EP2640904 - TOILET SEAT HINGE ASSEMBLY [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 06.10.2017 Database last updated on 03.09.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 17.07.2020 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): AL, IS | published on 19.08.2020 [2020/34] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Bemis Manufacturing Company 300 Mill Street Sheboygan Falls, WI 53085 / US | [2013/39] | Inventor(s) | 01 /
HAND, Joseph N4024 Onion River Way Sheboygan Falls, WI 53085 / US | 02 /
LE MAHIEU, Brian L. 1610 Knoll Crest Drive Sheboygan, WI 53081 / US | 03 /
HENNE, Brian A. 223 Maple Drive Plymouth, WI 53073 / US | 04 /
GREBEL, Randall N6639 Riverview Road Plymouth, WI 53073 / US | [2013/39] | Representative(s) | Carpmael, Robert Maurice Charles, et al Marks & Clerk LLP 15 Fetter Lane London EC4A 1BW / GB | [N/P] |
Former [2016/48] | Carpmael, Robert Maurice Charles, et al Marks & Clerk LLP 90 Long Acre London WC2E 9RA / GB | ||
Former [2013/39] | Robertson, James Alexander Marks & Clerk LLP 90 Long Acre London WC2E 9RA / GB | Application number, filing date | 12758271.6 | 12.03.2012 | [2016/48] | WO2012US28729 | Priority number, date | US201161451708P | 11.03.2011 Original published format: US 201161451708 P | US201161514209P | 02.08.2011 Original published format: US 201161514209 P | US201161550155P | 21.10.2011 Original published format: US 201161550155 P | WO2011US65315 | 16.12.2011 Original published format: PCT/US2011/065315 | [2013/39] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A2 Application without search report | No.: | WO2012125535 | Date: | 20.09.2012 | Language: | EN | [2012/38] | Type: | A2 Application without search report | No.: | EP2640904 | Date: | 25.09.2013 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 20.09.2012 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [2013/39] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP2640904 | Date: | 30.11.2016 | Language: | EN | [2016/48] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | US | 08.05.2014 | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 29.05.2015 | Classification | IPC: | E03D11/13, A47K13/12, A47K13/26, F16B13/12, F16B33/00 | [2015/27] | CPC: |
A47K13/12 (EP,US);
A47K13/26 (EP,US);
F16B13/128 (US);
F16B19/1072 (EP,US);
F16B31/021 (EP,US);
F16B13/066 (EP,US);
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Former IPC [2013/39] | E03D11/13 | 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 [2013/39] | Extension states | BA | Not yet paid | ME | Not yet paid | Title | German: | SCHARNIERANORDNUNG FÜR EINEN TOILETTENSITZ | [2013/39] | English: | TOILET SEAT HINGE ASSEMBLY | [2013/39] | French: | ENSEMBLE CHARNIÈRE DE SIÈGE DE TOILETTES | [2013/39] | Entry into regional phase | 19.06.2013 | National basic fee paid | 19.06.2013 | Search fee paid | 19.06.2013 | Designation fee(s) paid | 19.06.2013 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 11.10.2012 | Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: US | 19.06.2013 | Examination requested [2013/39] | 14.08.2015 | Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description) | 07.06.2016 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 11.10.2016 | Fee for grant paid | 11.10.2016 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | 11.10.2016 | Receipt of the translation of the claim(s) | Divisional application(s) | EP16197411.8 / EP3155945 | EP16197413.4 / EP3155946 | The date of the Examining Division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued is 07.06.2016 | Opposition(s) | 31.08.2017 | No opposition filed within time limit [2017/45] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 21.03.2014 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 24.03.2015 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 25.03.2016 | Renewal fee patent year 05 |
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Responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or quality of the data displayed under the link provided lies entirely with the Unified Patent Court. | Lapses during opposition Tooltip | HU | 12.03.2012 | AL | 30.11.2016 | AT | 30.11.2016 | BE | 30.11.2016 | CY | 30.11.2016 | CZ | 30.11.2016 | DK | 30.11.2016 | EE | 30.11.2016 | ES | 30.11.2016 | FI | 30.11.2016 | HR | 30.11.2016 | LT | 30.11.2016 | LV | 30.11.2016 | MC | 30.11.2016 | MK | 30.11.2016 | NL | 30.11.2016 | PL | 30.11.2016 | RO | 30.11.2016 | RS | 30.11.2016 | SE | 30.11.2016 | SI | 30.11.2016 | SK | 30.11.2016 | SM | 30.11.2016 | TR | 30.11.2016 | BG | 28.02.2017 | NO | 28.02.2017 | GR | 01.03.2017 | IE | 12.03.2017 | LU | 12.03.2017 | MT | 12.03.2017 | IS | 30.03.2017 | PT | 30.03.2017 | CH | 31.03.2017 | LI | 31.03.2017 | [2020/33] |
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Former [2017/12] | LV | 30.11.2016 | Documents cited: | Search | [I]US4416048 (OTTE TIMOTHY J [US]) [I] 1-15 * column 3, line 14 - line 19 * * column 3, line 54 - column 4, line 10; figures 1-4,4a *; | [A]US4015505 (MURRAY PIERRE CHARLES) [A] 1-15 * figures 1-8 * | International search | [Y]US4878255 (GRIMSTAD RONALD N [US], et al); | [Y]US4015505 (MURRAY PIERRE CHARLES); | [Y]US2009211005 (HAND JOSEPH [US], et al); | [Y]US2971425 (BLAKELEY RICHARD H); | [Y]US4819522 (STINSON DENNIS D [US]) | by applicant | US4416048 | US4015505 | US2009276944 |