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EP About this file: EP2585888

EP2585888 - INFINITELY VARIABLE PRESSURE-CONTROL VALVE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusThe application has been refused
Status updated on  18.05.2018
Database last updated on 06.07.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip18.05.2018Refusal of applicationpublished on 20.06.2018  [2018/25]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Pierburg GmbH
Alfred-Pierburg-Strasse 1
41460 Neuss / DE
[2013/18]
Inventor(s)01 / BUSE, Werner
Klösgeskamp 13
41564 Kaarst / DE
02 / SCHNELKER, Franz-Josef
Heinrich-Nauen-Str. 4
41470 Neuss / DE
03 / DOHRMANN, Rolf
Eichendorffstr. 61
41564 Kaarst / DE
04 / SADOWSKI, Christoph
Schulte-Hordelhof-Str. 19a
44866 Bochum / DE
 [2013/18]
Representative(s)ter Smitten, Hans
Terpatent Patentanwälte ter Smitten Eberlein-Van
Hoof Rütten Daubert Partnerschaftsgesellschaft mbB
Burgunderstrasse 29
40549 Düsseldorf / DE
[N/P]
Former [2013/18]ter Smitten, Hans
Ter Smitten Eberlein Rütten
Patentanwälte
Partnerschaftsgesellschaft
Burgunderstrasse 29
40549 Düsseldorf / DE
Application number, filing date11723417.924.05.2011
WO2011EP58410
Priority number, dateDE2010102517525.06.2010         Original published format: DE102010025175
[2013/18]
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2011160910
Date:29.12.2011
Language:DE
[2011/52]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP2585888
Date:01.05.2013
Language:DE
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 29.12.2011 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2013/18]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP29.12.2011
ClassificationIPC:G05D16/20, F16K31/06
[2013/18]
CPC:
G05D16/2022 (EP,US); F01L9/10 (EP,US); F04C14/223 (EP,US);
Y10T137/7793 (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 [2013/18]
TitleGerman:STUFENLOS REGELBARES DRUCKREGELVENTIL[2013/18]
English:INFINITELY VARIABLE PRESSURE-CONTROL VALVE[2013/18]
French:SOUPAPE DE RÉGULATION DE PRESSION À RÉGULATION CONTINUE[2013/18]
Entry into regional phase24.08.2012National basic fee paid 
24.08.2012Designation fee(s) paid 
24.08.2012Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure24.08.2012Examination requested  [2013/18]
31.07.2013Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
10.04.2015Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
05.08.2015Reply to a communication from the examining division
05.02.2018Despatch of communication that the application is refused, reason: substantive examination [2018/25]
15.02.2018Application refused, date of legal effect [2018/25]
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  10.04.2015
Fees paidRenewal fee
29.05.2013Renewal fee patent year 03
28.05.2014Renewal fee patent year 04
28.05.2015Renewal fee patent year 05
30.05.2016Renewal fee patent year 06
30.05.2017Renewal fee patent year 07
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Cited inInternational search[XI]US4744389  (ICHIHASHI KOUJI [JP]) [X] 1,3,5,6,8 * the whole document * [I] 2,4,7,9-15;
 [XI]DE9410219U  (BOSCH GMBH ROBERT [DE]) [X] 1,3,5,6,12,13 * page 5, line 20 - page 6, line 20 * * page 9, line 8 - page 10, line 10; figures 1,2 * [I] 2,4,7-11,14,15;
 [XI]US2009179164  (HIGASHIDOZONO HIDEKI [JP], et al) [X] 1,5,6 * paragraphs [0055] - [0066]; figures 1,2 *[I] 2-4,7-15
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