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EP About this file: EP3496194

EP3496194 - METHOD FOR PRODUCING A MEMBRANE ELECTRODE UNIT HAVING A PERIPHERAL SEAL, AND MEMBRANE ELECTRODE UNIT [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  10.03.2023
Database last updated on 14.06.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  02.04.2022
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  18.11.2021
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  19.03.2021
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  13.12.2019
FormerThe application has been published
Status updated on  10.05.2019
Most recent event   Tooltip14.06.2024Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): TR		published on 17.07.2024 [2024/29]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Carl Freudenberg KG
Höhnerweg 2-4
69469 Weinheim / DE
[2019/24]
Inventor(s)01 / Bauer, Felix
Willibaldstr. 26
80689 München / DE
02 / Wolz, Christian
Zur Niedermühle 18
85435 Erding / DE
 [2019/30]
Former [2019/24]01 / Bauer, Felix
Willibaldstr. 26
80689 München / DE
02 / Wolz, Christian
Josef-Wiesberger-Str. 3
85540 Haar / DE
Representative(s)Grättinger Möhring von Poschinger Patentanwälte Partnerschaft mbB
Wittelsbacherstrasse 2b
82319 Starnberg / DE
[2022/18]
Former [2019/24]Grättinger Möhring von Poschinger Patentanwälte Partnerschaft
Wittelsbacherstrasse 2b
82319 Starnberg / DE
Application number, filing date19153415.523.08.2014
[2019/24]
Priority number, dateDE2013101408327.08.2013         Original published format: DE102013014083
[2019/24]
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3496194
Date:12.06.2019
Language:DE
[2019/24]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3496194
Date:04.05.2022
Language:DE
[2022/18]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP04.03.2019
ClassificationIPC:H01M8/02, H01M8/10, H01M8/0284, H01M8/0276, H01M8/1004, H01M8/086, H01M8/242, H01M4/86, H01M8/2483, H01M8/2484, H01M8/0273, H01M8/1018
[2019/24]
CPC:
H01M8/0276 (EP,KR); H01M8/0273 (US); H01M4/86 (US);
H01M8/0284 (EP,KR,US); H01M8/086 (EP,KR,US); H01M8/1004 (KR,US);
H01M8/242 (US); H01M8/2483 (US); H01M8/2484 (US);
H01M2004/8694 (US); H01M2008/1095 (EP,US); Y02E60/50 (EP,KR);
Y02P70/50 (KR,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 [2020/03]
Former [2019/24]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:VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG EINER MEMBRAN-ELEKTRODEN-EINHEIT MIT UMLAUFENDER DICHTUNG SOWIE MEMBRAN-ELEKTRODEN-EINHEIT[2019/24]
English:METHOD FOR PRODUCING A MEMBRANE ELECTRODE UNIT HAVING A PERIPHERAL SEAL, AND MEMBRANE ELECTRODE UNIT[2019/24]
French:PROCÉDÉ DE FABRICATION D'UNE UNITÉ MEMBRANE-ÉLECTRODE POURVUE D'UN JOINT D'ÉTANCHÉITÉ PÉRIPHÉRIQUE ET UNITÉ MEMBRANE-ÉLECTRODE[2019/24]
Examination procedure10.12.2019Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
10.12.2019Examination requested  [2020/03]
10.12.2019Date on which the examining division has become responsible
18.03.2021Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M02)
28.05.2021Reply to a communication from the examining division
19.11.2021Communication of intention to grant the patent
29.03.2022Fee for grant paid
29.03.2022Fee for publishing/printing paid
29.03.2022Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Parent application(s)   TooltipEP14761949.8  / EP3039734
Opposition(s)07.02.2023No opposition filed within time limit [2023/15]
Fees paidRenewal fee
24.01.2019Renewal fee patent year 03
24.01.2019Renewal fee patent year 04
24.01.2019Renewal fee patent year 05
30.08.2019Renewal fee patent year 06
31.08.2020Renewal fee patent year 07
31.08.2021Renewal fee patent year 08
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipHU23.08.2014
AL04.05.2022
CY04.05.2022
CZ04.05.2022
EE04.05.2022
ES04.05.2022
FI04.05.2022
HR04.05.2022
LT04.05.2022
LV04.05.2022
MC04.05.2022
MK04.05.2022
PL04.05.2022
RO04.05.2022
RS04.05.2022
SE04.05.2022
SI04.05.2022
SK04.05.2022
SM04.05.2022
TR04.05.2022
BG04.08.2022
NO04.08.2022
GR05.08.2022
IE23.08.2022
LU23.08.2022
IS04.09.2022
PT05.09.2022
[2024/29]
Former [2024/27]HU23.08.2014
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PT05.09.2022
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Documents cited:Search[A]DE19703214  (MAGNET MOTOR GMBH [DE]) [A] 1-15 * claim 14 ** figure 1 *;
 [A]WO9904446  (BALLARD POWER SYSTEMS [CA], et al) [A] 1-15 * the whole document *;
 [A]WO0010216  (GORE ENTERPRISE HOLDINGS INC [US]) [A] 1-15 * page 1, line 11 - line 14 * * page 1, line 28 - page 2, line 10 * * page 4, line 11 - line 26 * * page 5, line 6 - page 6, line 15 *;
 [A]EP1276164  (HONDA MOTOR CO LTD [JP]) [A] 1-15 * paragraph [0025] * * figure 2 *;
 [A]WO2004047210  (PROTONEX TECHNOLOGY CORP [US], et al) [A] 1-15 * claim 39 *;
 [XAI]EP1526593  (BALLARD POWER SYSTEMS [CA]) [X] 11,12 * paragraph [0003] * * paragraph [0026] * * paragraph [0021] * * paragraph [0024] * * paragraph [0025] * * paragraph [0028] * * paragraph [0029] * * paragraph [0032] - paragraph [0035] * * paragraph [0043] * * paragraph [0044] * * claims 15-20 * [A] 1-10 [I] 13-15;
 [XAI]DE102006004748  (UMICORE AG & CO KG [DE]) [X] 11,12 * paragraph [0019] * * paragraph [0031] * [A] 1-10 [I] 13-15;
 [A]US2009162732  (NOBLET MARC [FR], et al) [A] 1-15 * paragraph [0049] * * paragraph [0005] - paragraph [0006] * * paragraph [0048] * * paragraph [0006] * * paragraph [0049] - paragraph [0050] * * figure 2 *
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