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EP About this file: EP3742110

EP3742110 - APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING A LAYER THICKNESS AND METHOD OF OPERATING SUCH APPARATUS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  12.01.2024
Database last updated on 13.07.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  03.02.2023
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  19.10.2022
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  28.05.2021
FormerThe application has been published
Status updated on  23.10.2020
Most recent event   Tooltip24.05.2024Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): IT		published on 26.06.2024  [2024/26]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Helmut Fischer GmbH Institut für Elektronik und Messtechnik.
Industriestrasse 21
71069 Sindelfingen / DE
[2023/10]
Former [2020/48]For all designated states
Helmut Fischer GmbH Institut für Elektronik und Messtechnik.
Industriestrasse 21
71069 Sindelfingen / DE
Inventor(s)01 / Mästle, Rüdiger
Brombergstraße 8
71032 Böblingen / DE
02 / Anklamm, Lars-Christian
Dietrich-Bonhoeffer-Straße 3
10407 Berlin / DE
 [2020/48]
Representative(s)Mammel und Maser Patentanwälte PartG mbB
Tilsiter Straße 3
71065 Sindelfingen / DE
[2023/10]
Former [2020/48]DREISS Patentanwälte PartG mbB
Friedrichstraße 6
70174 Stuttgart / DE
Application number, filing date19176509.824.05.2019
[2020/48]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3742110
Date:25.11.2020
Language:EN
[2020/48]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3742110
Date:08.03.2023
Language:EN
[2023/10]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP19.11.2019
ClassificationIPC:G01B11/02, G01B11/06, G01N21/3586, G01N21/84
[2020/48]
CPC:
G01B11/0616 (EP,KR); G01B11/026 (EP,KR,US); G01B11/06 (CN);
G01B11/0625 (US); G01B11/02 (CN); G01N21/3586 (EP,KR);
G01N21/8422 (EP,KR); G01S17/48 (CN); G01S7/481 (CN);
G01N2021/8427 (EP,KR); G01N2021/8438 (EP,KR) (-)
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 [2021/26]
Former [2020/48]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:VORRICHTUNG ZUR BESTIMMUNG EINER LAGENDICKE UND VERFAHREN ZUM BETRIEB SOLCH EINER VORRICHTUNG[2020/48]
English:APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING A LAYER THICKNESS AND METHOD OF OPERATING SUCH APPARATUS[2020/48]
French:APPAREIL POUR DÉTERMINER L'ÉPAISSEUR D'UNE COUCHE ET PROCÉDÉ DE FONCTIONNEMENT D'UN TEL APPAREIL[2020/48]
Examination procedure25.05.2021Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
25.05.2021Examination requested  [2021/26]
25.05.2021Date on which the examining division has become responsible
20.10.2022Communication of intention to grant the patent
23.01.2023Fee for grant paid
23.01.2023Fee for publishing/printing paid
23.01.2023Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)11.12.2023No opposition filed within time limit [2024/07]
Fees paidRenewal fee
17.05.2021Renewal fee patent year 03
31.05.2022Renewal fee patent year 04
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipAT08.03.2023
CZ08.03.2023
DK08.03.2023
EE08.03.2023
FI08.03.2023
HR08.03.2023
IT08.03.2023
LT08.03.2023
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MC08.03.2023
NL08.03.2023
PL08.03.2023
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NO08.06.2023
GR09.06.2023
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PT10.07.2023
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Documents cited:Search[IA]US2010195090  (OHTAKE HIDEYUKI [JP]);
 [XAI]WO2019073074  (ABB SCHWEIZ AG [CH]);
by applicantDE102016118905
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