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| EP3704290 - PRODUCTION OF AN ARTIFICIAL TURF FIBER WITH A NON-CIRCULAR CLADDING [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 16.01.2026 Database last updated on 14.03.2026 | |
| Former | The patent has been granted Status updated on 07.02.2025 | ||
| Former | Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 08.12.2024 | ||
| Former | Examination is in progress Status updated on 02.09.2022 | ||
| Former | Request for examination was made Status updated on 07.08.2020 | ||
| Former | The international publication has been made Status updated on 11.05.2019 | ||
| Former | unknown Status updated on 09.11.2018 | Most recent event Tooltip | 16.01.2026 | No opposition filed within time limit | published on 18.02.2026 [2026/08] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Polytex Sportbeläge Produktions-GmbH Vinkrather Strasse 43 47929 Grefrath / DE | [2020/37] | Inventor(s) | 01 /
SICK, Stephan Neustraße 27 47877 Willich-Neersen / DE | 02 /
SANDER, Dirk Am Weinberg 90 47647 Kerken / DE | 03 /
LOHR, Ivo Kleinbahnstraße 23 47906 Kempen / DE | [2020/37] | Representative(s) | Richardt Patentanwälte PartG mbB Wilhelmstraße 7 65185 Wiesbaden / DE | [2020/37] | Application number, filing date | 18793443.5 | 02.11.2018 | [2020/37] | WO2018EP80051 | Priority number, date | EP20170199894 | 03.11.2017 Original published format: EP 17199894 | [2020/37] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO2019086628 | Date: | 09.05.2019 | Language: | EN | [2019/19] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP3704290 | Date: | 09.09.2020 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 09.05.2019 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [2020/37] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP3704290 | Date: | 12.03.2025 | Language: | EN | [2025/11] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | EP | 09.05.2019 | Classification | IPC: | D01D5/253, D02J1/22, E01C13/08, D01D5/34, D01F8/06 | [2020/37] | CPC: |
D01D5/253 (EP,US);
E01C13/08 (EP,US);
D01D5/34 (EP,US);
D01D5/36 (US);
D01F1/10 (EP,US);
D01F8/06 (EP,US);
D06N7/0063 (US);
B32B2471/02 (US);
D01F1/04 (EP,US);
| 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 [2020/37]
| Extension states | BA | Not yet paid | ME | Not yet paid | Validation states | KH | Not yet paid | MA | Not yet paid | MD | Not yet paid | TN | Not yet paid | Title | German: | HERSTELLUNG EINER KUNSTRASENFASER MIT EINER NICHTRUNDEN HÜLLE | [2020/37] | English: | PRODUCTION OF AN ARTIFICIAL TURF FIBER WITH A NON-CIRCULAR CLADDING | [2020/37] | French: | PRODUCTION D'UNE FIBRE DE GAZON ARTIFICIEL AVEC UNE GAINE NON CIRCULAIRE | [2020/37] | Entry into regional phase | 03.06.2020 | National basic fee paid | 03.06.2020 | Designation fee(s) paid | 03.06.2020 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 03.06.2020 | Examination requested [2020/37] | 03.06.2020 | Date on which the examining division has become responsible | 11.11.2020 | Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description) | 31.08.2022 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 13.12.2022 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 09.12.2024 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 30.01.2025 | Fee for grant paid | 30.01.2025 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | 30.01.2025 | Receipt of the translation of the claim(s) | Opposition(s) | 15.12.2025 | No opposition filed within time limit [2026/08] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 20.11.2020 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 24.11.2021 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 24.11.2022 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 24.11.2023 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 26.11.2024 | Renewal fee patent year 07 |
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| Former [2025/33] | RS | 12.06.2025 | Cited in | International search | [AD] WO2015144223 (POLYTEX SPORTBELÄGE PRODUKTIONS GMBH et al.) | [A] US2012189785 (ROSSING ROBERT PETER et al.) | [AD] RUDOLF HUFENUS ET AL: "Design and Characterization of a Bicomponent Melt-Spun Fiber Optimized for Artificial Turf Applications", MACROMOLECULAR MATERIALS AND ENGINEERING, 24 August 2012 (2012-08-24), pages n/a - n/a, XP055037082, ISSN: 1438-7492, DOI: 10.1002/mame.201200088 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mame.201200088 | by applicant | DE10307174 | US2012125474 | R. HUFENUS ET AL.: "Design and Characterization of a Bicomponent Melt-Spun Fiber Optimized for Artificial Turf Applications", MACROMOL. MATER. ENG., vol. 298, pages 653 - 663, Retrieved from the Internet |