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EP About this file: EP3714172

EP3714172 - EASILY REMOVEABLE PUSH-ON SPRING NUT [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  20.06.2024
Database last updated on 05.10.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  14.07.2023
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  13.03.2023
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  28.08.2020
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  01.06.2019
Most recent event   Tooltip19.07.2024Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): CH		published on 21.08.2024  [2024/34]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Penn Engineering & Manufacturing Corp.
5190 Old Easton Road
Danboro, PA 18916 / US
[2020/40]
Inventor(s)01 / BRUNK, Jonathan
1341 Brandywine Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19123 / US
02 / MALONEY, Michael
5480 Silo Hill Road
Doylestown, Pennsylvania 18902 / US
 [2020/40]
Representative(s)Stratagem IPM Limited
Meridian Court
Comberton Road
Toft, Cambridge CB23 2RY / GB
[2020/40]
Application number, filing date18881682.113.11.2018
[2020/40]
WO2018US60744
Priority number, dateUS201762589874P22.11.2017         Original published format: US 201762589874 P
[2020/40]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2019103879
Date:31.05.2019
Language:EN
[2019/22]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3714172
Date:30.09.2020
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 31.05.2019 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2020/40]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3714172
Date:16.08.2023
Language:EN
[2023/33]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:US31.05.2019
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP12.04.2021
ClassificationIPC:F16B21/06, F16B21/07, F16B21/10, F16B21/20, F16B39/10, F16B2/24, // F16B37/02
[2021/19]
CPC:
F16B21/075 (EP); F16B21/076 (US); F16B2/245 (EP);
F16B21/06 (US); F16B21/07 (US); F16B21/10 (US);
F16B21/20 (EP,US); F16B39/10 (US); F16B37/02 (EP);
F16B5/0642 (US) (-)
Former IPC [2020/40]F16B21/06, F16B21/07, F16B21/10, F16B21/20, F16B39/10
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 [2020/40]  
Extension statesBANot yet paid
MENot yet paid
Validation statesKHNot yet paid
MANot yet paid
MDNot yet paid
TNNot yet paid
TitleGerman:LEICHT ABNEHMBARE AUFSTECKFEDERMUTTER[2020/40]
English:EASILY REMOVEABLE PUSH-ON SPRING NUT[2020/40]
French:ÉCROU À RESSORT À POUSSER AMOVIBLE FACILEMENT[2020/40]
Entry into regional phase18.06.2020National basic fee paid 
18.06.2020Search fee paid 
18.06.2020Designation fee(s) paid 
18.06.2020Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure18.06.2020Examination requested  [2020/40]
04.11.2021Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
14.03.2023Communication of intention to grant the patent
10.07.2023Fee for grant paid
10.07.2023Fee for publishing/printing paid
10.07.2023Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)17.05.2024No opposition filed within time limit [2024/30]
Fees paidRenewal fee
18.06.2020Renewal fee patent year 03
19.10.2021Renewal fee patent year 04
13.10.2022Renewal fee patent year 05
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipES16.08.2023
HR16.08.2023
MC16.08.2023
RO16.08.2023
RS16.08.2023
SK16.08.2023
SM16.08.2023
NO16.11.2023
GR17.11.2023
CH30.11.2023
IS16.12.2023
[2024/34]
Former [2024/32]ES16.08.2023
HR16.08.2023
MC16.08.2023
RO16.08.2023
RS16.08.2023
SK16.08.2023
SM16.08.2023
NO16.11.2023
GR17.11.2023
IS16.12.2023
Former [2024/23]ES16.08.2023
HR16.08.2023
RO16.08.2023
RS16.08.2023
SK16.08.2023
SM16.08.2023
NO16.11.2023
GR17.11.2023
IS16.12.2023
Former [2024/20]HR16.08.2023
RS16.08.2023
SM16.08.2023
NO16.11.2023
GR17.11.2023
IS16.12.2023
Former [2024/10]HR16.08.2023
RS16.08.2023
NO16.11.2023
GR17.11.2023
IS16.12.2023
Former [2024/09]NO16.11.2023
GR17.11.2023
IS16.12.2023
Former [2024/08]NO16.11.2023
GR17.11.2023
Documents cited:Search[A]US2055166  (BERRY PAUL F) [A] 1-15* figure 9 *;
 [A]US2568584  (HARTMAN RICHARD A) [A] 1-15 * figures 1,6 * * column 6, lines 41-57 *;
 [A]US2017097026  (KORBER FRANZ [DE]) [A] 1-15 * paragraph [0034]; figure 12 *
International search[A]US2055166  (BERRY PAUL F) [A] 1-15 * ; Figures 1-6, column 1 lines 45-50, column 2 lines 1-25 *;
 [A]US2568584  (HARTMAN RICHARD A) [A] 1-15 * ; Figures 1-6, column 4 lines 15-35 *;
 [A]US5833422  (HAGA YOSHIAKI [JP], et al) [A] 1-15 * ; Figure 1, column 2 lines 30-40 *;
 [A]WO0116499  (SHOP VAC CORP [US]) [A] 1-15* ; Figures 2-5, page 3 lines 10-20, page 4 lines 1-5 *;
 [A]  - Anonymous, "Flat Type Washers, Flat Type Speed Nuts", Bolt Products Inc., (20170501), URL: http://www.boltproducts.com:80/tinnerman/locking-flat.html, (20181221), XP055615538 [A] 1-15 * ; Page 1 *
ExaminationJPS60161712U
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