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EP3294486 - METHOD FOR ENGRAVING, MARKING AND/OR INSCRIBING A WORKPIECE USING A LASER PLOTTER, AND LASER PLOTTER HEREFOR [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  12.02.2021
Database last updated on 03.10.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  06.03.2020
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  05.12.2019
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  16.02.2018
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  18.11.2016
Most recent event   Tooltip08.07.2022Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): MK		published on 10.08.2022  [2022/32]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Trotec Laser GmbH
Linzerstraße 156
4600 Wels / AT
[2018/12]
Inventor(s)01 / LEWICKI, Gerhard
Unterheuberg 8
4730 Waizenkirchen / AT
 [2018/12]
Application number, filing date16728590.709.05.2016
[2018/12]
WO2016AT50132
Priority number, dateAT2015005040213.05.2015         Original published format: AT 504022015
[2018/12]
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2016179621
Date:17.11.2016
Language:DE
[2016/46]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3294486
Date:21.03.2018
Language:DE
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 17.11.2016 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2018/12]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3294486
Date:08.04.2020
Language:DE
[2020/15]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP17.11.2016
ClassificationIPC:B23K26/00, B23K26/06, B23K26/04, B23K26/08, B23K26/354, B23K26/362, B41M5/26
[2018/12]
CPC:
B23K26/361 (EP,CN,US); B23K26/048 (EP,AT,CN,US); B23K26/0643 (EP,CN,US);
B23K26/0648 (EP,CN,US); B23K26/083 (EP,AT,CN,US); B23K26/0869 (EP,CN,US);
B23K26/354 (EP,CN,US); B23K26/355 (AT) (-)
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 [2018/12]
Extension statesBANot yet paid
MENot yet paid
Validation statesMANot yet paid
MDNot yet paid
TitleGerman:VERFAHREN ZUM GRAVIEREN, MARKIEREN UND/ODER BESCHRIFTEN EINES WERKSTÜCKES MIT EINEM LASERPLOTTER UND LASERPLOTTER HIERFÜR[2019/49]
English:METHOD FOR ENGRAVING, MARKING AND/OR INSCRIBING A WORKPIECE USING A LASER PLOTTER, AND LASER PLOTTER HEREFOR[2018/12]
French:DISPOSITIF POUR RÉALISER UNE GRAVURE, UNE MARQUE ET/OU UNE INSCRIPTION SUR UNE PIÈCE AU MOYEN D'UN TRACEUR À LASER ET TRACEUR À LASER PRÉVU À CET EFFET[2018/12]
Former [2018/12]VERFAHREN ZUM GRAVIEREN, MARKIEREN UND/ODER BESCHRIFTEN EINES WERKSTÜCKES () MIT EINEM LASERPLOTTER UND LASERPLOTTER HIERFÜR
Entry into regional phase27.10.2017National basic fee paid 
27.10.2017Designation fee(s) paid 
27.10.2017Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure12.01.2017Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
23.10.2017Date on which the examining division has become responsible
27.10.2017Examination requested  [2018/12]
11.06.2018Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
06.12.2019Communication of intention to grant the patent
23.01.2020Fee for grant paid
23.01.2020Fee for publishing/printing paid
24.02.2020Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)12.01.2021No opposition filed within time limit [2021/11]
Fees paidRenewal fee
07.05.2018Renewal fee patent year 03
08.05.2019Renewal fee patent year 04
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Cited inInternational search[A]EP1577048  (TROTEC PRODUKTIONS UND VERTRIE [AT]) [A] 1,9* figures 1-3; claims 1, 19 *;
 [XI]CN201456866U  (WUHAN ZHONGTAI DIGITAL OPTOELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT CO LTD) [X] 1,2,4,5,9,10 * paragraph [0021] - paragraph [0036]; figures 1-3; claims 1, 2 * [I] 3,6-8,11,12;
 [A]DE102008063037  (EUROLASER GMBH [DE]) [A] 9-12 * paragraph [0015] - paragraph [0017] *;
 [A]AT512092  (TROTEC PRODUKTIONS U VERTRIEBS GMBH [AT]) [A] 1-12 * page 7, paragraph 2 - page 15, paragraph 4; figure 1; claims 1-10 *
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