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EP About this file: EP3629177

EP3629177 - METHOD FOR CHECKING AN OPERATION OF AN ELECTRONIC DATA PROCESSING MEANS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  08.07.2022
Database last updated on 19.10.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  30.07.2021
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  30.03.2021
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  24.04.2020
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  28.02.2020
Most recent event   Tooltip13.09.2024Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): MT		published on 16.10.2024  [2024/42]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
SICK AG
Erwin-Sick-Strasse 1
79183 Waldkirch / DE
[2020/14]
Inventor(s)01 / Pokrandt, Peter
Eichenweg 13
76474 Au am Rhein / DE
 [2020/14]
Representative(s)Manitz Finsterwald Patent- und Rechtsanwaltspartnerschaft mbB
Martin-Greif-Strasse 1
80336 München / DE
[2020/14]
Application number, filing date18197522.828.09.2018
[2020/14]
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3629177
Date:01.04.2020
Language:DE
[2020/14]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3629177
Date:01.09.2021
Language:DE
[2021/35]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP11.03.2019
ClassificationIPC:G06F11/14, G06F11/07
[2020/14]
CPC:
G06F11/1479 (EP); G06F11/0796 (EP); G06F11/1497 (EP);
G06F2201/81 (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 [2020/14]
TitleGerman:VERFAHREN ZUM ÜBERPRÜFEN EINES BETRIEBS EINES ELEKTRONISCHEN DATENVERARBEITUNGSMITTELS[2020/14]
English:METHOD FOR CHECKING AN OPERATION OF AN ELECTRONIC DATA PROCESSING MEANS[2020/14]
French:PROCÉDÉ DE VÉRIFICATION DU FONCTIONNEMENT D'UN MOYEN DE TRAITEMENT DE DONNÉES ÉLECTRONIQUE[2020/14]
Examination procedure04.02.2020Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
04.02.2020Examination requested  [2020/14]
04.02.2020Date on which the examining division has become responsible
29.04.2020Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
05.08.2020Reply to a communication from the examining division
13.10.2020Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
17.11.2020Reply to a communication from the examining division
31.03.2021Communication of intention to grant the patent
26.07.2021Fee for grant paid
26.07.2021Fee for publishing/printing paid
26.07.2021Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)02.06.2022No opposition filed within time limit [2022/32]
Fees paidRenewal fee
24.09.2020Renewal fee patent year 03
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