EP2720932 - TRACTOR AND TRAILER COMBINATION [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 28.02.2020 Database last updated on 20.07.2024 | |
Former | The patent has been granted Status updated on 22.03.2019 | ||
Former | Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 04.11.2018 | ||
Former | Examination is in progress Status updated on 28.04.2017 | Most recent event Tooltip | 01.07.2022 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): MK | published on 03.08.2022 [2022/31] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Thermo King Corporation 314 West 90th Street Minneapolis, MN 55420 / US | [2014/17] | Inventor(s) | 01 /
KOLDA, Michal Kettnerova 2056/12 155 00 Prague / CZ | 02 /
PROCHAZKA, Petr Ohnivcova 22 147 00 Prague / CZ | 03 /
RYSKA, Antonin Pod Strani 1 100 00 Prague / CZ | 04 /
KOPECKA, Marketa Okruzni 435 755 01 Vsetin / CZ | 05 /
HURYCH, Arnost Drahotin 36 Pobezovice 345 22 / CZ | 06 /
HEGAR, Michal Za Zameckem 746/3 158 00 Prague / CZ | 07 /
RAJTMAJER, Vaclav Husova 11 266 01 Beroun / CZ | 08 /
PARDUBICKY, Jakub Amforová 1900/14 Praha 13 155 00 / CZ | 09 /
KMOCH, Vladimir Pisnicka 50/755 142 00 Prague / CZ | [2014/22] |
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KOLDA, Michal Kettnerova 2056/12 155 00 Prague / CZ | ||
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PROCHAZKA, Petr Ohnivcova 22 147 00 Prague / CZ | |||
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RYSKA, Antonin Pod Strani 1 100 00 Prague / CZ | |||
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KOPECKA, Marketa Okruzni 435 755 01 Vsetin / CZ | |||
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HURYCH, Arnost Breitcetlova 1/876 198 00 Prague / CZ | |||
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HEGAR, Michal Za Zameckem 746/3 158 00 Prague / CZ | |||
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RAJTMAJER, Vaclav Husova 11 266 01 Beroun / CZ | |||
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PARDUBICKY, Jakub Ostrovskeho 19 150 00 Prague / CZ | |||
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KMOCH, Vladimir Pisnicka 50/755 142 00 Prague / CZ | Representative(s) | Haseltine Lake Kempner LLP One Portwall Square Portwall Lane Bristol BS1 6BH / GB | [N/P] |
Former [2019/17] | Haseltine Lake LLP Redcliff Quay 120 Redcliff Street Bristol BS1 6HU / GB | ||
Former [2014/17] | Roberts, Peter David Marks & Clerk LLP 1 New York Street Manchester, M1 4HD / GB | Application number, filing date | 12802798.4 | 11.06.2012 | [2019/17] | WO2012US41818 | Priority number, date | US201113163868 | 20.06.2011 Original published format: US201113163868 | [2014/17] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A2 Application without search report | No.: | WO2012177427 | Date: | 27.12.2012 | Language: | EN | [2012/52] | Type: | A2 Application without search report | No.: | EP2720932 | Date: | 23.04.2014 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 27.12.2012 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [2014/17] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP2720932 | Date: | 24.04.2019 | Language: | EN | [2019/17] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | KR | 25.04.2013 | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 05.10.2015 | Classification | IPC: | B62D53/12, B60D1/62, B60P3/20, B62D53/08 | [2015/45] | CPC: |
B60D1/62 (EP,US);
B62D53/08 (EP,US)
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Former IPC [2014/17] | B62D53/12, B60D1/62 | 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 [2014/17] | Extension states | BA | Not yet paid | ME | Not yet paid | Title | German: | KOMBINATION AUS EINEM TRAKTOR UND EINEM ANHÄNGER | [2014/17] | English: | TRACTOR AND TRAILER COMBINATION | [2014/17] | French: | COMBINAISON D'UN TRACTEUR ET D'UNE REMORQUE | [2014/17] | Entry into regional phase | 31.12.2013 | National basic fee paid | 31.12.2013 | Search fee paid | 31.12.2013 | Designation fee(s) paid | 31.12.2013 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 31.12.2013 | Examination requested [2014/17] | 29.04.2016 | Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description) | 26.04.2017 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 06.09.2017 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 05.11.2018 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 05.03.2019 | Fee for grant paid | 05.03.2019 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | 05.03.2019 | 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 26.04.2017 | Opposition(s) | 27.01.2020 | No opposition filed within time limit [2020/14] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 08.09.2014 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 25.06.2015 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 23.06.2016 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 22.06.2017 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 22.06.2018 | Renewal fee patent year 07 | Penalty fee | Additional fee for renewal fee | 30.06.2014 | 03   M06   Fee paid on   08.09.2014 |
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