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EP About this file: EP3552945

EP3552945 - UNDERWATER VEHICLE COMPRISING A LOCKABLE FLAP [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  10.10.2025
Database last updated on 18.03.2026
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  01.11.2024
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  04.07.2024
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  08.10.2021
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  24.04.2020
FormerThe application has been published
Status updated on  13.09.2019
Most recent event   Tooltip23.01.2026Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): BE, CH		published on 25.02.2026  [2026/09]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
thyssenkrupp Marine Systems GmbH
Werftstraße 112-114
24143 Kiel / DE
For all designated states
thyssenkrupp AG
ThyssenKrupp Allee 1
45143 Essen / DE
[2021/10]
Former [2019/42]For all designated states
thyssenkrupp Marine Systems GmbH
Werftstraße 112-114
24143 Kiel / DE
For all designated states
thyssenkrupp AG
Thyssenkrupp Allee 1
45143 Essen / DE
Inventor(s)01 / Jenk, Eric
Klosterkamp 15
24232 Schönkirchen / DE
 [2019/42]
Representative(s)thyssenkrupp Intellectual Property GmbH
ThyssenKrupp Allee 1
45143 Essen / DE
[2019/42]
Application number, filing date19166966.203.04.2019
[2019/42]
Priority number, dateDE20181020548711.04.2018         Original published format: DE102018205487
[2019/42]
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3552945
Date:16.10.2019
Language:DE
[2019/42]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3552945
Date:04.12.2024
Language:DE
[2024/49]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP24.07.2019
ClassificationIPC:B63B19/08, B63B3/13, B63G8/00, // B63G8/41, B63B19/14
[2019/42]
CPC:
B63B3/13 (EP); B63B19/08 (EP); B63G8/00 (EP);
B63B19/14 (EP); B63G8/41 (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 [2020/22]
Former [2019/42]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:UNTERWASSERFAHRZEUG MIT EINER ARRETIERBAREN KLAPPE[2019/42]
English:UNDERWATER VEHICLE COMPRISING A LOCKABLE FLAP[2019/42]
French:VÉHICULE SOUS-MARIN DOTÉ D'UN VOLET POUVANT ÊTRE BLOQUÉ[2019/42]
Examination procedure18.03.2020Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
16.04.2020Examination requested  [2020/22]
16.04.2020Date on which the examining division has become responsible
22.10.2021Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
21.03.2022Reply to a communication from the examining division
10.07.2023Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M02)
28.08.2023Reply to a communication from the examining division
05.07.2024Communication of intention to grant the patent
21.10.2024Fee for grant paid
21.10.2024Fee for publishing/printing paid
21.10.2024Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)05.09.2025No opposition filed within time limit [2025/46]
Fees paidRenewal fee
29.04.2021Renewal fee patent year 03
25.03.2022Renewal fee patent year 04
25.04.2023Renewal fee patent year 05
24.04.2024Renewal fee patent year 06
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipBG04.12.2024
CZ04.12.2024
DK04.12.2024
EE04.12.2024
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FI04.12.2024
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PL04.12.2024
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NO04.03.2025
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LU03.04.2025
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PT04.04.2025
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Documents cited:Search[XI] DE202006004805  (HOWALDTSWERKE DEUTSCHE WERFT et al.)
 [XI] DE102007041724  (HOWALDTSWERKE DEUTSCHE WERFT et al.) [X] 1,3,5 * paragraph [0024] - paragraph [0029] * * figures 1 - 3 *[I] 13
 [XY] US3051280  (BURTON BERGMAN et al.) [X] 1,2,4-8 * paragraphs [0035] , [0 36] * * figures 4, 6 *[Y] 9-12
 [Y] CN201834177  (WUXI DONGZHOU MARINE FITTINGS et al.) [Y] 9-12 * column 5, line 31 - line 41 * * figures 1, 2, 10 *
ExaminationDE202006004805
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