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EP About this file: EP3644022

EP3644022 - METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING FLUID VOLUME [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  11.08.2023
Database last updated on 27.07.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  02.09.2022
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  05.05.2022
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  09.10.2020
FormerThe application has been published
Status updated on  27.03.2020
Most recent event   Tooltip19.07.2024Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): BG		published on 21.08.2024 [2024/34]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Diehl Metering GmbH
Industriestrasse 13
91522 Ansbach / DE
[2020/18]
Inventor(s)01 / Mayle, Michael
Fichtestr. 8
91522 Ansbach / DE
02 / Ploß, Peter
Dörnhofer Str. 37
95445 Bayreuth / DE
03 / Benkert, Andreas
Schlossstraße 11
91522 Ansbach / DE
 [2020/18]
Representative(s)Diehl Patentabteilung
c/o Diehl Stiftung & Co. KG
Stephanstraße 49
90478 Nürnberg / DE
[2020/18]
Application number, filing date19203299.315.10.2019
[2020/18]
Priority number, dateDE2018100839324.10.2018         Original published format: DE102018008393
[2020/18]
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3644022
Date:29.04.2020
Language:DE
[2020/18]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3644022
Date:05.10.2022
Language:DE
[2022/40]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP23.03.2020
ClassificationIPC:G01F1/66, G01F1/667
[2022/21]
CPC:
G01F1/66 (EP); G01F1/667 (EP)
Former IPC [2020/18]G01F1/66
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 [2020/46]
Former [2020/18]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 UND MESSEINRICHTUNG ZUR ERMITTLUNG EINER FLUIDGRÖSSE[2020/18]
English:METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING FLUID VOLUME[2020/18]
French:PROCÉDÉ ET DISPOSITIF DE MESURE PERMETTANT DE DÉTERMINER UNE GRANDEUR DE FLUIDE[2020/18]
Examination procedure02.10.2020Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
02.10.2020Examination requested  [2020/46]
02.10.2020Date on which the examining division has become responsible
06.05.2022Communication of intention to grant the patent
23.08.2022Fee for grant paid
23.08.2022Fee for publishing/printing paid
23.08.2022Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)06.07.2023No opposition filed within time limit [2023/37]
Fees paidRenewal fee
20.10.2021Renewal fee patent year 03
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Documents cited:Search[Y]EP0040837  (SIEMENS AG [DE]) [Y] 3 * page 11, line 3 - line 34; figures 1,4 *;
 [XY]US4838127  (HERREMANS PIETER [NL], et al) [X] 1,2,4-9 * column 1, line 43 - line 65 * * page 2, line 44 - column 3, line 18 * * page 3, line 31 - line 50 * * page 3, line 62 - line 67 * * page 4, line 7 - line 15 * * pages 1,2,4, 5 * [Y] 3;
 [A]DE102008029772  (FLOWTEC AG [CH]) [A] 1-9 * paragraph [0020] *;
 [I]DE102013101950  (UNIV DRESDEN TECH [DE]) [I] 1,2,4-7,9 * paragraph [0030] * * paragraph [0036] - paragraph [0039] * * paragraph [0050] * * paragraph [0058] - paragraph [0059] * * paragraph [0062] * * paragraph [0066] * * paragraph [0078] * * paragraph [0080] * * figure 1 *;
 [A]RU2498229  (OOO KORPORATSIJA SPEKTRAKUSTIKA [RU]) [A] 1-9* the whole document *
by applicant   - G. LINDNER, "Sensors and actuators based on surface acoustic waves propagating along solid-liquid interfaces", J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys., (20080000), vol. 41, doi:doi:10.1088/0022-3727/41/12/123002, page 123002, XP055552255

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0022-3727/41/12/123002
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