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EP About this file: EP2591147

EP2591147 - HARD FACE STRUCTURE AND BODY COMPRISING SAME [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Former [2013/20]HARD FACE STRUCTURE, BODY COMPRISING SAME AND METHOD FOR MAKING SAME
[2020/10]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  23.04.2021
Database last updated on 05.10.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  15.05.2020
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  04.03.2020
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  02.12.2016
Most recent event   Tooltip08.07.2022Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): MK		published on 10.08.2022  [2022/32]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Element Six GmbH
Städeweg 18-24
36151 Burghaun 1 / DE
[2013/20]
Inventor(s)01 / KONYASHIN, Igor Yuri
Element Six GmbH
Städeweg 18-24
36151 Burghaun / DE
02 / RIES, Bernd Heinrich
Element Six GmbH
Städeweg 18-24
36151 Burghaun / DE
03 / LACHMANN, Frank Friedrich
Element Six Holding GmbH
Städeweg 18-24
36151 Burghaun / DE
04 / SCHÄFER, Kersten Heinrich
Element Six GmbH
Städeweg 18-24
36151 Burghaun / DE
 [2013/20]
Representative(s)Rollinson, Gabrielle Mary Joy, et al
Element Six (UK) Limited
Global Innovation Centre
Fermi Avenue
Harwell Oxford
Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0QR / GB
[2020/25]
Former [2014/33]Reeve, Anna Elizabeth, et al
Element Six Limited
Group Intellectual Property
Fermi Avenue
Harwell Campus
Didcot Oxfordshire OX11 0QR / GB
Former [2013/20]Reeve, Anna Elizabeth, et al
Element Six Limited 3rd Floor, Building 4, Chiswick Park 566 Chiswick High Road
GB-London W4 5YE / GB
Application number, filing date11738414.906.07.2011
[2020/25]
WO2011EP61379
Priority number, dateGB2010001158309.07.2010         Original published format: GB 201011583
[2013/20]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2012004292
Date:12.01.2012
Language:EN
[2012/02]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP2591147
Date:15.05.2013
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 12.01.2012 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2013/20]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP2591147
Date:17.06.2020
Language:EN
[2020/25]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP12.01.2012
ClassificationIPC:B22F7/04, C22C29/08, E21C35/18, C23C26/00, C23C26/02, C23C30/00, E21C35/183
[2020/10]
CPC:
B22F7/04 (EP,US); C22C29/08 (EP,GB,US); B28D1/28 (US);
B32B15/013 (US); C23C26/00 (EP,GB,US); C23C26/02 (EP,GB,US);
C23C30/00 (EP,US); C23C30/005 (GB); C23C8/60 (US);
E21C35/183 (EP,GB,US); E21C35/1835 (EP,US); Y10T428/1284 (US);
Y10T428/12951 (US); Y10T428/12958 (US); Y10T428/12972 (US);
Y10T428/12993 (US) (-)
Former IPC [2013/20]C23C26/00, C23C26/02, C23C30/00, E21C35/183, E21B10/46
Designated contracting statesAL,   AT,   BE,   BG,   CH,   CY,   CZ,   DE,   DK,   EE,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GR,   HR,   HU,   IE,   IS,   IT,   LI,   LT,   LU,   LV,   MC,   MK,   MT,   NL,   NO,   PL,   PT,   RO,   RS,   SE,   SI,   SK,   SM,   TR [2020/24]
Former [2013/20]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 
Extension statesBANot yet paid
MENot yet paid
TitleGerman:HARTSCHICHTSTRUKTUR UND KÖRPER DAMIT[2020/10]
English:HARD FACE STRUCTURE AND BODY COMPRISING SAME[2020/10]
French:STRUCTURE À FACE DURE ET CORPS LA COMPRENANT[2020/10]
Former [2013/20]HARTSCHICHTSTRUKTUR, KÖRPER DAMIT UND HERSTELLUNGSVERFAHREN DAFÜR
Former [2013/20]HARD FACE STRUCTURE, BODY COMPRISING SAME AND METHOD FOR MAKING SAME
Former [2013/20]STRUCTURE À FACE DURE, CORPS LA COMPRENANT ET SON PROCÉDÉ DE FABRICATION
Entry into regional phase13.12.2012National basic fee paid 
13.12.2012Designation fee(s) paid 
13.12.2012Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure13.12.2012Examination requested  [2013/20]
13.08.2013Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
23.03.2016Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
21.07.2016Reply to a communication from the examining division
22.11.2016Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
20.03.2017Reply to a communication from the examining division
13.06.2017Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
14.12.2017Reply to a communication from the examining division
10.09.2019Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
10.01.2020Reply to a communication from the examining division
05.03.2020Communication of intention to grant the patent
24.04.2020Fee for grant paid
24.04.2020Fee for publishing/printing paid
24.04.2020Receipt 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  23.03.2016
Opposition(s)18.03.2021No opposition filed within time limit [2021/21]
Fees paidRenewal fee
22.07.2013Renewal fee patent year 03
23.07.2014Renewal fee patent year 04
23.07.2015Renewal fee patent year 05
22.07.2016Renewal fee patent year 06
24.07.2017Renewal fee patent year 07
27.07.2018Renewal fee patent year 08
25.07.2019Renewal fee patent year 09
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipHU06.07.2011
AL17.06.2020
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CY17.06.2020
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Cited inInternational search[AD]WO2010029518  (ELEMENT SIX HOLDING GMBH [DE], et al);
 [AD]WO2010029522  (ELEMENT SIX HOLDING GMBH [DE], et al);
 [E]WO2011128250  (ELEMENT SIX HOLDING GMBH [DE], et al)
by applicantDE3618198
 WO2010029522
 WO2010029518
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