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EP About this file: EP3557071

EP3557071 - VACUUM PUMP AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  29.07.2022
Database last updated on 19.03.2026
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  20.08.2021
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  28.04.2021
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  02.10.2020
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  24.04.2020
FormerThe application has been published
Status updated on  20.09.2019
Most recent event   Tooltip27.09.2024Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): MT		published on 30.10.2024  [2024/44]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
PFEIFFER VACUUM GMBH
Berliner Strasse 43
35614 Asslar / DE
[2019/43]
Inventor(s)01 / Bernhardt, Gernot
Hauptstr. 7
35625 Hüttenberg / DE
02 / Böttcher, Jochen
Zur Alten Eiche 3
35394 Gießen / DE
03 / Koch, Christian
Zum Hundsrücken 40
35580 Wetzlar / DE
04 / Stoll, Tobias
Ahornweg 2a
35644 Hohenahr / DE
 [2019/43]
Representative(s)Manitz Finsterwald Patent- und Rechtsanwaltspartnerschaft mbB
Martin-Greif-Straße 1
80336 München / DE
[N/P]
Former [2019/43]Manitz Finsterwald Patent- und Rechtsanwaltspartnerschaft mbB
Martin-Greif-Strasse 1
80336 München / DE
Application number, filing date18167557.016.04.2018
[2019/43]
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3557071
Date:23.10.2019
Language:DE
[2019/43]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3557071
Date:22.09.2021
Language:DE
[2021/38]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP10.10.2018
ClassificationIPC:F04D19/04, F04D29/58
[2019/43]
CPC:
F04D19/042 (EP); F04D27/001 (EP); F04D27/02 (EP);
F04D27/0284 (EP); F04D29/584 (EP)
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 [2020/22]
Former [2019/43]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:VAKUUMPUMPE UND VERFAHREN ZUM BETREIBEN DERSELBEN[2019/43]
English:VACUUM PUMP AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME[2019/43]
French:POMPE À VIDE ET PROCÉDÉ DE FONCTIONNEMENT D'UNE TELLE POMPE À VIDE[2019/43]
Examination procedure16.04.2020Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
16.04.2020Examination requested  [2020/22]
16.04.2020Date on which the examining division has become responsible
05.10.2020Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
15.02.2021Reply to a communication from the examining division
29.04.2021Communication of intention to grant the patent
12.08.2021Fee for grant paid
12.08.2021Fee for publishing/printing paid
12.08.2021Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)23.06.2022No opposition filed within time limit [2022/35]
Fees paidRenewal fee
30.03.2020Renewal fee patent year 03
28.04.2021Renewal fee patent year 04
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