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| EP4005953 - SORTER [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | The patent has been granted Status updated on 01.08.2025 Database last updated on 07.03.2026 | |
| Former | Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 30.03.2025 | ||
| Former | Examination is in progress Status updated on 25.10.2024 | ||
| Former | Request for examination was made Status updated on 02.12.2022 | ||
| Former | The application has been published Status updated on 29.04.2022 | 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 WIPOTEC GmbH Adam-Hoffmann-Straße 26 67657 Kaiserslautern / DE | [2022/22] | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Düppre, Theo 67663 Kaiserslautern / DE | 02 /
Joachim, Matthias 66953 Pirmasens / DE | [2022/22] | Representative(s) | Eder Schieschke & Partner mbB Patentanwälte Elisabethstraße 34 80796 München / DE | [2025/36] |
| Former [2022/22] | Mischung, Ralf Eder Schieschke & Partner mbB Patentanwälte Elisabethstraße 34/II 80796 München / DE | Application number, filing date | 21210739.5 | 26.11.2021 | [2022/22] | Priority number, date | DE202010131570 | 27.11.2020 Original published format: DE102020131570 | [2022/22] | Filing language | DE | Procedural language | DE | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP4005953 | Date: | 01.06.2022 | Language: | DE | [2022/22] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP4005953 | Date: | 03.09.2025 | Language: | DE | [2025/36] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 02.05.2022 | Classification | IPC: | B65G47/64, B07C5/02, B07C5/10, B07C5/12, B07C5/36 | [2022/22] | CPC: |
B65G47/647 (EP);
B07C5/02 (CN);
B65G47/71 (US);
B07C5/10 (CN);
B07C5/12 (CN);
B07C5/36 (EP);
B07C5/362 (EP,CN);
B65G47/642 (US);
B65G47/682 (US);
B65G2201/0202 (EP)
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| 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 [2023/01]
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| Former [2022/22] | 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 | Title | German: | SORTIERER | [2022/22] | English: | SORTER | [2022/22] | French: | DISPOSITIF DE TRI | [2022/22] | Examination procedure | 29.11.2022 | Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description) | 29.11.2022 | Examination requested [2023/01] | 29.11.2022 | Date on which the examining division has become responsible | 28.10.2024 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M02) | 07.11.2024 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 17.12.2024 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 13.01.2025 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 31.03.2025 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 24.07.2025 | Fee for grant paid | 24.07.2025 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | 24.07.2025 | Receipt of the translation of the claim(s) | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 31.10.2023 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 04.11.2024 | Renewal fee patent year 04 |
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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 | 03.09.2025 | HR | 03.09.2025 | NO | 03.12.2025 | RS | 03.12.2025 | GR | 04.12.2025 | [2026/11] |
| Former [2026/10] | HR | 03.09.2025 | |
| NO | 03.12.2025 | ||
| RS | 03.12.2025 | ||
| GR | 04.12.2025 | ||
| Former [2026/09] | HR | 03.09.2025 | |
| NO | 03.12.2025 | ||
| GR | 04.12.2025 | ||
| Former [2026/08] | HR | 03.09.2025 | |
| NO | 03.12.2025 | Documents cited: | Search | [XPA] WO2021050252 (JOHN BEAN TECHNOLOGIES CORP et al.) | [XA] US4938336 (AQUINO AGOSTINO et al.) | [X] US2013153364 (BAUER SIGFRID et al.) | [XPA] EP0030653 (JOA CURT G et al.) [XP] 1-4,9-16 * abstract * * page 8 - page 15 * * figures 1-4 *[A] 5-8 | [XA] US4424966 (CHANDHOKE MOHANJIT S et al.) [X] 1,2,5,9,11-13 * abstract * * column 6 - column 7 * * figures 1-2 *[A] 6-8 | by applicant | DE102019127189 |