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| EP4402379 - LIGHTWEIGHT COMPOSITE ACTUATOR [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 05.12.2025 Database last updated on 28.03.2026 | |
| Former | The patent has been granted Status updated on 26.12.2024 | ||
| Former | Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 15.09.2024 | ||
| Former | Request for examination was made Status updated on 20.06.2024 | ||
| Former | The international publication has been made Status updated on 14.07.2023 | ||
| Former | unknown Status updated on 20.01.2023 | Most recent event Tooltip | 05.12.2025 | No opposition filed within time limit | published on 07.01.2026 [2026/02] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Trelleborg Sealing Solutions Germany GmbH Schockenriedstraße 1 70565 Stuttgart / DE | [2024/30] | Inventor(s) | 01 /
KIMBALL, Brett Arnold Loudonsville, New York 12211 / US | 02 /
PASANEN, Michael James Troy, New York 12180 / US | [2024/42] |
| Former [2024/30] | 01 /
KIMBALL, Brett Arnold New York 12211 / US | ||
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PASANEN, Michael James Troy, New York 12180 / US | Representative(s) | Kohler Schmid Möbus Patentanwälte Partnerschaftsgesellschaft mbB Gropiusplatz 10 70563 Stuttgart / DE | [2024/30] | Application number, filing date | 22840180.8 | 20.12.2022 | [2024/30] | WO2022EP87014 | Priority number, date | US202217647437 | 07.01.2022 Original published format: US202217647437 | [2024/30] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO2023131520 | Date: | 13.07.2023 | Language: | EN | [2023/28] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP4402379 | Date: | 24.07.2024 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 13.07.2023 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [2024/30] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP4402379 | Date: | 29.01.2025 | Language: | EN | [2025/05] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | EP | 13.07.2023 | Classification | IPC: | F15B15/14, B29C63/00 | [2024/30] | CPC: |
F15B15/1428 (EP);
F15B15/1438 (EP,US);
B29C63/04 (EP);
F15B15/1433 (EP);
F15B15/1466 (EP);
F16J10/04 (EP,US);
| 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 [2024/30]
| 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: | LEICHTGEWICHT-KOMPOSITAKTUATOR | [2024/30] | English: | LIGHTWEIGHT COMPOSITE ACTUATOR | [2024/30] | French: | ACTIONNEUR COMPOSITE LÉGER | [2024/30] | Entry into regional phase | 18.04.2024 | National basic fee paid | 18.04.2024 | Designation fee(s) paid | 18.04.2024 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 05.10.2023 | Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP | 18.04.2024 | Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description) | 18.04.2024 | Examination requested [2024/30] | 18.04.2024 | Date on which the examining division has become responsible | 16.09.2024 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 18.12.2024 | Fee for grant paid | 18.12.2024 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | 18.12.2024 | Receipt of the translation of the claim(s) | Opposition(s) | 30.10.2025 | No opposition filed within time limit [2026/02] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 09.12.2024 | Renewal fee patent year 03 |
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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 | CZ | 29.01.2025 | ES | 29.01.2025 | HR | 29.01.2025 | PL | 29.01.2025 | SK | 29.01.2025 | SM | 29.01.2025 | NO | 29.04.2025 | RS | 29.04.2025 | GR | 30.04.2025 | IS | 29.05.2025 | [2025/49] |
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| RS | 29.04.2025 | Cited in | International search | [A] US4685384 (DIRKIN WILLIAM et al.) [A] 1-20 * figures 1-5 * | [A] DE102006062414 (UNIV DRESDEN TECH et al.) [A] 1-20 * figure 1 * | [A] DE102004008523 (LIEBHERR AEROSPACE GMBH et al.) [A] 1-20 * figures 1-2 * |