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EP About this file: EP3233168

EP3233168 - HOUSING OF A HEAT AND MOISTURE EXCHANGER AND METHOD FOR DETACHING A COVER FROM A HOUSING [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusPatent revoked
Status updated on  20.03.2020
Database last updated on 19.10.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  04.05.2018
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  18.12.2017
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  22.09.2017
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  15.06.2017
Most recent event   Tooltip24.06.2022Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): HU		published on 27.07.2022  [2022/30]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Andreas Fahl Medizintechnik-Vertrieb GmbH
August-Horch-Strasse 4a
51149 Köln / DE
[2017/43]
Inventor(s)01 / FAHL, Andreas
Mühlenbach 51A
50676 Köln / DE
 [2017/43]
Representative(s)Geskes, Christoph
Geskes Patent- und Rechtsanwälte
Gustav-Heinemann-Ufer 74b
50968 Köln / DE
[2017/43]
Application number, filing date15816460.818.12.2015
[2017/43]
WO2015EP80634
Priority number, dateDE2014101867718.12.2014         Original published format: DE102014018677
[2017/43]
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2016097363
Date:23.06.2016
Language:DE
[2016/25]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3233168
Date:25.10.2017
Language:DE
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 23.06.2016 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2017/43]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3233168
Date:06.06.2018
Language:DE
[2018/23]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP23.06.2016
ClassificationIPC:A61M16/04, A61M16/10
[2017/43]
CPC:
A61M16/0468 (EP,CN,US); A61M16/1045 (EP,CN,US); A61M16/047 (EP,CN,US)
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Extension statesBANot yet paid
MENot yet paid
Validation statesMANot yet paid
MDNot yet paid
TitleGerman:GEHÄUSE EINES FEUCHTE-WÄRME-TAUSCHERS UND VERFAHREN ZUR LÖSUNG EINES DECKELS VON EINEM GEHÄUSE[2017/43]
English:HOUSING OF A HEAT AND MOISTURE EXCHANGER AND METHOD FOR DETACHING A COVER FROM A HOUSING[2017/43]
French:BOÎTIER D'UN ÉCHANGEUR DE CHALEUR HUMIDE ET PROCÉDÉ PERMETTANT LE DÉTACHEMENT D'UN COUVERCLE D'UN BOÎTIER[2017/43]
Entry into regional phase12.06.2017National basic fee paid 
12.06.2017Designation fee(s) paid 
12.06.2017Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure06.07.2016Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
12.06.2017Examination requested  [2017/43]
12.06.2017Date on which the examining division has become responsible
19.12.2017Communication of intention to grant the patent
18.04.2018Fee for grant paid
18.04.2018Fee for publishing/printing paid
18.04.2018Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)Opponent(s)01  05.03.2019    ADMISSIBLE
ATOS Medical AB
Box 183
242 22 Hörby / SE
Opponent's representative
Ström & Gulliksson AB
P.O. Box 4188
203 13 Malmö / SE
 [N/P]
Former [2019/15]
Opponent(s)01  05.03.2019    ADMISSIBLE
ATOS Medical AB
Box 183
242 22 Hörby / SE
Opponent's representative
Ström & Gulliksson AB
P O Box 4188
203 13 Malmö / SE
19.03.2019Invitation to proprietor to file observations on the notice of opposition
17.07.2019Reply of patent proprietor to notice(s) of opposition
02.12.2019Despatch of communication that the patent will be revoked
12.12.2019Legal effect of revocation of patent [2020/17]
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipHU18.12.2015
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Cited inInternational search[A]US5022394  (CHMIELINSKI MARK A [US]) [A] 1-13* the whole document *;
 [XI]EP1693081  (ANDREAS FAHL MEDIZINTECHNIK VE [DE]) [X] 1,5 * figures 1-3,7 * * paragraphs [0016] , [0026] * [I] 2,3,6;
 [A]US2011220108  (PERSSON JAN-OVE [SE]) [A] 1-13 * the whole document * * In particular; paragraphs [0001] , [0018] *;
 [XI]DE102010048317  (PRIMED MEDIZINTECHNIK GMBH [DE]) [X] 1,3,8,9,11,13 * figures 1a,1b,2a,2b * * paragraphs [0002] , [0028] - [0030] - [0037] * [I] 2,4-7,10,12;
 [A]DE202013010194U  (PRIMED MEDIZINTECHNIK GMBH [DE]) [A] 1-13 * the whole document *
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