EP3323533 - SELECTIVE SOLIDIFICATION APPARATUS AND METHODS [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | The patent has been granted Status updated on 09.04.2021 Database last updated on 24.08.2024 | |
Former | Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 10.12.2020 | ||
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Former | The application has been published Status updated on 20.04.2018 | Most recent event Tooltip | 27.04.2024 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): MK | published on 29.05.2024 [2024/22] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Renishaw PLC New Mills Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire GL12 8JR / GB | [2018/21] | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Brown, Ceri Renishaw plc New Mills Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire GL12 8JR / GB | 02 /
McFarland, Geoffrey Renishaw plc New Mills Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire GL12 8JR / GB | [2018/21] | Representative(s) | Matthews, Paul, et al Renishaw plc Patent Department New Mills Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire GL12 8JR / GB | [2018/21] | Application number, filing date | 17209159.7 | 18.03.2015 | [2018/21] | Priority number, date | GB20140004854 | 18.03.2014 Original published format: GB 201404854 | [2018/21] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP3323533 | Date: | 23.05.2018 | Language: | EN | [2018/21] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP3323533 | Date: | 12.05.2021 | Language: | EN | [2021/19] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 20.04.2018 | Classification | IPC: | B29C64/393, B29C64/153, B22F3/105, B29C64/214 | [2020/47] | CPC: |
B29C64/153 (EP,US);
B22F10/00 (CN,US);
B22F10/28 (EP,CN,US);
B22F10/366 (EP,CN,US);
B22F12/49 (EP,CN,US);
B22F12/67 (EP,CN,US);
B29C64/393 (EP);
B33Y30/00 (EP,CN,US);
B22F12/90 (EP,CN,US);
B29C64/214 (EP);
B33Y10/00 (EP,US);
B33Y50/02 (EP,US);
Y02P10/25 (EP,US)
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Former IPC [2018/21] | B22F3/105, B29C64/153, B29C64/386 | 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 [2019/01] |
Former [2018/21] | 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 | Title | German: | VORRICHTUNG UND VERFAHREN ZUR SELEKTIVEN SOLIDIFIKATION | [2018/21] | English: | SELECTIVE SOLIDIFICATION APPARATUS AND METHODS | [2018/21] | French: | APPAREIL ET PROCÉDÉS DE SOLIDIFICATION SÉLECTIVE | [2018/21] | Examination procedure | 22.11.2018 | Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description) | 22.11.2018 | Examination requested [2019/01] | 22.11.2018 | Date on which the examining division has become responsible | 11.12.2020 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 01.04.2021 | Fee for grant paid | 01.04.2021 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | 01.04.2021 | Receipt of the translation of the claim(s) | Parent application(s) Tooltip | EP15713220.0 / EP3119587 | Opposition(s) | Opponent(s) | 01
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ADMISSIBLE Nikon SLM Solutions AG Estlandring 4 23560 Lübeck / DE Opponent's representative Schicker, Silvia Wuesthoff & Wuesthoff Patentanwälte und Rechtsanwalt PartG mbB Schweigerstraße 2 81541 München / DE | [N/P] |
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SLM Solutions Group AG Estlandring 4 23560 Lübeck / DE Opponent's representative Schicker, Silvia Wuesthoff & Wuesthoff Patentanwälte PartG mbB Schweigerstraße 2 81541 München / DE | 25.02.2022 | Invitation to proprietor to file observations on the notice of opposition | 30.06.2022 | Reply of patent proprietor to notice(s) of opposition | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 20.12.2017 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 02.01.2018 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 29.03.2019 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 27.03.2020 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 29.03.2021 | Renewal fee patent year 07 |
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