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EP About this file: EP3231557

EP3231557 - PEENING DEVICE AND SET OF TREATMENT ENCLOSURES [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Former [2017/42]APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PEENING OF MACHINE COMPONENTS
[2021/26]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  11.11.2022
Database last updated on 13.09.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  03.12.2021
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  08.08.2021
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  30.07.2021
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  14.07.2021
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  18.12.2020
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  27.04.2018
FormerThe application has been published
Status updated on  15.09.2017
Most recent event   Tooltip13.09.2024Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): MT		published on 16.10.2024 [2024/42]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
General Electric Company
1 River Road
Schenectady, NY 12345 / US
[2022/01]
Former [2017/42]For all designated states
General Electric Company
1 River Road
Schenectady, NY 12345 / US
Inventor(s)01 / FRIEDMAN, Michael Ericson
300 Garlington Road
Greenville, SC South Carolina 29615 / US
02 / SPELLMEYER, Colin Beckwith
300 Garlington Road
Greenville, SC South Carolina 29615 / US
03 / WILLIAMS, Bryan Edward
300 Garlington Road
Greenville, SC South Carolina 29615 / US
04 / KALMAR, Paul Lawrence
300 Garlington Road
Greenville, SC South Carolina 29615 / US
 [2017/42]
Representative(s)BRP Renaud & Partner mbB Rechtsanwälte Patentanwälte Steuerberater
Königstraße 28
70173 Stuttgart / DE
[2022/01]
Former [2017/42]Pöpper, Evamaria
General Electric Technology GmbH
GE Corporate Intellectual Property
Brown Boveri Strasse 7
5400 Baden / CH
Application number, filing date17164612.803.04.2017
[2017/42]
Priority number, dateUS20161509708212.04.2016         Original published format: US201615097082
[2017/42]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3231557
Date:18.10.2017
Language:EN
[2017/42]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3231557
Date:05.01.2022
Language:EN
[2022/01]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP28.08.2017
ClassificationIPC:B24C1/10, B24C9/00, B24C3/06, B24C3/32
[2017/42]
CPC:
B24C1/10 (EP,KR,US); B24C9/00 (EP,CN,US); B21D31/06 (US);
B24C3/02 (US); B24C3/065 (EP,US); B24C3/32 (EP,CN,US);
B24C5/06 (KR); B24C7/0046 (KR) (-)
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 [2018/22]
Former [2017/42]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 
TitleGerman:KUGELSTRAHLEINRICHTUNG UND SATZ VON BEARBEITUNGSRÄUMEN[2021/26]
English:PEENING DEVICE AND SET OF TREATMENT ENCLOSURES[2021/26]
French:DISPOSITIF DE GRENAILLAGE ET ENSEMBLE DE CHAMBRES DE TRAITEMENT[2021/26]
Former [2017/42]VORRICHTUNG UND VERFAHREN ZUM KUGELSTRAHLEN VON MASCHINENKOMPONENTEN
Former [2017/42]APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PEENING OF MACHINE COMPONENTS
Former [2017/42]APPAREIL ET PROCÉDÉ POUR LE MARTELAGE DE COMPOSANTS DE MACHINE
Examination procedure03.04.2017Date on which the examining division has become responsible
12.04.2018Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
18.04.2018Examination requested  [2018/22]
17.12.2020Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
09.04.2021Reply to a communication from the examining division
09.08.2021Communication of intention to grant the patent
30.11.2021Fee for grant paid
30.11.2021Fee for publishing/printing paid
30.11.2021Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)06.10.2022No opposition filed within time limit [2022/50]
Fees paidRenewal fee
30.04.2019Renewal fee patent year 03
21.04.2020Renewal fee patent year 04
21.04.2021Renewal fee patent year 05
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 [X]GB1251773  (OSMOLOVSKY ET AL) [X] 1,9 * page 2, line 17 - line 28; figure 1 *;
 [X]GB2095144  (HERCOCK DEREK) [X] 1-6,9-14 * page 1, line 103 - line 109 * * page 1, line 126 - page 2, line 1 * * claims 3,4 *;
 [XA]US4395850  (BROWN DONALD J) [X] 9-14 * figures 5,6, 11,12, 14, 15 * [A] 1-6;
 [A]GB2357255  (INBIS LTD [GB]) [A] 5,13 * the whole document *;
 [A]US2002056304  (BERTHELET BENOIT JEAN HENRI [FR], et al) [A] 7,8,15 * paragraphs [0046] , [0 50] , [0 54] *;
 [X]JP2006346775  (MITSUBISHI HEAVY IND LTD, et al) [X] 1-3,5,9,10 * paragraphs [0037] , [0039] , [0044]; figure 2 *;
 [A]DE102006058677  (MTU AERO ENGINES GMBH [DE]) [A] 1-6,9-14 * paragraph [0023]; figure 4 *;
 [A]EP2111950  (SONATS SOC DES NOUVELLES APPLI [FR]) [A] 7,8,15* paragraphs [0054] - [0057] - [0085] , [0087]; figures 2,21,22 *;
 [A]US2010043512  (BAYER ERWIN [DE], et al) [A] 1,2,9,10 * paragraph [0034]; figures 2,4 *;
 [X]US2014000330  (HATOU HISAMITU [JP], et al) [X] 1-3,5,9-11,13 * paragraphs [0065] , [0066] , [0068] , [0084] *
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