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EP About this file: EP3249767

EP3249767 - SWITCHING DEVICE FOR SWITCHING AN ELECTRIC MOTOR [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  02.12.2022
Database last updated on 01.04.2026
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  24.12.2021
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  30.08.2021
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  13.03.2020
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  11.05.2018
FormerThe application has been published
Status updated on  27.10.2017
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
Lock Antriebstechnik GmbH
Freimut-Lock-Strasse 2
88521 Ertingen / DE
[2017/48]
Inventor(s)01 / Lock, Frank
Allensteinstrasse 21
88521 Ertingen / DE
02 / Niederer, Patrick
Zum Bahnhof 14
88499 Riedlingen-Zwiefaltendorf / DE
03 / Fluhr, Tobias
Hüttenlache 4
88521 Ertingen / DE
 [2017/48]
Representative(s)RavensPAT Patentanwälte Partnerschaft mbB
Großtobeler Straße 39
88276 Berg / Ravensburg / DE
[N/P]
Former [2017/48]Otten, Roth, Dobler & Partner mbB Patentanwälte
Großtobeler Straße 39
88276 Berg / Ravensburg / DE
Application number, filing date17166536.713.04.2017
[2017/48]
Priority number, dateDE20161010800729.04.2016         Original published format: DE102016108007
[2017/48]
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP3249767
Date:29.11.2017
Language:DE
[2017/48]
Type: A3 Search report 
No.:EP3249767
Date:06.12.2017
Language:DE
[2017/49]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3249767
Date:26.01.2022
Language:DE
[2022/04]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP08.11.2017
ClassificationIPC:H02H7/085, E05F15/603, E05F15/40, H02P6/16, H02P31/00
[2017/48]
CPC:
H02P31/00 (EP,US); H02K11/21 (US); E05F15/40 (EP,US);
E05F15/603 (EP,US); G01D5/20 (US); H02K7/116 (US);
H02P6/16 (EP,US); E05Y2400/32 (EP,US); E05Y2400/40 (EP,US);
E05Y2400/445 (EP,US); E05Y2900/11 (EP,US); E05Y2900/148 (EP,US) (-)
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 [2018/24]
Former [2017/48]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:SCHALTVORRICHTUNG ZUM SCHALTEN EINES ELEKTRISCHEN MOTORS[2017/48]
English:SWITCHING DEVICE FOR SWITCHING AN ELECTRIC MOTOR[2017/48]
French:DISPOSITIF DE COUPURE D'UN MOTEUR ÉLECTRIQUE[2017/48]
Examination procedure13.04.2017Date on which the examining division has become responsible
02.05.2018Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
02.05.2018Examination requested  [2018/24]
17.03.2020Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
11.09.2020Reply to a communication from the examining division
31.08.2021Communication of intention to grant the patent
15.12.2021Fee for grant paid
15.12.2021Fee for publishing/printing paid
15.12.2021Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)27.10.2022No opposition filed within time limit [2023/01]
Fees paidRenewal fee
10.04.2019Renewal fee patent year 03
08.04.2020Renewal fee patent year 04
09.03.2021Renewal fee patent year 05
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipHU13.04.2017
AL26.01.2022
CY26.01.2022
CZ26.01.2022
DK26.01.2022
EE26.01.2022
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IE13.04.2022
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GR27.04.2022
BE30.04.2022
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