EP3194696 - FLUSH COMFORT HANDLE [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | The patent has been granted Status updated on 13.05.2022 Database last updated on 02.09.2024 | |
Former | Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 23.02.2022 | ||
Former | Examination is in progress Status updated on 02.02.2022 | ||
Former | Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 21.09.2021 | ||
Former | Examination is in progress Status updated on 27.04.2018 | ||
Former | Request for examination was made Status updated on 23.06.2017 | ||
Former | The international publication has been made Status updated on 07.04.2017 | Most recent event Tooltip | 08.08.2024 | New entry: Despatch of interlocutory decision | 08.08.2024 | New entry: Despatch of minutes of oral proceedings | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Huf Hülsbeck & Fürst GmbH & Co. KG Steeger Strasse 17 42551 Velbert / DE | [2017/30] | Inventor(s) | 01 /
BARTELS, Markus Gelbelstrasse 21 45472 Mülheim / DE | 02 /
PORADA, Martin Uellendahlerstrasse 179 42109 Wuppertal / DE | 03 /
RHEIN, Michael Fuchskuhlenweg 41 41199 Mönchengladbach / DE | 04 /
CHRISTENSEN, Mario Vonscheidts Hof 43 45470 Mülheim / DE | [2017/30] | Representative(s) | Bals, Rüdiger, et al Bals & Vogel Patentanwälte PartGmbB Konrad-Zuse-Str. 4 44801 Bochum / DE | [2022/24] |
Former [2017/30] | Bals, Rüdiger, et al Bals & Vogel Universitätsstrasse 142 44799 Bochum / DE | Application number, filing date | 15771049.2 | 15.09.2015 | [2017/30] | WO2015EP71142 | Priority number, date | DE20142010524U | 18.09.2014 Original published format: DE 202014010524 U | DE201510104545 | 25.03.2015 Original published format: DE102015104545 | [2017/30] | Filing language | DE | Procedural language | DE | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO2016041996 | Date: | 24.03.2016 | Language: | DE | [2016/12] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP3194696 | Date: | 26.07.2017 | Language: | DE | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 24.03.2016 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [2017/30] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP3194696 | Date: | 15.06.2022 | Language: | DE | [2022/24] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | EP | 24.03.2016 | Classification | IPC: | E05B85/10 | [2017/30] | CPC: |
E05B85/107 (EP,CN,US);
B60Q1/2669 (US);
E05B77/04 (US);
E05B79/20 (US);
E05B81/90 (US)
| 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 [2017/30] | Extension states | BA | Not yet paid | ME | Not yet paid | Validation states | MA | Not yet paid | Title | German: | FLÄCHENBÜNDIGER KOMFORTGRIFF | [2017/30] | English: | FLUSH COMFORT HANDLE | [2017/30] | French: | POIGNÉE CONFORTABLE À FLEUR DE LA SURFACE | [2017/30] | Entry into regional phase | 18.04.2017 | National basic fee paid | 18.04.2017 | Designation fee(s) paid | 18.04.2017 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 06.04.2017 | Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description) | 06.04.2017 | Date on which the examining division has become responsible | 18.04.2017 | Examination requested [2017/30] | 25.04.2018 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 20.08.2018 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 25.02.2019 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 25.06.2019 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 11.03.2021 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 27.05.2021 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 22.09.2021 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 31.01.2022 | Disapproval of the communication of intention to grant the patent by the applicant or resumption of examination proceedings by the EPO | 24.02.2022 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 29.04.2022 | Fee for grant paid | 29.04.2022 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | 29.04.2022 | Receipt of the translation of the claim(s) | Opposition(s) | Opponent(s) | 01
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ADMISSIBLE Minebea AccessSolutions Italia S.p.A. Via Torino 31 10044 Pianezza (TO) / IT Opponent's representative Riebling, Peter Patentanwalt Postfach 31 60 88113 Lindau / DE | [2024/25] |
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ADMISSIBLE U-Shin Italia S.P.A. Via Torino 31 10044 Pianezza / IT Opponent's representative Riebling, Peter Patentanwalt Postfach 31 60 88113 Lindau / DE | 04.04.2023 | Invitation to proprietor to file observations on the notice of opposition | 04.08.2023 | Reply of patent proprietor to notice(s) of opposition | 06.06.2024 | Date of oral proceedings | 07.08.2024 | Despatch of interlocutory decision in opposition | 07.08.2024 | Despatch of minutes of oral proceedings | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 02.10.2017 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 01.10.2018 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 30.09.2019 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 30.09.2020 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 30.09.2021 | Renewal fee patent year 07 |
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