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EP2943601 - APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MAINTAINING TRIVALENT CHROMIUM BATH PLATING EFFICIENCY [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 18.06.2021 Database last updated on 24.07.2024
Former	The patent has been granted Status updated on 10.07.2020
Former	Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 19.03.2020
Former	Examination is in progress Status updated on 22.06.2018
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 Coventya Inc. 4639 Van Epps Rd. Brooklyn Heights, OH 44131 / US
	[2015/47]
Inventor(s)	01 / BOKISA, George 27906 Sanders Land North Olmsted, Ohio 44070 / US
	[2015/47]
Representative(s)	Maiwald GmbH Elisenhof Elisenstraße 3 80335 München / DE
	[N/P]
Former [2020/33]	Maiwald Patent- und Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH Elisenhof Elisenstraße 3 80335 München / DE
Former [2015/47]	Maiwald Patentanwalts GmbH Elisenhof Elisenstrasse 3 80335 München / DE
Application number, filing date	14738112.3	10.01.2014
	[2015/47]
	WO2014US11108
Priority number, date	US201361750974P	10.01.2013 Original published format: US 201361750974 P
	[2015/47]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO2014110416
	Date:	17.07.2014
	Language:	EN
	[2014/29]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP2943601
	Date:	18.11.2015
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 17.07.2014 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2015/47]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP2943601
	Date:	12.08.2020
	Language:	EN
	[2020/33]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	RU	17.07.2014
	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	26.07.2016
Classification	IPC:	C25D3/06, C25D5/00, C25D19/00, C25D21/18, C25D3/08	[2016/34]
	CPC:	C25D3/06 (EP,KR,US); C25D21/18 (EP,KR,US); C25D17/00 (KR); C25D17/007 (KR); C25D17/10 (KR); C25D21/16 (US); (+) C25D3/08 (EP,US) (-)
	Former IPC [2015/47]	C25D3/06, C25D5/00, C25D19/00, C25D21/18
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 [2015/47]
Extension states	BA	Not yet paid
	ME	Not yet paid
Title	German:	VORRICHTUNG UND VERFAHREN ZUR BEWAHRUNG DER EFFIZIENZ DER BADPLATTIERUNG VON DREIWERTIGEM CHROM	[2015/47]
	English:	APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MAINTAINING TRIVALENT CHROMIUM BATH PLATING EFFICIENCY	[2015/47]
	French:	APPAREIL ET PROCÉDÉ DE MAINTIEN DE L'EFFICACITÉ DE PLACAGE DE BAIN DE CHROME TRIVALENT	[2015/47]
Entry into regional phase	28.07.2015	National basic fee paid
	28.07.2015	Search fee paid
	28.07.2015	Designation fee(s) paid
	28.07.2015	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	28.07.2015	Examination requested [2015/47]
	16.01.2017	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	22.06.2018	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	16.10.2018	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	12.02.2019	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	05.06.2019	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	14.10.2019	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	23.12.2019	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	20.03.2020	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	30.06.2020	Fee for grant paid
	30.06.2020	Fee for publishing/printing paid
	30.06.2020	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 22.06.2018
Opposition(s)	14.05.2021	No opposition filed within time limit [2021/29]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	27.01.2016	Renewal fee patent year 03
	27.01.2017	Renewal fee patent year 04
	29.01.2018	Renewal fee patent year 05
	28.01.2019	Renewal fee patent year 06
	27.01.2020	Renewal fee patent year 07
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	HU	10.01.2014
	AL	12.08.2020
	AT	12.08.2020
	CY	12.08.2020
	CZ	12.08.2020
	DK	12.08.2020
	EE	12.08.2020
	ES	12.08.2020
	FI	12.08.2020
	HR	12.08.2020
	IT	12.08.2020
	LT	12.08.2020
	LV	12.08.2020
	MC	12.08.2020
	MK	12.08.2020
	NL	12.08.2020
	PL	12.08.2020
	RO	12.08.2020
	RS	12.08.2020
	SE	12.08.2020
	SI	12.08.2020
	SK	12.08.2020
	SM	12.08.2020
	BG	12.11.2020
	NO	12.11.2020
	GR	13.11.2020
	IS	12.12.2020
	PT	14.12.2020
	IE	10.01.2021
	LU	10.01.2021
	BE	31.01.2021
	CH	31.01.2021
	LI	31.01.2021
	[2024/22]
Former [2023/30]	HU	10.01.2014
	AL	12.08.2020
	AT	12.08.2020
	CY	12.08.2020
	CZ	12.08.2020
	DK	12.08.2020
	EE	12.08.2020
	ES	12.08.2020
	FI	12.08.2020
	HR	12.08.2020
	IT	12.08.2020
	LT	12.08.2020
	LV	12.08.2020
	MC	12.08.2020
	NL	12.08.2020
	PL	12.08.2020
	RO	12.08.2020
	RS	12.08.2020
	SE	12.08.2020
	SI	12.08.2020
	SK	12.08.2020
	SM	12.08.2020
	BG	12.11.2020
	NO	12.11.2020
	GR	13.11.2020
	IS	12.12.2020
	PT	14.12.2020
	IE	10.01.2021
	LU	10.01.2021
	BE	31.01.2021
	CH	31.01.2021
	LI	31.01.2021
Former [2023/27]	HU	10.01.2014
	AL	12.08.2020
	AT	12.08.2020
	CZ	12.08.2020
	DK	12.08.2020
	EE	12.08.2020
	ES	12.08.2020
	FI	12.08.2020
	HR	12.08.2020
	IT	12.08.2020
	LT	12.08.2020
	LV	12.08.2020
	MC	12.08.2020
	NL	12.08.2020
	PL	12.08.2020
	RO	12.08.2020
	RS	12.08.2020
	SE	12.08.2020
	SI	12.08.2020
	SK	12.08.2020
	SM	12.08.2020
	BG	12.11.2020
	NO	12.11.2020
	GR	13.11.2020
	IS	12.12.2020
	PT	14.12.2020
	IE	10.01.2021
	LU	10.01.2021
	BE	31.01.2021
	CH	31.01.2021
	LI	31.01.2021
Former [2023/20]	AL	12.08.2020
	AT	12.08.2020
	CZ	12.08.2020
	DK	12.08.2020
	EE	12.08.2020
	ES	12.08.2020
	FI	12.08.2020
	HR	12.08.2020
	IT	12.08.2020
	LT	12.08.2020
	LV	12.08.2020
	MC	12.08.2020
	NL	12.08.2020
	PL	12.08.2020
	RO	12.08.2020
	RS	12.08.2020
	SE	12.08.2020
	SI	12.08.2020
	SK	12.08.2020
	SM	12.08.2020
	BG	12.11.2020
	NO	12.11.2020
	GR	13.11.2020
	IS	12.12.2020
	PT	14.12.2020
	IE	10.01.2021
	LU	10.01.2021
	BE	31.01.2021
	CH	31.01.2021
	LI	31.01.2021
Former [2022/34]	AL	12.08.2020
	AT	12.08.2020
	CZ	12.08.2020
	DK	12.08.2020
	EE	12.08.2020
	ES	12.08.2020
	FI	12.08.2020
	HR	12.08.2020
	IT	12.08.2020
	LT	12.08.2020
	LV	12.08.2020
	MC	12.08.2020
	NL	12.08.2020
	PL	12.08.2020
	RO	12.08.2020
	RS	12.08.2020
	SE	12.08.2020
	SI	12.08.2020
	SK	12.08.2020
	SM	12.08.2020
	BG	12.11.2020
	NO	12.11.2020
	GR	13.11.2020
	IS	12.12.2020
	IE	10.01.2021
	LU	10.01.2021
	BE	31.01.2021
	CH	31.01.2021
	LI	31.01.2021
Former [2022/07]	AL	12.08.2020
	AT	12.08.2020
	CZ	12.08.2020
	DK	12.08.2020
	EE	12.08.2020
	ES	12.08.2020
	FI	12.08.2020
	HR	12.08.2020
	IT	12.08.2020
	LT	12.08.2020
	LV	12.08.2020
	MC	12.08.2020
	NL	12.08.2020
	PL	12.08.2020
	RO	12.08.2020
	RS	12.08.2020
	SE	12.08.2020
	SI	12.08.2020
	SK	12.08.2020
	SM	12.08.2020
	BG	12.11.2020
	NO	12.11.2020
	GR	13.11.2020
	IS	12.12.2020
	IE	10.01.2021
	LU	10.01.2021
	CH	31.01.2021
	LI	31.01.2021
Former [2021/52]	AL	12.08.2020
	AT	12.08.2020
	CZ	12.08.2020
	DK	12.08.2020
	EE	12.08.2020
	ES	12.08.2020
	FI	12.08.2020
	HR	12.08.2020
	IT	12.08.2020
	LT	12.08.2020
	LV	12.08.2020
	MC	12.08.2020
	NL	12.08.2020
	PL	12.08.2020
	RO	12.08.2020
	RS	12.08.2020
	SE	12.08.2020
	SI	12.08.2020
	SK	12.08.2020
	SM	12.08.2020
	BG	12.11.2020
	NO	12.11.2020
	GR	13.11.2020
	IS	12.12.2020
	LU	10.01.2021
	CH	31.01.2021
	LI	31.01.2021
Former [2021/43]	AL	12.08.2020
	AT	12.08.2020
	CZ	12.08.2020
	DK	12.08.2020
	EE	12.08.2020
	ES	12.08.2020
	FI	12.08.2020
	HR	12.08.2020
	IT	12.08.2020
	LT	12.08.2020
	LV	12.08.2020
	MC	12.08.2020
	NL	12.08.2020
	PL	12.08.2020
	RO	12.08.2020
	RS	12.08.2020
	SE	12.08.2020
	SI	12.08.2020
	SK	12.08.2020
	SM	12.08.2020
	BG	12.11.2020
	NO	12.11.2020
	GR	13.11.2020
	IS	12.12.2020
	LU	10.01.2021
Former [2021/40]	AL	12.08.2020
	AT	12.08.2020
	CZ	12.08.2020
	DK	12.08.2020
	EE	12.08.2020
	ES	12.08.2020
	FI	12.08.2020
	HR	12.08.2020
	IT	12.08.2020
	LT	12.08.2020
	LV	12.08.2020
	MC	12.08.2020
	NL	12.08.2020
	PL	12.08.2020
	RO	12.08.2020
	RS	12.08.2020
	SE	12.08.2020
	SI	12.08.2020
	SK	12.08.2020
	SM	12.08.2020
	BG	12.11.2020
	NO	12.11.2020
	GR	13.11.2020
	IS	12.12.2020
Former [2021/36]	AL	12.08.2020
	AT	12.08.2020
	CZ	12.08.2020
	DK	12.08.2020
	EE	12.08.2020
	ES	12.08.2020
	FI	12.08.2020
	HR	12.08.2020
	IT	12.08.2020
	LT	12.08.2020
	LV	12.08.2020
	NL	12.08.2020
	PL	12.08.2020
	RO	12.08.2020
	RS	12.08.2020
	SE	12.08.2020
	SI	12.08.2020
	SK	12.08.2020
	SM	12.08.2020
	BG	12.11.2020
	NO	12.11.2020
	GR	13.11.2020
	IS	12.12.2020
Former [2021/34]	AL	12.08.2020
	AT	12.08.2020
	CZ	12.08.2020
	DK	12.08.2020
	EE	12.08.2020
	ES	12.08.2020
	FI	12.08.2020
	HR	12.08.2020
	IT	12.08.2020
	LT	12.08.2020
	LV	12.08.2020
	NL	12.08.2020
	PL	12.08.2020
	RO	12.08.2020
	RS	12.08.2020
	SE	12.08.2020
	SK	12.08.2020
	SM	12.08.2020
	BG	12.11.2020
	NO	12.11.2020
	GR	13.11.2020
	IS	12.12.2020
Former [2021/28]	AL	12.08.2020
	AT	12.08.2020
	CZ	12.08.2020
	DK	12.08.2020
	EE	12.08.2020
	ES	12.08.2020
	FI	12.08.2020
	HR	12.08.2020
	LT	12.08.2020
	LV	12.08.2020
	NL	12.08.2020
	PL	12.08.2020
	RO	12.08.2020
	RS	12.08.2020
	SE	12.08.2020
	SK	12.08.2020
	SM	12.08.2020
	BG	12.11.2020
	NO	12.11.2020
	GR	13.11.2020
	IS	12.12.2020
Former [2021/25]	AL	12.08.2020
	AT	12.08.2020
	CZ	12.08.2020
	DK	12.08.2020
	EE	12.08.2020
	ES	12.08.2020
	FI	12.08.2020
	HR	12.08.2020
	LT	12.08.2020
	LV	12.08.2020
	NL	12.08.2020
	PL	12.08.2020
	RO	12.08.2020
	RS	12.08.2020
	SE	12.08.2020
	SM	12.08.2020
	BG	12.11.2020
	NO	12.11.2020
	GR	13.11.2020
	IS	12.12.2020
Former [2021/24]	AT	12.08.2020
	CZ	12.08.2020
	DK	12.08.2020
	EE	12.08.2020
	ES	12.08.2020
	FI	12.08.2020
	HR	12.08.2020
	LT	12.08.2020
	LV	12.08.2020
	NL	12.08.2020
	PL	12.08.2020
	RO	12.08.2020
	RS	12.08.2020
	SE	12.08.2020
	SM	12.08.2020
	BG	12.11.2020
	NO	12.11.2020
	GR	13.11.2020
	IS	12.12.2020
Former [2021/23]	CZ	12.08.2020
	DK	12.08.2020
	EE	12.08.2020
	ES	12.08.2020
	FI	12.08.2020
	HR	12.08.2020
	LT	12.08.2020
	LV	12.08.2020
	NL	12.08.2020
	PL	12.08.2020
	RO	12.08.2020
	RS	12.08.2020
	SE	12.08.2020
	SM	12.08.2020
	BG	12.11.2020
	NO	12.11.2020
	GR	13.11.2020
	IS	12.12.2020
Former [2021/22]	CZ	12.08.2020
	DK	12.08.2020
	EE	12.08.2020
	ES	12.08.2020
	FI	12.08.2020
	HR	12.08.2020
	LT	12.08.2020
	LV	12.08.2020
	NL	12.08.2020
	PL	12.08.2020
	RO	12.08.2020
	RS	12.08.2020
	SE	12.08.2020
	BG	12.11.2020
	NO	12.11.2020
	GR	13.11.2020
	IS	12.12.2020
Former [2021/20]	DK	12.08.2020
	ES	12.08.2020
	FI	12.08.2020
	HR	12.08.2020
	LT	12.08.2020
	LV	12.08.2020
	NL	12.08.2020
	PL	12.08.2020
	RS	12.08.2020
	SE	12.08.2020
	BG	12.11.2020
	NO	12.11.2020
	GR	13.11.2020
	IS	12.12.2020
Former [2021/12]	ES	12.08.2020
	FI	12.08.2020
	HR	12.08.2020
	LT	12.08.2020
	LV	12.08.2020
	NL	12.08.2020
	PL	12.08.2020
	RS	12.08.2020
	SE	12.08.2020
	BG	12.11.2020
	NO	12.11.2020
	GR	13.11.2020
	IS	12.12.2020
Former [2021/10]	ES	12.08.2020
	FI	12.08.2020
	HR	12.08.2020
	LT	12.08.2020
	LV	12.08.2020
	PL	12.08.2020
	RS	12.08.2020
	SE	12.08.2020
	BG	12.11.2020
	NO	12.11.2020
	GR	13.11.2020
	IS	12.12.2020
Former [2021/09]	ES	12.08.2020
	FI	12.08.2020
	LT	12.08.2020
	SE	12.08.2020
	BG	12.11.2020
	NO	12.11.2020
	GR	13.11.2020
Former [2021/08]	ES	12.08.2020
	FI	12.08.2020
	LT	12.08.2020
	SE	12.08.2020
	BG	12.11.2020
	NO	12.11.2020
Former [2021/07]	FI	12.08.2020
	LT	12.08.2020
	NO	12.11.2020
Documents cited:	Search	[A]JPS507732 (TAKAYASU K) [A] 1-24 * abstract *;
		[A]JPS5060435 (TAKAYASU K) [A] 1-24* abstract *;
		[XI]DE19525509 (LPW ANLAGEN GMBH [DE]) [X] 1-8,10-16,18-23 * abstract * * column 1, lines 3-11 * * column 2, line 67 - column 3, line 28 * * column 3, line 68 - column 4, line 7 * * column 3, lines 60-64 * [I] 9,17,24;
		[A]DE10014260 (LPW BLASBERG ANLAGEN GMBH [DE]) [A] 1-24 * column 2, lines 53-57 *
	International search	[Y]RU2015209 (PROIZV OB EDINENIE URAL OPTIKO [RU]);
		[Y]KR100263317B (SAMSUNG TECHWIN CO LTD [KR]);
		[Y]KR20030038475 (SHIPLEY CO LLC);
		[A]US2004055889 (TRAN DEAN [US], et al);
		[Y]DE102007040005 (EWH INDUSTRIEANLAGEN GMBH & CO [DE])
	by applicant	DE19525509

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