| EP4281276 - TRANSVERSE SEALING DEVICE, METHOD FOR OPERATING THE TRANSVERSE SEALING DEVICE AND VERTICAL FORM FILL SEALING MACHINE [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | The patent has been granted Status updated on 13.12.2024 Database last updated on 21.03.2026 | |
| Former | Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 30.10.2024 | ||
| Former | Examination is in progress Status updated on 27.04.2024 | ||
| Former | Request for examination was made Status updated on 27.10.2023 | ||
| Former | The international publication has been made Status updated on 12.05.2023 | ||
| Former | unknown Status updated on 12.12.2022 | Most recent event Tooltip | 04.03.2026 | New entry: Reply of patent proprietor to notice(s) of opposition | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Syntegon Packaging Solutions B.V. Industriekade 43 6001 SE Weert / NL | [2025/03] |
| Former [2023/48] | For all designated states Syntegon Packaging Solutions B.V. Industriekade 43 6001 SE Weert / NL | Inventor(s) | 01 /
HENNISSEN, Maurice 6001 SE Weert / NL | 02 /
CASTERMANS, Marc 6001 SE Weert / NL | 03 /
KOK, Tom 6001 SE Weert / NL | [2023/48] | Representative(s) | Daub, Thomas, et al Daub PartG mbB Bahnhofstraße 5 88662 Überlingen / DE | [N/P] |
| Former [2025/03] | Novagraaf Group Chemin de l'Echo 3 1213 Onex / Geneva / CH | ||
| Former [2023/48] | Daub, Thomas Patent- und Rechtsanwaltskanzlei Daub Bahnhofstrasse 5 88662 Überlingen / DE | Application number, filing date | 22817103.9 | 03.11.2022 | [2023/48] | WO2022EP80626 | Priority number, date | DE202110128877 | 05.11.2021 Original published format: DE102021128877 | [2023/48] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO2023078971 | Date: | 11.05.2023 | Language: | EN | [2023/19] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP4281276 | Date: | 29.11.2023 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 11.05.2023 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [2023/48] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP4281276 | Date: | 15.01.2025 | Language: | EN | [2025/03] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | EP | 11.05.2023 | Classification | IPC: | B29C65/18, B29C65/00 | [2023/48] | CPC: |
B29C65/18 (EP);
B65B51/30 (US);
B29C66/1122 (EP);
B29C66/4312 (EP);
B29C66/8225 (EP);
B29C66/83221 (EP);
B29C66/83543 (EP);
B29C66/849 (EP);
B65B9/08 (US);
B29C66/8242 (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, ME, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR [2023/48]
| Extension states | BA | Not yet paid | Validation states | KH | Not yet paid | MA | Not yet paid | MD | Not yet paid | TN | Not yet paid | Title | German: | QUERSIEGELVORRICHTUNG, VERFAHREN ZUM BETREIBEN DER QUERSIEGELVORRICHTUNG UND VERTIKALE FORM-FÜLLSIEGELMASCHINE | [2023/48] | English: | TRANSVERSE SEALING DEVICE, METHOD FOR OPERATING THE TRANSVERSE SEALING DEVICE AND VERTICAL FORM FILL SEALING MACHINE | [2023/48] | French: | DISPOSITIF DE SCELLAGE TRANSVERSAL, PROCÉDÉ DE FONCTIONNEMENT DU DISPOSITIF DE SCELLAGE TRANSVERSAL ET MACHINE VERTICALE DE FORMATION, DE REMPLISSAGE ET DE SCELLAGE | [2023/48] | Entry into regional phase | 23.08.2023 | National basic fee paid | 23.08.2023 | Designation fee(s) paid | 23.08.2023 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 23.08.2023 | Examination requested [2023/48] | 23.08.2023 | Date on which the examining division has become responsible | 11.10.2023 | Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description) | 30.04.2024 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 19.08.2024 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 30.10.2024 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 02.12.2024 | Fee for grant paid | 02.12.2024 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | 02.12.2024 | Receipt of the translation of the claim(s) | Opposition(s) | Opponent(s) | 01
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ADMISSIBLE GEA Food Solutions Weert B.V. De Fuus 8 6006 RV Weert / NL Opponent's representative Kutzenberger Wolff & Partner Waidmarkt 11 50676 Köln / DE | [2025/47] | 29.10.2025 | Invitation to proprietor to file observations on the notice of opposition | 02.03.2026 | Reply of patent proprietor to notice(s) of opposition | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 26.11.2024 | Renewal fee patent year 03 |
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| NO | 15.04.2025 | ||
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| IS | 15.05.2025 | ||
| Former [2025/33] | PL | 15.01.2025 | |
| RS | 15.04.2025 | Cited in | International search | [XI] EP2103526 (ORIHIRO ENG CO LTD et al.) | [XI] US3616087 (HENRY NELSON R et al.) [X] 1-3,9,10,12 * paragraph [0030] - paragraph [0065]; figures 1-10 *[I] 4-8,11 | [XI] AT502740 (T M E S R L et al.) [X] 1-3,10,12 * column 3, line 30 - column 5, line 12; figures 1-5 *[I] 4-9,11 | [XI] US4751808 (HADDEN WILLIAM A et al.) [X] 1-3,9,10,12 * page 3, paragraph 2 - page 7, paragraph 5; figures 1-13 *[I] 4-8,11 | by applicant | DE69725928 | Opposition | GB886223 | US3256673 | US5746043 | JPS6278033 | EP2103526 | AT502740 | US3616087 | US4751808 |