIEREN VON KRAFTFAHRZEUGTEILEN
Former [2021/04]DEVICE FOR POSITIONING MOTOR VEHICLE PARTS
Former [2021/04]DISPOSITIF DE POSITIONNEMENT DE PIÈCES DE VÉHICULE AUTOMOBILE
Examination procedure16.12.2020Examination requested  [2021/04]
16.12.2020Date on which the examining division has become responsible
30.04.2021Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
12.07.2021Communication of intention to grant the patent
11.11.2021Fee for grant paid
11.11.2021Fee for publishing/printing paid
11.11.2021Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Divisional application(s)EP21208005.5  / EP4000798
Opposition(s)23.09.2022No opposition filed within time limit [2022/48]
Fees paidRenewal fee
26.07.2021Renewal fee patent year 03
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IE25.07.2022
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BE31.07.2022
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