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EP2928718 - VEHICLE WITH MULTIPLE DRIVE AXLE ASSEMBLY WITH A RAISABLE AND LOWERABLE REAR DRIVE AXLE, AND METHOD OF NEUTRALIZING THE REAR DRIVE AXLE AND OPERATING SUCH A VEHICLE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 25.06.2021 Database last updated on 03.09.2024
Former	The patent has been granted Status updated on 17.07.2020
Former	Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 28.04.2020
Former	Examination is in progress Status updated on 02.11.2018
Most recent event Tooltip	22.07.2022	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): BE	published on 24.08.2022 [2022/34]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Mack Trucks, Inc. 7900 National Service Road Greensboro, NC 27409 / US
	[2020/34]
Former [2015/42]	For all designated states Mack Trucks, Inc. 7900 National Service Road Greensboro, NC 27409 / US
Inventor(s)	01 / TAVVALA, Krishna 506 Lynnehaven Drive Apt. A Hagerstown, MD 21742 / US
	02 / GORDON, Brian P.O. Box 2 Shady Grove, PA 17256 / US
	[2015/42]
Representative(s)	Zacco Sweden AB P.O. Box 5581 Löjtnantsgatan 21 114 85 Stockholm / SE
	[N/P]
Former [2020/34]	Zacco Sweden AB P.O. Box 5581 114 85 Stockholm / SE
Former [2015/42]	Volvo Technology Corporation Volvo Corporate Intellectual Property BF14100, M1.7 405 08 Göteborg / SE
Application number, filing date	12889452.4	05.12.2012
	[2015/42]
	WO2012US67880
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO2014088566
	Date:	12.06.2014
	Language:	EN
	[2014/24]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP2928718
	Date:	14.10.2015
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 12.06.2014 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2015/42]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP2928718
	Date:	19.08.2020
	Language:	EN
	[2020/34]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	US	12.06.2014
	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	18.07.2016
Classification	IPC:	B60K17/36	[2015/42]
	CPC:	B60K17/36 (EP,US); B60K17/02 (EP,US); B60K17/16 (EP,US); B60K17/165 (EP,US); B60K23/08 (EP,US); B62D61/125 (US); (+) B60K2023/085 (EP,US); B60W2510/0638 (EP); B60W2510/0657 (EP); B60W2530/10 (EP) (-)
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 [2015/42]
Extension states	BA	Not yet paid
	ME	Not yet paid
Title	German:	FAHRZEUG MIT MEHREREN ANTRIEBSACHSEN UND EINER HEB- UND SENKBAREN HINTEREN ANTRIEBSACHSE SOWIE VERFAHREN ZUR NEUTRALISIERUNG DER HINTERANTRIEBSACHSE UND ZUM BETREIBEN SOLCH EINES FAHRZEUGS	[2015/42]
	English:	VEHICLE WITH MULTIPLE DRIVE AXLE ASSEMBLY WITH A RAISABLE AND LOWERABLE REAR DRIVE AXLE, AND METHOD OF NEUTRALIZING THE REAR DRIVE AXLE AND OPERATING SUCH A VEHICLE	[2015/42]
	French:	VÉHICULE DISPOSANT D'UN ENSEMBLE D'ESSIEUX MOTEURS MULTIPLES COMPORTANT UN ESSIEU MOTEUR ARRIÈRE RELEVABLE ET ABAISSABLE, ET PROCÉDÉ DE NEUTRALISATION DE L'ESSIEU MOTEUR ARRIÈRE ET FONCTIONNEMENT D'UN TEL VÉHICULE	[2015/42]
Entry into regional phase	06.07.2015	National basic fee paid
	06.07.2015	Search fee paid
	06.07.2015	Designation fee(s) paid
	06.07.2015	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	30.09.2014	Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: US
	06.07.2015	Examination requested [2015/42]
	02.02.2017	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	02.11.2018	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	18.02.2019	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	07.11.2019	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	23.01.2020	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	29.04.2020	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	14.07.2020	Fee for grant paid
	14.07.2020	Fee for publishing/printing paid
	14.07.2020	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 02.11.2018
Opposition(s)	20.05.2021	No opposition filed within time limit [2021/30]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	06.07.2015	Renewal fee patent year 03
	16.12.2015	Renewal fee patent year 04
	08.12.2016	Renewal fee patent year 05
	15.12.2017	Renewal fee patent year 06
	21.12.2018	Renewal fee patent year 07
	19.12.2019	Renewal fee patent year 08
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	HU	05.12.2012
	AL	19.08.2020
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	HR	19.08.2020
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	BG	19.11.2020
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	GB	05.12.2020
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	IS	19.12.2020
	PT	21.12.2020
	BE	31.12.2020
	CH	31.12.2020
	LI	31.12.2020
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	AL	19.08.2020
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Documents cited:	Search	[A]US6790154 (KELLEY JR WILLIAM R [US])[A] 1-15;
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		[A]DE102006045007 (DAIMLER AG [DE]) [A] 1-15 * abstract *
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		[Y]US7918465 (METZGER DONALD C [US])
	by applicant	US6790154
		US2006172852

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