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EP3430961 - SOIL CULTIVATION DEVICE WITH A MOTORISED DRIVEN SOIL WORKING ELEMENT [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  23.04.2021
Database last updated on 16.09.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  15.05.2020
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  07.01.2020
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  26.07.2019
FormerThe application has been published
Status updated on  21.12.2018
Most recent event   Tooltip15.07.2022Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): MK		published on 17.08.2022  [2022/33]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Vorwerk & Co. Interholding GmbH
Mühlenweg 17-37
42275 Wuppertal / DE
[2019/04]
Inventor(s)01 / Hackert, Georg
Langacker 3
44869 Bochum / DE
 [2019/04]
Representative(s)Müller, Enno, et al
Rieder & Partner mbB
Patentanwälte - Rechtsanwalt
Yale-Allee 26
42329 Wuppertal / DE
[N/P]
Former [2019/04]Müller, Enno, et al
Rieder & Partner mbB
Patentanwälte - Rechtsanwalt
Corneliusstrasse 45
42329 Wuppertal / DE
Application number, filing date18183953.117.07.2018
[2019/04]
Priority number, dateDE20171011636320.07.2017         Original published format: DE102017116363
[2019/04]
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3430961
Date:23.01.2019
Language:DE
[2019/04]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3430961
Date:17.06.2020
Language:DE
[2020/25]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP10.12.2018
ClassificationIPC:A47L7/00, A47L9/04
[2019/04]
CPC:
A47L7/009 (EP,US); A47L11/4097 (CN); A61L9/12 (US);
A47L11/24 (US); A47L11/4041 (US); A47L9/0477 (EP,US);
A47L2201/00 (EP,US); A61L2209/134 (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 [2019/35]
Former [2019/04]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:BODENBEARBEITUNGSGERÄT MIT EINEM MOTORISCH ANGETRIEBENEN BODENBEARBEITUNGSELEMENT[2019/04]
English:SOIL CULTIVATION DEVICE WITH A MOTORISED DRIVEN SOIL WORKING ELEMENT[2019/04]
French:APPAREIL DE TRAITEMENT DU SOL POURVU D'UN ÉLÉMENT DE TRAITEMENT DU SOL À ENTRAÎNEMENT PAR MOTEUR[2019/04]
Examination procedure19.07.2019Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
22.07.2019Examination requested  [2019/35]
22.07.2019Date on which the examining division has become responsible
08.01.2020Communication of intention to grant the patent
27.03.2020Fee for grant paid
27.03.2020Fee for publishing/printing paid
11.05.2020Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)18.03.2021No opposition filed within time limit [2021/21]
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipHU17.07.2018
AL17.06.2020
CY17.06.2020
DK17.06.2020
EE17.06.2020
FI17.06.2020
HR17.06.2020
LT17.06.2020
LV17.06.2020
MC17.06.2020
MK17.06.2020
MT17.06.2020
NL17.06.2020
PL17.06.2020
RO17.06.2020
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SM17.06.2020
TR17.06.2020
IE17.07.2020
LU17.07.2020
BE31.07.2020
BG17.09.2020
NO17.09.2020
GR18.09.2020
IS17.10.2020
PT19.10.2020
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 [Y]EP2279686  (IROBOT CORP [US]) [Y] 1-6,8-10 * paragraphs [0173] , [0256]; figures 11,12A,23,39,61A; claims 1,2 * * page 55, lines 13-14 ** page 60, lines 47-48 *;
 [XI]EP2467049  (JOHNSON & SON INC S C [US]) [X] 1 * paragraphs [0015] , [0040] - [0042]; figures 2,5,7; claims 1,3,12-14 * [I] 3,5;
 [Y]WO2016206941  (VORWERK CO INTERHOLDING [DE]) [Y] 1-6,8-10 * paragraphs [0020] , [0031]; figures 1,2-6; claims 1-3,6-8 *
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