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EP About this file: EP3679843

EP3679843 - FLUID DISPENSER WITH IMPROVED CATCH MECHANISM [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  16.09.2022
Database last updated on 25.09.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  08.10.2021
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  27.05.2021
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  22.01.2021
FormerThe application has been published
Status updated on  12.06.2020
Most recent event   Tooltip17.05.2024Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): HU		published on 19.06.2024  [2024/25]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
OP-Hygiene IP GmbH
Herrenmattweg 1
4704 Niederbipp / CH
[2020/29]
Inventor(s)01 / OPHARDT, Heiner
Ringstrasse 2a
4422 Arisdorf / CH
02 / MCDONAGH, Padraig
Cartron Roe
Ballymote
Co. Sligo / IE
 [2020/29]
Representative(s)Grünecker Patent- und Rechtsanwälte PartG mbB
Leopoldstraße 4
80802 München / DE
[2020/29]
Application number, filing date20150707.608.01.2020
[2020/29]
Priority number, dateUS201962791239P11.01.2019         Original published format: US 201962791239 P
[2020/29]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3679843
Date:15.07.2020
Language:EN
[2020/29]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3679843
Date:10.11.2021
Language:EN
[2021/45]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP29.04.2020
ClassificationIPC:A47K5/12
[2020/29]
CPC:
A47K5/1205 (EP,US); A47K5/12 (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 [2021/08]
Former [2020/29]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:FLÜSSIGKEITSSPENDER MIT VERBESSERTEM RASTMECHANISMUS[2020/29]
English:FLUID DISPENSER WITH IMPROVED CATCH MECHANISM[2020/29]
French:DISTRIBUTEUR DE FLUIDES DOTÉ D'UN MÉCANISME DE LOQUET AMÉLIORÉ[2020/29]
Examination procedure15.01.2021Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
15.01.2021Examination requested  [2021/08]
15.01.2021Date on which the examining division has become responsible
28.05.2021Communication of intention to grant the patent
30.09.2021Fee for grant paid
30.09.2021Fee for publishing/printing paid
30.09.2021Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)11.08.2022No opposition filed within time limit [2022/42]
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Documents cited:Search[AD]CA2985313  (OP HYGIENE IP GMBH [CH]) [AD] 1-15* the whole document *
by applicantCA2985313
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