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EP2659438 - METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MARKING MANUFACTURED ITEMS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusThe application has been refused
Status updated on  08.09.2023
Database last updated on 28.09.2024
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  11.08.2017
Most recent event   Tooltip08.09.2023Refusal of applicationpublished on 11.10.2023  [2023/41]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
INEXTO SA
Avenue Edouard-Dapples 7
1006 Lausanne / CH
[2016/44]
Former [2013/45]For all designated states
Digital Coding and Tracking Association
c/o Transcontag AG
Dufourstrasse 55
8008 Zürich / CH
Inventor(s)01 / CHATELAIN, Philippe
Chemin de Chaudremont 12a
CH-1373 Chavornay / CH
02 / CHANEZ, Patrick
Rte d'Yverdon-les-Bains 405
CH-1468 Cheyres / CH
03 / FRADET, Erwan
Chemin du Grabe 3A
1091 Grandvaux / CH
04 / SAGER, Alain
Route de Reynet 4
CH-1615 Bossonnens / CH
 [2014/27]
Former [2013/45]01 / CHATELAIN, Philippe
Chemin de Chaudremont 12a
CH-1373 Chavornay / CH
02 / CHANEZ, Patrick
Rte d'Yverdon-les-Bains 405
CH-1468 Cheyres / CH
03 / FRADET, Erwan
Chemin du Grabe 3A
CH-1091 Grandvaux / CH
04 / SAGER, Alain
Route de Reynet 4
CH-1615 Bossonnens / CH
Representative(s)Cabinet Beau de Loménie
51 avenue Jean Jaurès
BP 7073
69301 Lyon Cedex 07 / FR
[N/P]
Former [2013/45]Fischer, Britta Ruth
E. BLUM & CO. AG Vorderberg 11
8044 Zürich / CH
Application number, filing date11820843.821.12.2011
WO2011EP73588
Priority number, dateEP2010025225830.12.2010         Original published format: EP 10252258
[2013/45]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2012089582
Date:05.07.2012
Language:EN
[2012/27]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP2659438
Date:06.11.2013
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 05.07.2012 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2013/45]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP05.07.2012
ClassificationIPC:G06Q10/00
[2013/45]
CPC:
G06Q30/0185 (EP,US); G06Q10/08 (KR); G06Q10/06 (EP,US);
G06Q10/087 (EP,US); H04L9/0816 (US); H04L9/0819 (EP,US);
H04L9/083 (EP,US); H04L9/0869 (EP,US); H04L9/32 (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 [2013/45]
TitleGerman:VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUR MARKIERUNG VON ERZEUGNISSEN[2013/45]
English:METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MARKING MANUFACTURED ITEMS[2013/45]
French:PROCÉDÉ ET APPAREIL PERMETTANT DE MARQUER DES ARTICLES FABRIQUÉS[2013/45]
Entry into regional phase03.07.2013National basic fee paid 
03.07.2013Designation fee(s) paid 
03.07.2013Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure03.07.2013Examination requested  [2013/45]
02.04.2014Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
14.08.2017Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
11.01.2018Reply to a communication from the examining division
25.09.2019Date of oral proceedings
06.02.2020Minutes of oral proceedings despatched
11.02.2020Despatch of communication that the application is refused, reason: substantive examination [2023/41]
08.08.2023Application refused, date of legal effect [2023/41]
Appeal following examination09.04.2020Appeal received No.  T1479/20
18.06.2020Statement of grounds filed
08.08.2023Result of appeal procedure: appeal of the applicant withdrawn
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  14.08.2017
Fees paidRenewal fee
13.12.2013Renewal fee patent year 03
03.11.2014Renewal fee patent year 04
15.10.2015Renewal fee patent year 05
23.12.2016Renewal fee patent year 06
22.12.2017Renewal fee patent year 07
21.12.2018Renewal fee patent year 08
23.12.2019Renewal fee patent year 09
22.12.2020Renewal fee patent year 10
20.12.2021Renewal fee patent year 11
22.12.2022Renewal fee patent year 12
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Cited inInternational search[A]GB2342743  (ELLIOT NICHOLAS PAUL [GB], et al) [A] 1-15 * abstract * * page 1, line 1 - page 3, line 12 * * page 5, line 25 - page 6, line 23 *;
 [XI]EP1645992  (PHILIP MORRIS PRODUCTS SA [CH]) [X] 1-4,13 * abstract * * paragraph [0006] - paragraph [0008] * * paragraph [0016] - paragraph [0021] * * paragraph [0023] - paragraph [0034] * * paragraph [0040] - paragraph [0059] * * paragraph [0062] - paragraph [0065] * * paragraph [0069] * * claim 1 * [I] 1-15;
 [A]US2010258641  (YU ZHI [CN]) [A] 1-15* abstract *;
 [I]WO2010140892  (KEZZLER AS [NO], et al) [I] 1-15 * abstract * * page 4, line 21 - page 6, line 8 * * page 7, line 5 - page 14, line 27 * * page 20, line 10 - line 14 *
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