| EP3553926 - ELECTROMECHANICAL ACTUATOR [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 04.11.2022 Database last updated on 28.03.2026 | |
| Former | The patent has been granted Status updated on 26.11.2021 | ||
| Former | Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 22.07.2021 | ||
| Former | Examination is in progress Status updated on 13.11.2020 | ||
| Former | Request for examination was made Status updated on 24.04.2020 | ||
| Former | The application has been published Status updated on 13.09.2019 | Most recent event Tooltip | 19.12.2025 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): TR | published on 21.01.2026 [2026/04] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states KNORR-BREMSE Systeme für Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH Moosacher Strasse 80 80809 München / DE | [2019/42] | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Németh, Huba Gyékényes u. 57 H-1116 Budapest / HU | 02 /
Mlinárcsek, Csaba Irinyi János u. 12 H-1165 Budapest / HU | 03 /
Kovácsik, Peter Bíbor u 3 H-1149 Budapest / HU | 04 /
Rapp, Tamás Vadvirág utca 5 H-8229 Csopak / HU | 05 /
Kokrehel, Csaba Etele 65, 2/19 H-1119 Budapest / HU | 06 /
Toth, Janos Felsöszéktó 39A H-6000 Kecskemét / HU | [2021/52] |
| Former [2019/42] | 01 /
Németh, Huba Gyékényes u. 57 H-1116 Budapest / HU | ||
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Mlinárcsek, Csaba Csaba Kokrehel Etele 65, 2/19 H-1119 Budapest / HU | |||
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Kovácsik, Peter Bíbor u 3 H-1149 Budapest / HU | |||
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Rapp, Tamás Vadvirág utca 5 H-8229 Csopak / HU | |||
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Kokrehel, Csaba Etele 65 H-1119 Budapest / HU | |||
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Toth, Janos Felsöszéktó 39A H-6000 Kecskemét / HU | Representative(s) | LifeTech IP Spies & Behrndt Patentanwälte PartG mbB Elsenheimerstraße 47a 80687 München / DE | [2019/42] | Application number, filing date | 18167274.2 | 13.04.2018 | [2019/42] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP3553926 | Date: | 16.10.2019 | Language: | EN | [2019/42] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP3553926 | Date: | 29.12.2021 | Language: | EN | [2021/52] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 24.10.2018 | Classification | IPC: | H02K7/06, H02K7/08, F16H61/32, F16H61/28 | [2021/31] | CPC: |
H02K7/06 (EP);
F16H61/32 (EP);
H02K7/088 (EP);
F16H2061/2869 (EP);
F16H2061/2884 (EP);
H02K2201/03 (EP)
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| Former IPC [2019/42] | H02K7/06, H02K7/08, F16H63/30 | 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 [2020/22] |
| Former [2019/42] | 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 | Title | German: | ELEKTROMECHANISCHER AKTUATOR | [2019/42] | English: | ELECTROMECHANICAL ACTUATOR | [2019/42] | French: | ACTIONNEUR ÉLECTROMÉCANIQUE | [2019/42] | Examination procedure | 16.04.2020 | Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description) | 16.04.2020 | Examination requested [2020/22] | 16.04.2020 | Date on which the examining division has become responsible | 12.11.2020 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 13.04.2021 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 23.07.2021 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 17.11.2021 | Fee for grant paid | 17.11.2021 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | 17.11.2021 | Receipt of the translation of the claim(s) | Opposition(s) | 30.09.2022 | No opposition filed within time limit [2022/49] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 20.03.2020 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 22.04.2021 | Renewal fee patent year 04 |
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| Former [2022/21] | RS | 29.12.2021 | |
| BG | 29.03.2022 | ||
| Former [2022/19] | BG | 29.03.2022 | Documents cited: | Search | [XI] DE102006015688 (GETRAG GETRIEBE ZAHNRAD et al.) | [XI] DE102012012656 (VOLKSWAGEN AG et al.) | [XI] US5205179 (SCHNEIDER JOACHIM et al.) [X] 1-9,12 * paragraphs [0001] , [0040] , [0041] , [0066] , [0080] , [0081] , [0083] , [0088] - paragraph [0091]; figures 2,3,5 *[I] 10,11 | [XI] US9017419 (LANDRY DAVID et al.) [X] 1-7,9,12 * figures 1-3 *[I] 11 | by applicant | US6886425 | US8344565 |