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EP About this file: EP3621186

EP3621186 - CLEANING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CLEANING A DIPPED COATED BODY [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  21.01.2022
Database last updated on 31.08.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  12.02.2021
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  27.10.2020
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  06.12.2019
Most recent event   Tooltip03.05.2024Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): MK		published on 05.06.2024  [2024/23]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
VAF GmbH
Bergstraße 13
73441 Bopfingen / DE
[2020/11]
Inventor(s)01 / Braun, Thomas
VAF GmbH
Hegelstraße 10
73469 Riesbürg / DE
02 / Salvasohn, Dominik
VAF GmbH
Hölderlinweg 2
73460 Hüttlingen / DE
03 / Fischer, Matthias
VAF GmbH
Albert-Schweitzer-Weg 2
73441 Bopfingen / DE
 [2020/11]
Representative(s)Schorr, Peter Karl
Schorr IP
Patentanwaltskanzlei
Stettiner Straße 1
63322 Rödermark / DE
[2021/11]
Former [2020/11]Schorr, Peter Karl
Schorr IP
Patentanwaltskanzlei
Am Sonnenweg 20
70619 Stuttgart / DE
Application number, filing date19186208.515.07.2019
[2020/11]
Priority number, dateDE20181012170805.09.2018         Original published format: DE102018121708
[2020/11]
Previously filed application, dateDE20181012170805.09.2018
[2020/11]
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3621186
Date:11.03.2020
Language:DE
[2020/11]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3621186
Date:17.03.2021
Language:DE
[2021/11]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP25.10.2019
ClassificationIPC:H02K15/12, // B05C3/09, B05C11/06, B08B1/00, B08B3/02, B08B5/02
[2020/11]
CPC:
H02K15/12 (EP,CN); B08B1/143 (CN); B08B13/00 (CN);
B08B5/02 (EP,CN); B08B5/04 (CN); H02K15/00 (CN);
B05C11/06 (EP); B05C3/09 (EP); B08B1/165 (EP);
B08B1/30 (EP); B08B3/024 (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 [2020/43]
Former [2020/11]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:REINIGUNGSVORRICHUTNG UND VERFAHREN ZUM REINIGEN EINES IM TAUCHVERFAHREN BESCHICHTETEN KÖRPERS[2020/11]
English:CLEANING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CLEANING A DIPPED COATED BODY[2020/11]
French:DISPOSITIF DE NETTOYAGE ET PROCÉDÉ DE NETTOYAGE D'UN CORPS REVÊTU TREMPÉ[2020/11]
Examination procedure15.07.2019Examination requested  [2020/11]
25.10.2019Date on which the examining division has become responsible
10.12.2019Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
22.01.2020Reply to a communication from the examining division
14.05.2020Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
21.07.2020Reply to a communication from the examining division
28.10.2020Communication of intention to grant the patent
04.02.2021Fee for grant paid
04.02.2021Fee for publishing/printing paid
04.02.2021Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)20.12.2021No opposition filed within time limit [2022/08]
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipAL17.03.2021
CY17.03.2021
DK17.03.2021
EE17.03.2021
ES17.03.2021
FI17.03.2021
HR17.03.2021
LT17.03.2021
LV17.03.2021
MC17.03.2021
MK17.03.2021
NL17.03.2021
PL17.03.2021
RO17.03.2021
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SI17.03.2021
SM17.03.2021
BG17.06.2021
GR18.06.2021
IE15.07.2021
LU15.07.2021
IS17.07.2021
PT19.07.2021
BE31.07.2021
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Documents cited:Search[A]DE1018552  (ERNST ROEDERSTEIN G M B H) [A] 1,2,4-9 * figure 2 *;
 [XAI]GB807805  (ILFORD LTD) [X] 1,2,8,9 * figures 1-4 * [A] 5 [I] 4,6,7;
 [XAI]GB915328  (BELOIT IRON WORKS) [X] 1,3,8 * figure 1 * [A] 5 [I] 4,6,7;
 [YA]JPS6077650  (TOSHIBA KK) [Y] 3 * figure 4 * [A] 1,4-8;
 [XAYI]JPH0956124  (TOSHIBA CORP) [X] 1,8 * paragraphs [0008] - [0010] - [0 15] , [0 29] , [0 32]; figures 6, 12 * [A] 5 [Y] 2,3,9 [I] 4,6,7;
 [A]JP2003169451  (TOSHIBA ELEVATOR CO LTD) [A] 4* paragraph [0031] *;
 [YA]US2004211449  (YOKOMOTO RYU [JP], et al) [Y] 2,9 * figure 2 * [A] 1,4-8;
 [A]DE102008054810  (BOSCH GMBH ROBERT [DE]) [A] 4,6,7 * paragraph [0020]; figures 4, 6 *
ExaminationJPH08206572
 US5902402
by applicantDE102009045200
 DE102010060515
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