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EP3708985 - ELECTRONIC HEATING COST DISTRIBUTOR AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	Patent revoked Status updated on 23.01.2026 Database last updated on 07.03.2026
Former	The patent has been granted Status updated on 17.11.2023
Former	Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 06.08.2023
Former	Examination is in progress Status updated on 30.09.2022
Former	Request for examination was made Status updated on 19.03.2021
Former	The application has been published Status updated on 14.08.2020
Most recent event Tooltip	23.01.2026	Revocation of patent	published on 25.02.2026 [2026/09]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states QUNDIS GmbH Sonnentor 2 99098 Erfurt / DE
	[2020/38]
Inventor(s)	01 / KUHN, Jens Dr.-Ing. Berggrabenweg 49 98693 Ilmenau / DE
	[2020/38]
Representative(s)	Liedtke & Partner Patentanwälte Gerhart-Hauptmann-Straße 10/11 99096 Erfurt / DE
	[2020/38]
Application number, filing date	20161211.6	05.03.2020
	[2020/38]
Priority number, date	DE201910106096	11.03.2019 Original published format: DE102019106096
	[2020/38]
Filing language	DE
Procedural language	DE
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP3708985
	Date:	16.09.2020
	Language:	DE
	[2020/38]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP3708985
	Date:	20.12.2023
	Language:	DE
	[2023/51]
Search report(s)	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	14.07.2020
Classification	IPC:	G01K17/08, G01N25/66, G01W1/17	[2020/38]
	CPC:	G01K17/08 (EP); G01N25/66 (EP); G01W1/17 (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, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR [2021/16]
Former [2020/38]	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, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR
Title	German:	ELEKTRONISCHER HEIZKOSTENVERTEILER UND VERFAHREN ZU DESSEN BETRIEB	[2020/38]
	English:	ELECTRONIC HEATING COST DISTRIBUTOR AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME	[2020/38]
	French:	RÉPARTITEUR ÉLECTRONIQUE DE FRAIS DE CHAUFFAGE ET SON PROCÉDÉ DE FONCTIONNEMENT	[2020/38]
Examination procedure	11.03.2021	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	11.03.2021	Examination requested [2021/16]
	11.03.2021	Date on which the examining division has become responsible
	30.09.2022	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	26.01.2023	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	07.08.2023	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	15.11.2023	Fee for grant paid
	15.11.2023	Fee for publishing/printing paid
	15.11.2023	Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)	Opponent(s)	01 20.09.2024 26.09.2024 ADMISSIBLE Techem Energy Services GmbH Hauptstrasse 89 65760 Eschborn / DE Opponent's representative Keil & Schaafhausen Patentanwälte PartGmbB Bockenheimer Landstraße 25 60325 Frankfurt am Main / DE
		[2024/44]
	07.10.2024	Invitation to proprietor to file observations on the notice of opposition
	22.10.2025	Legal effect of revocation of patent [2026/09]
	22.10.2025	Despatch of communication that the patent will be revoked
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	24.02.2022	Renewal fee patent year 03
	27.02.2023	Renewal fee patent year 04
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	CY	05.03.2020
	HU	05.03.2020
	CZ	20.12.2023
	DK	20.12.2023
	EE	20.12.2023
	ES	20.12.2023
	FI	20.12.2023
	HR	20.12.2023
	LT	20.12.2023
	LV	20.12.2023
	MC	20.12.2023
	NL	20.12.2023
	RO	20.12.2023
	RS	20.12.2023
	SE	20.12.2023
	SI	20.12.2023
	SK	20.12.2023
	SM	20.12.2023
	TR	20.12.2023
	IE	05.03.2024
	LU	05.03.2024
	BG	20.03.2024
	GB	20.03.2024
	NO	20.03.2024
	GR	21.03.2024
	BE	31.03.2024
	IS	20.04.2024
	PT	22.04.2024
	[2026/05]
Former [2025/41]	CY	05.03.2020
	HU	05.03.2020
	CZ	20.12.2023
	DK	20.12.2023
	EE	20.12.2023
	ES	20.12.2023
	FI	20.12.2023
	HR	20.12.2023
	LT	20.12.2023
	LV	20.12.2023
	MC	20.12.2023
	NL	20.12.2023
	RO	20.12.2023
	RS	20.12.2023
	SE	20.12.2023
	SI	20.12.2023
	SK	20.12.2023
	SM	20.12.2023
	IE	05.03.2024
	LU	05.03.2024
	BG	20.03.2024
	GB	20.03.2024
	NO	20.03.2024
	GR	21.03.2024
	BE	31.03.2024
	IS	20.04.2024
	PT	22.04.2024
Former [2025/37]	CY	05.03.2020
	CZ	20.12.2023
	DK	20.12.2023
	EE	20.12.2023
	ES	20.12.2023
	FI	20.12.2023
	HR	20.12.2023
	LT	20.12.2023
	LV	20.12.2023
	MC	20.12.2023
	NL	20.12.2023
	RO	20.12.2023
	RS	20.12.2023
	SE	20.12.2023
	SI	20.12.2023
	SK	20.12.2023
	SM	20.12.2023
	IE	05.03.2024
	LU	05.03.2024
	BG	20.03.2024
	GB	20.03.2024
	NO	20.03.2024
	GR	21.03.2024
	BE	31.03.2024
	IS	20.04.2024
	PT	22.04.2024
Former [2025/10]	CZ	20.12.2023
	DK	20.12.2023
	EE	20.12.2023
	ES	20.12.2023
	FI	20.12.2023
	HR	20.12.2023
	LT	20.12.2023
	LV	20.12.2023
	MC	20.12.2023
	NL	20.12.2023
	RO	20.12.2023
	RS	20.12.2023
	SE	20.12.2023
	SI	20.12.2023
	SK	20.12.2023
	SM	20.12.2023
	IE	05.03.2024
	LU	05.03.2024
	BG	20.03.2024
	GB	20.03.2024
	NO	20.03.2024
	GR	21.03.2024
	BE	31.03.2024
	IS	20.04.2024
	PT	22.04.2024
Former [2025/09]	CZ	20.12.2023
	DK	20.12.2023
	EE	20.12.2023
	ES	20.12.2023
	FI	20.12.2023
	HR	20.12.2023
	LT	20.12.2023
	LV	20.12.2023
	MC	20.12.2023
	NL	20.12.2023
	RO	20.12.2023
	RS	20.12.2023
	SE	20.12.2023
	SI	20.12.2023
	SK	20.12.2023
	SM	20.12.2023
	LU	05.03.2024
	BG	20.03.2024
	GB	20.03.2024
	NO	20.03.2024
	GR	21.03.2024
	BE	31.03.2024
	IS	20.04.2024
	PT	22.04.2024
Former [2025/08]	CZ	20.12.2023
	DK	20.12.2023
	EE	20.12.2023
	ES	20.12.2023
	FI	20.12.2023
	HR	20.12.2023
	LT	20.12.2023
	LV	20.12.2023
	MC	20.12.2023
	NL	20.12.2023
	RO	20.12.2023
	RS	20.12.2023
	SE	20.12.2023
	SI	20.12.2023
	SK	20.12.2023
	SM	20.12.2023
	LU	05.03.2024
	BG	20.03.2024
	NO	20.03.2024
	GR	21.03.2024
	BE	31.03.2024
	IS	20.04.2024
	PT	22.04.2024
Former [2024/52]	CZ	20.12.2023
	DK	20.12.2023
	EE	20.12.2023
	ES	20.12.2023
	FI	20.12.2023
	HR	20.12.2023
	LT	20.12.2023
	LV	20.12.2023
	MC	20.12.2023
	NL	20.12.2023
	RO	20.12.2023
	RS	20.12.2023
	SE	20.12.2023
	SI	20.12.2023
	SK	20.12.2023
	SM	20.12.2023
	LU	05.03.2024
	BG	20.03.2024
	NO	20.03.2024
	GR	21.03.2024
	IS	20.04.2024
	PT	22.04.2024
Former [2024/49]	CZ	20.12.2023
	DK	20.12.2023
	EE	20.12.2023
	ES	20.12.2023
	FI	20.12.2023
	HR	20.12.2023
	LT	20.12.2023
	LV	20.12.2023
	NL	20.12.2023
	RO	20.12.2023
	RS	20.12.2023
	SE	20.12.2023
	SI	20.12.2023
	SK	20.12.2023
	SM	20.12.2023
	BG	20.03.2024
	NO	20.03.2024
	GR	21.03.2024
	IS	20.04.2024
	PT	22.04.2024
Former [2024/47]	CZ	20.12.2023
	DK	20.12.2023
	EE	20.12.2023
	ES	20.12.2023
	FI	20.12.2023
	HR	20.12.2023
	LT	20.12.2023
	LV	20.12.2023
	NL	20.12.2023
	RO	20.12.2023
	RS	20.12.2023
	SE	20.12.2023
	SK	20.12.2023
	SM	20.12.2023
	BG	20.03.2024
	NO	20.03.2024
	GR	21.03.2024
	IS	20.04.2024
	PT	22.04.2024
Former [2024/36]	CZ	20.12.2023
	EE	20.12.2023
	ES	20.12.2023
	FI	20.12.2023
	HR	20.12.2023
	LT	20.12.2023
	LV	20.12.2023
	NL	20.12.2023
	RO	20.12.2023
	RS	20.12.2023
	SE	20.12.2023
	SK	20.12.2023
	SM	20.12.2023
	BG	20.03.2024
	NO	20.03.2024
	GR	21.03.2024
	IS	20.04.2024
	PT	22.04.2024
Former [2024/35]	CZ	20.12.2023
	EE	20.12.2023
	ES	20.12.2023
	FI	20.12.2023
	HR	20.12.2023
	LT	20.12.2023
	LV	20.12.2023
	NL	20.12.2023
	RO	20.12.2023
	RS	20.12.2023
	SE	20.12.2023
	SM	20.12.2023
	BG	20.03.2024
	NO	20.03.2024
	GR	21.03.2024
	IS	20.04.2024
Former [2024/34]	EE	20.12.2023
	ES	20.12.2023
	FI	20.12.2023
	HR	20.12.2023
	LT	20.12.2023
	LV	20.12.2023
	NL	20.12.2023
	RS	20.12.2023
	SE	20.12.2023
	SM	20.12.2023
	BG	20.03.2024
	NO	20.03.2024
	GR	21.03.2024
	IS	20.04.2024
Former [2024/33]	ES	20.12.2023
	FI	20.12.2023
	HR	20.12.2023
	LT	20.12.2023
	LV	20.12.2023
	NL	20.12.2023
	RS	20.12.2023
	SE	20.12.2023
	SM	20.12.2023
	BG	20.03.2024
	NO	20.03.2024
	GR	21.03.2024
	IS	20.04.2024
Former [2024/32]	ES	20.12.2023
	FI	20.12.2023
	HR	20.12.2023
	LT	20.12.2023
	LV	20.12.2023
	NL	20.12.2023
	RS	20.12.2023
	SE	20.12.2023
	BG	20.03.2024
	NO	20.03.2024
	GR	21.03.2024
	IS	20.04.2024
Former [2024/26]	ES	20.12.2023
	FI	20.12.2023
	HR	20.12.2023
	LT	20.12.2023
	LV	20.12.2023
	NL	20.12.2023
	RS	20.12.2023
	SE	20.12.2023
	BG	20.03.2024
	NO	20.03.2024
	GR	21.03.2024
Former [2024/25]	ES	20.12.2023
	FI	20.12.2023
	HR	20.12.2023
	LT	20.12.2023
	RS	20.12.2023
	SE	20.12.2023
	BG	20.03.2024
	NO	20.03.2024
	GR	21.03.2024
Former [2024/21]	FI	20.12.2023
	LT	20.12.2023
	BG	20.03.2024
	GR	21.03.2024
Former [2024/20]	GR	21.03.2024
Documents cited:	Search	[XI] DE102008061087 (METRONA WAERMEMESSER UNION et al.)
		[A] EP2341326 (QUNDIS GMBH et al.)
		[A] DE202007007255 (PAGER DIETMAR et al.)
	by applicant	EP1746556
	Opposition	EP3336500
		CH638308
		DE19640900
		DE202007007255
		DE102017113155
		EP1746556
		DE102008061087
		DE3330941
		DE3335226
		DE102008029145
		WO2018177745
		DE202016101631
		DE29710249
		EP1588873
		EP1925924
		DE102004023989
		EP2341326

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