EP2799747 - Brake actuator and method for making a spring brake actuator [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 24.09.2021 Database last updated on 06.07.2024 | |
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Former | Examination is in progress Status updated on 10.11.2017 | Most recent event Tooltip | 27.04.2024 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): MK | published on 29.05.2024 [2024/22] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC 901 Cleveland Street Elyria, Ohio 44035 / US | [2014/45] | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Plantan, Ronald S. 193 Plantation Drive Morresville, NC North Carolina 28117 / US | 02 /
Clair, Eugene E. 221 Side Saddle Lane Berea, OH Ohio 44017 / US | [2014/45] | Representative(s) | Kleine, Hubertus, et al Loesenbeck - Specht - Dantz Patent- und Rechtsanwälte Am Zwinger 2 33602 Bielefeld / DE | [2020/47] |
Former [2014/45] | Kleine, Hubertus, et al Loesenbeck - Specht - Dantz Am Zwinger 2 33602 Bielefeld / DE | Application number, filing date | 14166696.6 | 30.04.2014 | [2014/45] | Priority number, date | US201313875979 | 02.05.2013 Original published format: US201313875979 | [2014/45] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP2799747 | Date: | 05.11.2014 | Language: | EN | [2014/45] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP2799747 | Date: | 18.11.2020 | Language: | EN | [2020/47] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 06.08.2014 | Classification | IPC: | F16K31/126, F16J3/02, F15B15/10 | [2014/45] | CPC: |
F16J3/02 (EP,US);
F16D49/00 (US);
B60T17/083 (EP,US);
B60T17/088 (EP,US);
F15B15/10 (EP,US);
F16D2121/08 (EP,US);
F16D2250/0084 (EP,US)
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Former [2014/45] | 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 | Title | German: | Bremsaktuator und Verfahren zur Herstellung eines Federbremsaktuators | [2014/45] | English: | Brake actuator and method for making a spring brake actuator | [2014/45] | French: | Actionneur de frein et procédé de fabrication d'un actionneur de frein à ressort | [2014/45] | Examination procedure | 05.05.2015 | Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description) | 05.05.2015 | Examination requested [2015/25] | 14.11.2017 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 14.03.2018 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 22.06.2020 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 09.10.2020 | Fee for grant paid | 09.10.2020 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | 09.10.2020 | Receipt of the translation of the claim(s) | Opposition(s) | 19.08.2021 | No opposition filed within time limit [2021/43] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 29.03.2016 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 21.04.2017 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 23.04.2018 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 23.04.2019 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 27.04.2020 | Renewal fee patent year 07 |
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