EP2621660 - METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR BALANCING AN ELECTRODE ARM OF A WELDING DEVICE WITH DETERMINATION OF DIFFERENTIAL BALANCE PRESSURE [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 27.07.2018 Database last updated on 08.10.2024 | |
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Former | Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 29.03.2017 | Most recent event Tooltip | 10.07.2020 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): AL | published on 12.08.2020 [2020/33] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Norgren GmbH Bruckstrasse 93 46519 Alpen / DE | [2013/32] | Inventor(s) | 01 /
BRAUN, Florian Kiesmuhle 31 Schwaebisch D-73525 Gmuend / DE | 02 /
HALACH, Thomas Hirschlesweg 5/1 D-73099 Adelberg / DE | 03 /
SCHNUR, Frank Mozartweg 12 D-74357 Boennigheim / DE | 04 /
SCHNEIDER-KONIG, Helmut Wilhelm-Enssle Strasse 121 D-73630 Remshalden / DE | 05 /
LAUBACHER, Thomas Neustadter Hauptstrasse 27 D-71336 Waiblingen / DE | [2013/32] | Representative(s) | Gray, James, et al Withers & Rogers LLP 2 London Bridge London SE1 9RA / GB | [N/P] |
Former [2017/38] | Gray, James, et al Withers & Rogers LLP 4 More London Riverside London SE1 2AU / GB | ||
Former [2013/32] | Hartwell, Ian Peter Ollila Law Limited First Floor, Unit 5, The Courtyard Wixford Park Bidford on Avon Warwickshire B50 4JS / GB | Application number, filing date | 11761077.4 | 24.09.2011 | [2017/38] | WO2011EP66625 | Priority number, date | US20100388731P | 01.10.2010 Original published format: US 388731 P | [2013/32] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO2012041787 | Date: | 05.04.2012 | Language: | EN | [2012/14] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP2621660 | Date: | 07.08.2013 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 05.04.2012 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [2013/32] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP2621660 | Date: | 20.09.2017 | Language: | EN | [2017/38] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | EP | 05.04.2012 | Classification | IPC: | B23K11/11, B23K11/31, F16F9/512 | [2013/32] | CPC: |
B23K11/115 (EP,US);
B23K9/32 (US);
B23K11/314 (EP,US);
F16M2200/04 (EP,US)
| 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 [2013/32] | Extension states | BA | Not yet paid | ME | Not yet paid | Title | German: | VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUM AUSGLEICH EINES ELEKTRODENARMS EINES SCHWEISSGERÄTS MIT BESTIMMUNG DES DIFFERENZIALAUSGLEICHDRUCKS | [2013/32] | English: | METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR BALANCING AN ELECTRODE ARM OF A WELDING DEVICE WITH DETERMINATION OF DIFFERENTIAL BALANCE PRESSURE | [2013/32] | French: | PROCÉDÉ ET APPAREIL D'ÉQUILIBRAGE D'UN BRAS D'ÉLECTRODE D'UN DISPOSITIF DE SOUDAGE AVEC DÉTERMINATION DE PRESSION D'ÉQUILIBRE DIFFÉRENTIELLE | [2013/32] | Entry into regional phase | 26.04.2013 | National basic fee paid | 26.04.2013 | Designation fee(s) paid | 26.04.2013 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 26.04.2013 | Examination requested [2013/32] | 12.12.2013 | Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description) | 26.08.2014 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 05.03.2015 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 22.07.2015 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 26.11.2015 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 30.03.2017 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 08.08.2017 | Fee for grant paid | 08.08.2017 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | 08.08.2017 | Receipt 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 26.08.2014 | Opposition(s) | 21.06.2018 | No opposition filed within time limit [2018/35] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 12.09.2013 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 12.09.2014 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 11.09.2015 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 14.09.2016 | Renewal fee patent year 06 |
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