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EP About this file: EP2977691

EP2977691 - COOLING SYSTEM AND HEATING SYSTEM [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  15.07.2022
Database last updated on 11.05.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  06.08.2021
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  13.06.2021
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  31.08.2018
Most recent event   Tooltip27.04.2024Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): MK		published on 29.05.2024 [2024/22]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Guangdong Meizhi Compressor Co., Ltd.
Shunfengshan Industrial Development Zone
Shunde
Foshan, Guangdong 528333 / CN
[2021/36]
Former [2016/04]For all designated states
Guangdong Meizhi Compressor Co., Ltd.
Shunfengshan Industrial Development Zone
Shunde
Foshan, Guangdong 528333 / CN
Inventor(s)01 / GAO, Bin
Shunfengshan Industrial Development Zone
Shunde
Foshan Guangdong 528333 / CN
02 / XIANG, Weimin
Shunfengshan Industrial Development Zone
Shunde
Foshan Guangdong 528333 / CN
03 / YU, Jijiang
Shunfengshan Industrial Development Zone
Shunde
Foshan Guangdong 528333 / CN
04 / GUO, Hong
Shunfengshan Industrial Development Zone
Shunde
Foshan Guangdong 528333 / CN
05 / YANG, Jingtao
Shunfengshan Industrial Development Zone
Shunde
Foshan Guangdong 528333 / CN
06 / ZHANG, Cheng
Shunfengshan Industrial Development Zone
Shunde
Foshan Guangdong 528333 / CN
 [2016/04]
Representative(s)Lam, Alvin, et al
Maucher Jenkins
Seventh Floor Offices
Artillery House
11-19 Artillery Row
London SW1P 1RT / GB
[N/P]
Former [2021/36]Lam, Alvin, et al
Maucher Jenkins
26 Caxton Street
London SW1H 0RJ / GB
Former [2016/04]2K Patentanwälte Blasberg Kewitz & Reichel
Partnerschaft mbB
Schumannstrasse 27
60325 Frankfurt am Main / DE
Application number, filing date13881452.030.09.2013
[2016/04]
WO2013CN84749
Filing languageZH
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2015042970
Date:02.04.2015
Language:ZH
[2015/13]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP2977691
Date:27.01.2016
Language:EN
[2016/04]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP2977691
Date:08.09.2021
Language:EN
[2021/36]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:CN02.04.2015
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP06.05.2016
ClassificationIPC:F25B41/20, F04C29/04, F25B31/00, F25B13/00, F25B1/04
[2021/26]
CPC:
F25B31/006 (EP,US); F25B1/04 (EP); F25B13/00 (EP);
F25B41/20 (EP,US)
Former IPC [2016/23]F25B41/04, F04C29/04, F25B31/00, F25B13/00, F25B1/04
Former IPC [2016/04]F25B41/04, F04C29/04
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 [2016/04]
Extension statesBANot yet paid
MENot yet paid
TitleGerman:KÄLTEANLAGE UND HEIZSYSTEM[2016/04]
English:COOLING SYSTEM AND HEATING SYSTEM[2016/04]
French:SYSTÈME DE REFROIDISSEMENT ET SYSTÈME DE CHAUFFAGE[2016/04]
Entry into regional phase13.10.2014Translation filed 
21.04.2015National basic fee paid 
21.04.2015Search fee paid 
21.04.2015Designation fee(s) paid 
21.04.2015Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure21.04.2015Examination requested  [2016/04]
22.11.2016Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
03.09.2018Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
01.03.2019Reply to a communication from the examining division
18.06.2020Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
11.11.2020Reply to a communication from the examining division
14.06.2021Communication of intention to grant the patent
28.07.2021Fee for grant paid
28.07.2021Fee for publishing/printing paid
28.07.2021Receipt 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  03.09.2018
Opposition(s)09.06.2022No opposition filed within time limit [2022/33]
Fees paidRenewal fee
28.09.2015Renewal fee patent year 03
25.08.2016Renewal fee patent year 04
30.08.2017Renewal fee patent year 05
30.08.2018Renewal fee patent year 06
22.08.2019Renewal fee patent year 07
21.09.2020Renewal fee patent year 08
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