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EP2567121 - TORQUE TRANSMISSION ARRANGEMENT FOR THE DRIVE TRAIN OF A VEHICLE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusOpposition procedure closed
Status updated on  26.07.2024
Database last updated on 05.04.2025
Most recent event   Tooltip26.07.2024Opposition procedure terminated - date of legal effect publishedpublished on 28.08.2024  [2024/35]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
ZF Friedrichshafen AG
Graf-von-Soden-Platz 1
88046 Friedrichshafen / DE
[N/P]
Inventor(s)01 / SASSE, Christoph
Hans-Weinzierl-Strasse 13
97422 Schweinfurt / DE
 [2013/11]
Representative(s)(deleted)
[N/P]
Application number, filing date11718006.728.04.2011
WO2011EP56714
Priority number, dateDE2010102873507.05.2010         Original published format: DE102010028735
[2013/11]
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2011138216
Date:10.11.2011
Language:DE
[2011/45]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP2567121
Date:13.03.2013
Language:DE
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 10.11.2011 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2013/11]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP2567121
Date:04.03.2015
Language:DE
[2015/10]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP10.11.2011
ClassificationIPC:F16F15/131, F16F15/134, F16H45/02, F16F7/10, F16F15/14
[2014/44]
CPC:
F16F15/1315 (EP,US); F16F7/1034 (US); F16F15/13484 (EP,US);
F16F15/1421 (EP,US); F16F15/1442 (EP,US); F16H45/02 (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 [2013/11]
Extension statesBANot yet paid
MENot yet paid
TitleGerman:DREHMOMENTÜBERTRAGUNGSANORDNUNG FÜR DEN ANTRIEBSSTRANG EINES FAHRZEUGS[2013/11]
English:TORQUE TRANSMISSION ARRANGEMENT FOR THE DRIVE TRAIN OF A VEHICLE[2013/11]
French:AGENCEMENT DE TRANSFERT DE COUPLE POUR LA CHAÎNE CINÉMATIQUE D'UN VÉHICULE[2013/11]
Entry into regional phase08.10.2012National basic fee paid 
08.10.2012Designation fee(s) paid 
08.10.2012Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure08.10.2012Examination requested  [2013/11]
23.05.2013Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
21.10.2014Communication of intention to grant the patent
21.01.2015Fee for grant paid
21.01.2015Fee for publishing/printing paid
21.01.2015Receipt 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  21.10.2014
Opposition(s)Opponent(s)01  03.12.2015  09.12.2015  ADMISSIBLE
Valeo Embrayages
81, avenue Roger Dumoulin
80009 Amiens Cedex 2 / FR
Opponent's representative
Valeo Powertrain Systems
Service Propriété Intellectuelle
Immeuble le Delta
14, avenue des Béguines
95892 Cergy Pontoise / FR
 [N/P]
13.01.2016Invitation to proprietor to file observations on the notice of opposition
20.04.2016Reply of patent proprietor to notice(s) of opposition
23.01.2018Date of oral proceedings
05.03.2018Despatch of minutes of oral proceedings
06.02.2023Despatch of a communication from the opposition division (Time limit: M02)
16.06.2023Despatch of interlocutory decision in opposition
26.06.2023Legal effect of interlocutory decision in opposition
06.10.2023Despatch of communication that the patent will be maintained as amended
23.04.2024Despatch of communication that the opposition procedure will be closed
23.04.2024Legal effect of closure of opposition procedure [2024/35]
Appeal following opposition07.05.2018Appeal received No.  T1227/18
13.07.2018Statement of grounds filed
18.03.2022Result of appeal procedure: maintenance in amended form
13.07.2022Despatch of the decision of the Board of Appeal
18.03.2022Date of oral proceedings
Fees paidRenewal fee
12.04.2013Renewal fee patent year 03
25.03.2014Renewal fee patent year 04
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipHU28.04.2011
AL04.03.2015
BG04.03.2015
CY04.03.2015
CZ04.03.2015
DK04.03.2015
EE04.03.2015
ES04.03.2015
FI04.03.2015
HR04.03.2015
IT04.03.2015
LT04.03.2015
LV04.03.2015
MC04.03.2015
MK04.03.2015
MT04.03.2015
NL04.03.2015
PL04.03.2015
RO04.03.2015
RS04.03.2015
SE04.03.2015
SI04.03.2015
SK04.03.2015
SM04.03.2015
TR04.03.2015
IE28.04.2015
LU28.04.2015
BE30.04.2015
CH30.04.2015
LI30.04.2015
GB04.06.2015
NO04.06.2015
GR05.06.2015
IS04.07.2015
PT06.07.2015
AT28.04.2016
FR30.04.2023
DE03.11.2023
[2024/11]
Cited inInternational search[XAYI]DE3439701  (DAIKIN MFG CO LTD [JP]) [X] 1,4,5,13 * Fig.1, Feder-Masse-Pendel: pos.5,6,7 Dämpferelementanordnung:pos.1,2 bzw. Zwischenmasse pos.3,4,5; page 4, line 4 - page 10, line 25; figure -; claim - * [A] 14 [Y] 10-12,15 [I] 2,3,6-9,16;
 [A]DE3607398  (DAIKIN MFG CO LTD [JP]) [A] 1-16 * Fig.6; page 9 - page 19; figure -; claim - *;
 [XAYI]JPS62194050  (DAIKIN MFG CO LTD) [X] 1-7,13 * the whole document * [A] 14 [Y] 10-12,15 [I] 8,9,16;
 [XAYI]DE3741701  (FICHTEL & SACHS AG [DE]) [X] 1,4,5,13 * Fig.4, pos.C1, C2; pos.3,29,7; Spalte 2 Zeile 58 bis Spalte 3 zeile 17; column 1, line 23 - column 4, line 30; figure -; claim - * [A] 14 [Y] 10-12,15 [I] 2,3,6-9,16;
 [YDA]DE10236752  (DAIMLER CHRYSLER AG [DE]) [YD] 10-12,15 * the whole document *[A] 1-9,13,14,16;
 [AD]DE102008057648  (LUK LAMELLEN & KUPPLUNGSBAU [DE]) [AD] 1-16 * the whole document *;
 [XAYI]DE102008049105  (DAIMLER AG [DE]) [X] 1,4,5,13 * Fig.4; Feder-Masse-Pendel: pos.426,424, 460,402; Dämpferanordnung: pos.408 bzw. Zwischenmasse pos. 416; paragraphs [0006] - [0049]; figure -; claim - * [A] 14 [Y] 10-12,15 [I] 2,3,6-9,16;
 [AD]DE102009042837  (LUK LAMELLEN & KUPPLUNGSBAU [DE]) [AD] 1-16 * the whole document *
by applicantDE10236752
 US2006272466
 DE102008057648
 DE102009042837
 US2010106335
OppositionDE3439701
 DE3607398
 JPS62194050
 DE3741701
 US5713442
 JPH10141429
 JPH10169754
 JPH10169756
 DE10236752
 US2004226794
 JP2009041662
 JP2009115112
 DE102008057648
 WO2009122827
 WO2009147986
 DE102008049105
 DE102009042837
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