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EP About this file: EP4006458

EP4006458 - REFRIGERATOR WITH OBLIQUELY ARRANGED EVAPORATOR [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  12.04.2024
Database last updated on 07.10.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  05.05.2023
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  23.01.2023
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  19.08.2022
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  29.04.2022
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  10.05.2021
Most recent event   Tooltip02.08.2024Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): BE		published on 04.09.2024  [2024/36]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Qingdao Haier Refrigerator Co., Ltd.
Haier Industrial Park
No. 1 Haier Road
Laoshan District
Qingdao
Shandong 266101 / CN
For all designated states
Haier Smart Home Co., Ltd.
Haier Industrial Park
No. 1 Haier Road
Laoshan District
Qingdao, Shandong 266101 / CN
[2022/22]
Inventor(s)01 / LI, Mengcheng
Haier Industrial Park NO.1 Haier Road,Laoshan
District
Qingdao, Shandong 266101 / CN
02 / LIU, Jianru
Haier Industrial Park NO.1 Haier Road,Laoshan
District
Qingdao, Shandong 266101 / CN
03 / ZHU, Xiaobing
Haier Industrial Park NO.1 Haier Road,Laoshan
District
Qingdao, Shandong 266101 / CN
04 / NODA, Toshinori
Haier Industrial Park NO.1 Haier Road,Laoshan
District
Qingdao, Shandong 266101 / CN
05 / LIU, Hui
Haier Industrial Park NO.1 Haier Road,Laoshan
District
Qingdao, Shandong 266101 / CN
06 / LIU, Yunxi
Haier Industrial Park NO.1 Haier Road,Laoshan
District
Qingdao, Shandong 266101 / CN
 [2022/22]
Representative(s)Ziebig Hengelhaupt Intellectual Property Attorneys Patentanwaltskanzlei PartGmbB
Leipziger Straße 49
10117 Berlin / DE
[N/P]
Former [2023/23]Ziebig Hengelhaupt Intellectual Property Attorneys Patentanwaltsanwaltskanzlei PartGmbB
Leipziger Straße 49
10117 Berlin / DE
Former [2022/22]Ziebig & Hengelhaupt Patent- und Rechtsanwaltskanzlei PartG mbB
Leipziger Straße 49
10117 Berlin / DE
Application number, filing date20882878.009.09.2020
[2022/22]
WO2020CN114257
Priority number, dateCN201921870610U01.11.2019         Original published format: CN 201921870610 U
[2022/22]
Filing languageZH
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2021082751
Date:06.05.2021
Language:ZH
[2021/18]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP4006458
Date:01.06.2022
Language:EN
[2022/22]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP4006458
Date:07.06.2023
Language:EN
[2023/23]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:CN06.05.2021
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP11.08.2022
ClassificationIPC:F25D11/02, F25D21/14, F25D23/00
[2022/22]
CPC:
F25D17/067 (EP,US); F25D21/14 (EP,US)
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 [2022/22]
Extension statesBANot yet paid
MENot yet paid
Validation statesKHNot yet paid
MANot yet paid
MDNot yet paid
TNNot yet paid
TitleGerman:KÜHLSCHRANK MIT SCHRÄG ANGEORDNETEM VERDAMPFER[2022/22]
English:REFRIGERATOR WITH OBLIQUELY ARRANGED EVAPORATOR[2022/22]
French:RÉFRIGÉRATEUR DOTÉ D'UN ÉVAPORATEUR DISPOSÉ DE MANIÈRE OBLIQUE[2022/22]
Entry into regional phase23.02.2022Translation filed 
23.02.2022National basic fee paid 
23.02.2022Search fee paid 
23.02.2022Designation fee(s) paid 
23.02.2022Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure23.02.2022Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
23.02.2022Examination requested  [2022/22]
11.08.2022Date on which the examining division has become responsible
23.08.2022Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
02.11.2022Reply to a communication from the examining division
24.01.2023Communication of intention to grant the patent
25.04.2023Fee for grant paid
25.04.2023Fee for publishing/printing paid
25.04.2023Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)08.03.2024No opposition filed within time limit [2024/20]
Fees paidRenewal fee
28.09.2022Renewal fee patent year 03
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipAT07.06.2023
CZ07.06.2023
DK07.06.2023
EE07.06.2023
ES07.06.2023
FI07.06.2023
HR07.06.2023
IT07.06.2023
LT07.06.2023
LV07.06.2023
MC07.06.2023
NL07.06.2023
PL07.06.2023
RO07.06.2023
RS07.06.2023
SE07.06.2023
SI07.06.2023
SK07.06.2023
SM07.06.2023
NO07.09.2023
GR08.09.2023
IE09.09.2023
LU09.09.2023
BE30.09.2023
CH30.09.2023
IS07.10.2023
PT09.10.2023
[2024/36]
Former [2024/35]AT07.06.2023
CZ07.06.2023
DK07.06.2023
EE07.06.2023
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FI07.06.2023
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Documents cited:Search[X]US2767558  (WALLENBROCK RALPH E, et al);
 [XA]GB895548  (GEN MOTORS CORP);
 [X]US3433031  (SCHEITLIN THOMAS G, et al);
 [X]CN208688069U  (QINGDAO HAIER CO LTD);
 [X]US2019142185  (BATES ROY [US], et al)
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