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| EP3980696 - CONDENSING UNIT [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | The patent has been granted Status updated on 11.07.2025 Database last updated on 28.03.2026 | |
| Former | Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 13.03.2025 | ||
| Former | Examination is in progress Status updated on 02.02.2024 | ||
| Former | Request for examination was made Status updated on 11.03.2022 | ||
| Former | The international publication has been made Status updated on 11.12.2020 | ||
| Former | unknown Status updated on 27.07.2020 | Most recent event Tooltip | 06.02.2026 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): ES | published on 11.03.2026 [2026/11] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states FINTEK S.R.L. Via Tonso di Gualtiero, 46 47896 Faetano / SM | [2022/15] | Inventor(s) | 01 /
CHINAGLIA, Nicola Via Nevegal, 30 45100 Rovigo (RO) / IT | [2022/15] | Representative(s) | Montebelli, Marco Brema S.r.l. Piazza E. Enriquez, 22C 47891 Dogana / SM | [2025/33] |
| Former [2022/15] | Zanotti, Laura C/o BREMA S.r.l. Piazza E.Enriquez, 22/c 47891 Dogana / SM | Application number, filing date | 20742424.3 | 02.06.2020 | [2022/15] | WO2020IB00389 | Priority number, date | IT20190008316 | 07.06.2019 Original published format: IT201900008316 | [2022/15] | Filing language | IT | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO2020245648 | Date: | 10.12.2020 | Language: | EN | [2020/50] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP3980696 | Date: | 13.04.2022 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 10.12.2020 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [2022/15] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP3980696 | Date: | 13.08.2025 | Language: | EN | [2025/33] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | EP | 10.12.2020 | Classification | IPC: | F24F1/0022, F24F1/48, F24F1/028, F24F13/02, F24F13/20 | [2022/15] | CPC: |
F24F1/48 (EP);
F24F1/0022 (EP);
F24F1/028 (EP);
F24F13/0209 (EP);
F24F2013/205 (EP)
| Designated contracting states | 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 [2022/15]
| Extension states | BA | Not yet paid | ME | Not yet paid | Validation states | KH | Not yet paid | MA | Not yet paid | MD | Not yet paid | TN | Not yet paid | Title | German: | KONDENSATIONSEINHEIT | [2025/12] | English: | CONDENSING UNIT | [2022/15] | French: | UNITÉ DE CONDENSATION | [2022/15] |
| Former [2022/15] | KONDENSATEINHEIT | Entry into regional phase | 10.12.2021 | National basic fee paid | 10.12.2021 | Designation fee(s) paid | 10.12.2021 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 10.12.2021 | Examination requested [2022/15] | 10.12.2021 | Date on which the examining division has become responsible | 20.07.2022 | Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description) | 06.02.2024 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 12.07.2024 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 14.03.2025 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 03.07.2025 | Fee for grant paid | 03.07.2025 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | 03.07.2025 | Receipt of the translation of the claim(s) | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 23.02.2022 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 27.06.2023 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 25.06.2024 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 27.06.2025 | Renewal fee patent year 06 |
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| Responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or quality of the data displayed under the link provided lies entirely with the Unified Patent Court. | Lapses during opposition Tooltip | ES | 13.08.2025 | HR | 13.08.2025 | PL | 13.08.2025 | NO | 13.11.2025 | RS | 13.11.2025 | GR | 14.11.2025 | IS | 13.12.2025 | [2026/11] |
| Former [2026/10] | HR | 13.08.2025 | |
| PL | 13.08.2025 | ||
| NO | 13.11.2025 | ||
| RS | 13.11.2025 | ||
| GR | 14.11.2025 | ||
| IS | 13.12.2025 | ||
| Former [2026/09] | HR | 13.08.2025 | |
| NO | 13.11.2025 | ||
| GR | 14.11.2025 | ||
| IS | 13.12.2025 | ||
| Former [2026/08] | HR | 13.08.2025 | |
| NO | 13.11.2025 | ||
| IS | 13.12.2025 | ||
| Former [2026/07] | IS | 13.12.2025 | Cited in | International search | [XY] EP3070410 (LG ELECTRONICS INC et al.) [X] 1-3,5,6 * paragraph [0033] - paragraph [0046]; figures 2-4; claims 1-10 * * paragraph [0056] - paragraph [0064] *[Y] 4,7-9 | [XY] US2015354838 (CUR NIHAT O et al.) [X] 1-3,5 * paragraph [0060] - paragraph [0060]; figures 10-12 *[Y] 4,7 | [XY] KR20170123128 (LG ELECTRONICS INC et al.) [X] 1,5 * paragraph [0008]; figures 2,6,7 *[Y] 7,8 | [XY] WO2018110388 (DAIKIN IND LTD et al.) [X] 1-3 * abstract; figure 4 *[Y] 4 | [Y] KR20110135058 (SHIN SUK HWAN et al.) [Y] 9 * paragraph [0052] - paragraph [0060]; figures 3-5 * | [A] US5916255 (IZUMI YOSHIKI et al.) [A] 1-8 * column 4, line 2 - column 4, line 30; figures 1-2 * |