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EP About this file: EP3736894

EP3736894 - BIPOLAR PLATE FOR FUEL CELLS, FUEL CELL STACK COMPRISING SUCH BIPOLAR PLATES AND VEHICLE COMPRISING SUCH A FUEL CELL STACK [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  17.06.2022
Database last updated on 05.10.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  09.07.2021
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  13.05.2021
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  09.04.2021
FormerThe application has been published
Status updated on  09.10.2020
Most recent event   Tooltip27.09.2024Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): MT		published on 30.10.2024 [2024/44]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Audi AG
Auto-Union-Str. 1
85045 Ingolstadt / DE
[2020/46]
Inventor(s)01 / Jilani, Adel
c/o Ballard Power Systems, 9000 Glenlyon Parkway
Burnaby, British Columbia V5J 5J8 / CA
02 / Kumar, Sanjiv
c/o Ballard Power Systems, 9000 Glenlyon Parkway
Burnaby, British Columbia V5J 5J8 / CA
03 / Bradean, Radu P.
c/o Ballard Power Systems, 9000 Glenlyon Parkway
Burnaby, British Columbia V5J 5J8 / CA
04 / Voigt, Sebastian
Jägerhausstr. 11
74074 Heilbronn / DE
 [2020/46]
Application number, filing date20155267.604.02.2020
[2020/46]
Priority number, dateDE20191020556417.04.2019         Original published format: DE102019205564
[2020/46]
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3736894
Date:11.11.2020
Language:DE
[2020/46]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3736894
Date:11.08.2021
Language:DE
[2021/32]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP13.10.2020
ClassificationIPC:H01M8/0206, H01M8/0213, H01M8/0228, H01M8/0254, H01M8/0258, H01M8/0265
[2020/46]
CPC:
H01M8/0265 (EP,CN); H01M8/0258 (EP,CN,US); B60L53/54 (CN);
H01M8/0206 (EP); H01M8/0213 (EP); H01M8/0228 (EP);
H01M8/0254 (EP); H01M8/0267 (US); H01M8/04029 (US);
H01M8/04701 (US); H01M8/2465 (CN); H01M8/2483 (US);
H01M2250/20 (US); Y02E60/50 (EP); Y02T10/70 (EP);
Y02T10/7072 (EP); Y02T90/12 (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 [2021/19]
Former [2020/46]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:BIPOLARPLATTE FÜR BRENNSTOFFZELLEN, BRENNSTOFFZELLENSTAPEL MIT SOLCHEN BIPOLARPLATTEN SOWIE FAHRZEUG MIT EINEM SOLCHEN BRENNSTOFFZELLENSTAPEL[2020/46]
English:BIPOLAR PLATE FOR FUEL CELLS, FUEL CELL STACK COMPRISING SUCH BIPOLAR PLATES AND VEHICLE COMPRISING SUCH A FUEL CELL STACK[2020/46]
French:PLAQUE BIPOLAIRE POUR PILES À COMBUSTIBLE, EMPILEMENT DE PILES À COMBUSTIBLE DOTÉ DE TELLES PLAQUES BIPOLAIRES AINSI QUE VÉHICULE DOTÉ D'UN TEL EMPILEMENT DE PILES À COMBUSTIBLE[2020/46]
Examination procedure01.04.2021Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
01.04.2021Examination requested  [2021/19]
01.04.2021Date on which the examining division has become responsible
14.05.2021Communication of intention to grant the patent
28.06.2021Fee for grant paid
28.06.2021Fee for publishing/printing paid
28.06.2021Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)12.05.2022No opposition filed within time limit [2022/29]
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