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EP About this file: EP2848160

EP2848160 - Seat or lounger [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  27.10.2017
Database last updated on 03.08.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  18.11.2016
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  15.11.2016
Most recent event   Tooltip17.07.2020Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): AL		published on 19.08.2020  [2020/34]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Rolf Benz AG & Co. KG
Haiterbacher Strasse 104
72202 Nagold / DE
[2015/12]
Inventor(s)01 / Joachim Nees
Hauptstraße 50
Schöllkrippen / DE
02 / Nees, Joachim
Hauptstrasse 50
63825 Schöllkrippen / DE
 [2015/12]
Representative(s)Späth, Dieter
ABACUS
Patentanwälte
Lise-Meitner-Strasse 21
72202 Nagold / DE
[2015/12]
Application number, filing date13401103.016.09.2013
[2015/12]
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP2848160
Date:18.03.2015
Language:DE
[2015/12]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP2848160
Date:21.12.2016
Language:DE
[2016/51]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP12.02.2014
ClassificationIPC:A47C1/027, A47C7/40, A47C7/38, A47C7/46, A47C17/16
[2015/12]
CPC:
A47C1/027 (EP); A47C17/162 (EP); A47C7/38 (EP);
A47C7/402 (EP); A47C7/462 (EP)
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 [2015/33]
Former [2015/12]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 
TitleGerman:Sitz- und Liegemöbel[2015/12]
English:Seat or lounger[2015/12]
French:Meuble destiné à s'asseoir et s'allonger[2015/12]
Examination procedure11.09.2014Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
11.09.2014Examination requested  [2015/12]
17.03.2015Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
30.06.2015Reply to a communication from the examining division
19.10.2015Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
04.02.2016Reply to a communication from the examining division
25.05.2016Communication of intention to grant the patent
20.09.2016Disapproval of the communication of intention to grant the patent by the applicant or resumption of examination proceedings by the EPO
20.09.2016Fee for grant paid
20.09.2016Fee for publishing/printing paid
18.10.2016Communication of intention to grant the patent
31.10.2016Receipt 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  17.03.2015
Opposition(s)22.09.2017No opposition filed within time limit [2017/48]
Fees paidRenewal fee
02.07.2015Renewal fee patent year 03
30.06.2016Renewal fee patent year 04
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipHU16.09.2013
AL21.12.2016
CY21.12.2016
CZ21.12.2016
DK21.12.2016
EE21.12.2016
ES21.12.2016
FI21.12.2016
HR21.12.2016
IT21.12.2016
LT21.12.2016
LV21.12.2016
MC21.12.2016
MK21.12.2016
MT21.12.2016
PL21.12.2016
RO21.12.2016
RS21.12.2016
SE21.12.2016
SI21.12.2016
SK21.12.2016
SM21.12.2016
TR21.12.2016
BG21.03.2017
NO21.03.2017
GR22.03.2017
IS21.04.2017
PT21.04.2017
GB16.09.2017
IE16.09.2017
LU16.09.2017
[2020/34]
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CY21.12.2016
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BG21.03.2017
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HR21.12.2016
LT21.12.2016
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SE21.12.2016
NO21.03.2017
GR22.03.2017
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Documents cited:Search[XAY]EP0016937  (ZAPF OTTO [DE]) [X] 1,2 * page 4, line 4 - page 6, line 21; figures 1-2 * [A] 6 [Y] 3-5;
 [X]DE10126204  (CIMOSYS AG GOLDINGEN [CH]) [X] 1 * paragraph [0023] - paragraph [0033]; figures 1-2 *;
 [X]FR2087577  (BOURGEOIS EMMANUEL) [X] 1 * page 1, line 23 - line 40; figures 1-4 *;
 [Y]DE4426520  (HOELLE ERWIN [DE]) [Y] 3-5 * column 4, line 32 - column 8, line 56; figures 1-6 *;
 [A]DE202010014916U  (STUDIOBEIER GMBH [DE]) [A] 1 * paragraph [0017] - paragraph [0030]; figures 1-5 *
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