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EP About this file: EP4050289

EP4050289 - OPERATING UNIT FOR A FRIDGE AND/OR FREEZER [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusExamination is in progress
Status updated on  18.08.2023
Database last updated on 25.03.2025
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  09.12.2022
FormerThe application has been published
Status updated on  29.07.2022
Most recent event   Tooltip25.02.2025New entry: Renewal fee paid 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Liebherr-Hausgeräte Ochsenhausen GmbH
Memminger Str. 77-79
88416 Ochsenhausen / DE
[2022/35]
Inventor(s)01 / HOFMEISTER, Markus
88400 Biberach / DE
 [2022/35]
Representative(s)Herrmann, Uwe
Lorenz Seidler Gossel
Rechtsanwälte Patentanwälte
Partnerschaft mbB
Widenmayerstraße 23
80538 München / DE
[2022/35]
Application number, filing date22157657.221.02.2022
[2022/35]
Priority number, dateDE20211010450625.02.2021         Original published format: DE102021104506
DE20211011183206.05.2021         Original published format: DE102021111832
[2022/35]
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP4050289
Date:31.08.2022
Language:DE
[2022/35]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP13.07.2022
ClassificationIPC:F25D27/00, F25D29/00
[2022/35]
CPC:
F25D27/005 (EP); F25D29/00 (EP); F25D23/02 (EP);
F25D2400/361 (EP); F25D2700/02 (EP); F25D2700/12 (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 [2022/35]
Extension statesBANot yet paid
MENot yet paid
Validation statesKHNot yet paid
MANot yet paid
MDNot yet paid
TNNot yet paid
TitleGerman:BEDIENEINHEIT FÜR EIN KÜHL- UND / ODER GEFRIERGERÄT[2022/35]
English:OPERATING UNIT FOR A FRIDGE AND/OR FREEZER[2022/35]
French:UNITÉ DE COMMANDE POUR UN APPAREIL DE RÉFRIGÉRATION ET/OU DE CONGÉLATION[2022/35]
Examination procedure07.12.2022Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
07.12.2022Examination requested  [2023/02]
07.12.2022Date on which the examining division has become responsible
22.08.2023Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
22.12.2023Reply to a communication from the examining division
03.07.2025Date of oral proceedings
Fees paidRenewal fee
22.02.2024Renewal fee patent year 03
22.02.2025Renewal fee patent year 04
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Documents cited:Search[XY]WO2005090884  (BSH BOSCH SIEMENS HAUSGERAETE [DE], et al);
 [Y]US2008186696  (AWAI GEORGE K [US], et al);
 [A]WO2011063131  (NOHANDS LLC [US], et al);
 [A]WO2013125186  (PANASONIC CORP [JP]);
 [A]WO2014208585  (TOSHIBA KK [JP], et al);
 [Y]EP3379184  (PANASONIC IP MAN CO LTD [JP]);
 [A]EP3524908  (LG ELECTRONICS INC [KR]);
 [X]CN111174507  (HISENSE RONSHEN (GUANGDONG) REFRIGERATOR CO LTD, et al)
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