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EP About this file: EP3719330

EP3719330 - SCREW WITH DISCONTINUITY AT THE SECTION BETWEEN THREADS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  03.02.2023
Database last updated on 02.08.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  25.02.2022
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  28.11.2021
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  16.10.2020
FormerThe application has been published
Status updated on  04.09.2020
Most recent event   Tooltip14.06.2024Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): MC, TR		published on 17.07.2024  [2024/29]
Applicant(s)For:DE 
Adolf Würth GmbH & Co. KG
Reinhold-Würth-Strasse 12-17
74653 Künzelsau / DE
For:AL  AT  BE  BG  CH  CY  CZ  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 
Würth International AG
Aspermontstrasse 1
7000 Chur / CH
[2020/41]
Inventor(s)01 / Eckert, Rainer
Honsbronn 52
97990 Weikersheim / DE
02 / Wunderlich, Andreas
Lindenweg 3
74635 Kupferzell / DE
 [2020/41]
Representative(s)Dilg, Haeusler, Schindelmann Patentanwaltsgesellschaft mbH
Leonrodstraße 58
80636 München / DE
[2020/41]
Application number, filing date20170501.911.12.2015
[2020/41]
Priority number, dateDE20151010003705.01.2015         Original published format: DE102015100037
[2020/41]
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3719330
Date:07.10.2020
Language:DE
[2020/41]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3719330
Date:30.03.2022
Language:DE
[2022/13]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP04.09.2020
ClassificationIPC:F16B25/00
[2020/41]
CPC:
F16B25/0015 (EP); F16B25/0047 (EP); F16B25/0078 (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 [2020/47]
Former [2020/41]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:SCHRAUBE MIT DISKONTINUITÄT AN ZWISCHENGEWINDEABSCHNITT[2020/41]
English:SCREW WITH DISCONTINUITY AT THE SECTION BETWEEN THREADS[2020/41]
French:VIS AVEC UNE DISCONTINUITÉ SUR UNE SECTION DE FILETAGE INTERMÉDIAIRE[2020/41]
Examination procedure12.10.2020Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
12.10.2020Examination requested  [2020/47]
12.10.2020Date on which the examining division has become responsible
29.11.2021Communication of intention to grant the patent
22.02.2022Fee for grant paid
22.02.2022Fee for publishing/printing paid
22.02.2022Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Parent application(s)   TooltipEP15199631.1  / EP3040563
Opposition(s)03.01.2023No opposition filed within time limit [2023/10]
Fees paidRenewal fee
21.04.2020Renewal fee patent year 03
21.04.2020Renewal fee patent year 04
21.04.2020Renewal fee patent year 05
24.12.2020Renewal fee patent year 06
24.12.2021Renewal fee patent year 07
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Documents cited:Search[X]DE54903  (THE AMERICAN SCREW COMPANY IN PROVIDENCE) [X] 1-13 * figure - *;
 [A]GB2042120  (GUTSHALL C E) [A] 1-13* figure - *;
 [X]DE3615271  (MUELLER THOMAS [DE]) [X] 1,2,4-13 * figures 1,6 *;
 [X]EP1892425  (HILTI AG [LI]) [X] 1-13 * figures 1-2 *;
 [A]DE202011000982U  (YAO CHENG CO [TW]) [A] 1-13 * figure 4 *;
 [X]US2013336744  (PHUA CHENG SIONG [SG], et al) [X] 1,2,4-6,8-13 * figures 2,3a,10 *
by applicantDE8103990U
 DE3337534
 US5570983
 EP0589398
 US6669424
 DE10341401
 US2007147973
 DE102010028344
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