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EP About this file: EP3468760

EP3468760 - MOLDED UNDERCUT RELEASE APPARATUS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  06.05.2022
Database last updated on 28.06.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  28.05.2021
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  27.01.2021
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  15.03.2019
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  28.12.2017
Most recent event   Tooltip14.06.2024Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): TR		published on 17.07.2024 [2024/29]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Progressive Components International Corporation
235 Industrial Drive
Wauconda, IL 60084 / US
[2019/16]
Inventor(s)01 / STARKEY, Glenn
236 N. Main Street
Wauconda IL 60084 / US
02 / RUMORE, Kenneth
2312 Serenity Lane
Wauconda IL 60084 / US
03 / KELLY, Kevin
221 Fairfield Drive
Island Lake IL 60042 / US
 [2019/16]
Representative(s)Wagner Albiger & Partner Patentanwälte mbB
Siegfried-Leopold-Straße 27
53225 Bonn / DE
[2019/16]
Application number, filing date17813735.204.05.2017
[2019/16]
WO2017US31023
Priority number, dateUS20161518095813.06.2016         Original published format: US201615180958
[2019/16]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2017218091
Date:21.12.2017
Language:EN
[2017/51]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3468760
Date:17.04.2019
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 21.12.2017 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2019/16]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3468760
Date:30.06.2021
Language:EN
[2021/26]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:US21.12.2017
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP26.05.2020
ClassificationIPC:B29C45/44, B29C45/73, B29C33/44, B29C45/40, B29C33/02, F16C29/02, F16C31/02
[2020/26]
CPC:
B29C45/4435 (EP,US); B29C45/44 (US); B29C45/72 (US);
B29C45/7312 (EP,US); B29C2045/4026 (EP)
Former IPC [2019/16]B29C33/44, B29C45/40, B29C33/02, F16C29/02, F16C31/02
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 [2019/16]
Extension statesBANot yet paid
MENot yet paid
Validation statesMANot yet paid
MDNot yet paid
TitleGerman:VORRICHTUNG ZUR AUSGABE VON GEFORMTEM HINTERSCHNITT[2019/16]
English:MOLDED UNDERCUT RELEASE APPARATUS[2019/16]
French:APPAREIL DE LIBÉRATION D'ENTAILLE MOULÉE[2019/16]
Entry into regional phase13.12.2018National basic fee paid 
13.12.2018Search fee paid 
13.12.2018Designation fee(s) paid 
13.12.2018Examination fee paid 
Examination proceduredeletedDate on which the examining division has become responsible
13.12.2018Examination requested  [2019/16]
11.09.2020Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
28.01.2021Communication of intention to grant the patent
19.03.2021Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
23.03.2021Fee for grant paid
23.03.2021Fee for publishing/printing paid
Divisional application(s)EP20215497.7  / EP3842210
Opposition(s)31.03.2022No opposition filed within time limit [2022/23]
Fees paidRenewal fee
24.05.2019Renewal fee patent year 03
28.05.2020Renewal fee patent year 04
25.05.2021Renewal fee patent year 05
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Documents cited:Search[A]US5551864  (BOSKOVIC BORISLAV [US]) [A] 15-18 * Claim 1; column 3, l. 3-27; fig. 1, 3 *;
 [A]US5814357  (BOSKOVIC BORISLAV [US]) [A] 1-18* Fig. 1-3 *;
 [A]JP2001079898  (OILES INDUSTRY CO LTD) [A] 1,9 * figure 1 * * abstract *;
 [A]JP2003191292  (TOKUSHIMA SHOWA MOLD & ENGINEE, et al) [A] 1,9 * abstract *;
 [A]KR100793412B  (GARDEN MACHINE CO., LTD.) [A] 1,9 * figures 6a, 6b *;
 [A]KR20100002957  (KOREA ELECTRIC TERMINAL CO LTD [KR]) [A] 15,16 * Claim 1-8; fig. 2 *;
 [A]JP2014046602  (OILES INDUSTRY CO LTD) [A] 1,9 * abstract * * figures 1, 2 *;
 [A]  - Trevor Pruden, "A New Approach to Designing Lifter Cores: Dual-Rod Design : MoldMaking Technology", (20071001), URL: https://www.moldmakingtechnology.com/careers/a-new-approach-to-designing-lifter-cores-dual-rod-design, (20180216), XP055452100 [A] 15 * Fig. 4 *
International search[A]JP2523093B  (OILES INDUSTRY CO., LTD.) [A] 4 * ; Paragraph [0001]; Figures 2-3 *;
 [YA]US5551864  (BOSKOVIC BORISLAV [US]) [Y] 7-13 * ; Figure 2; Column 3, Lines 7-9, 10-12, 19-21, 27-28; Claim 1 * [A] 4, 14-15;
 [A]US5814357  (BOSKOVIC BORISLAV [US]) [A] 14* ; figures 2, 13; column 2, lines 16-18 *;
 [YA]US6601819  (MIZUKUSA YASUYUKI [JP]) [Y] 5-6, 16-18 * ; Figure 1 * [A] 19-20;
 [XYA]KR100793412B  (GARDEN MACHINE CO., LTD.) [X] 1-3 * ; Paragraps <21>, <34>; Figures 2, 4A, 6A-B (see Machine Translation) * [Y] 5-13, 16-18 [A] 4, 19-20;
 [YA]EP2286974  (CHRISTIAN KARL SIEBENWURST MODELLFABRIK UND FORMENBAU GMBH & CO KG [DE]) [Y] 5-6, 16-18 * ; Figures 2, 9; Paragraph [0075]; Claim 1 * [A] 19-20;
 [Y]  - PRUDEN, T, "A New Approach to Designing Lifter Cores: Dual-Rod Design", Mold Making Technology, (20071001), XP055452100 [Y] 5-6, 16-18 * : *
ExaminationKR20070091463
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