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Method And Device For Transporting Containers Or Container Assemblies - EP2511203

The patent EP2511203 was granted to Krones on May 17, 2017. The application was filed on Apr 2, 2012 under application number EP12162836A. The patent is currently recorded with a legal status of "Opposition Rejected".

EP2511203

KRONES

Application Number: EP12162836A
Filing Date: Apr 2, 2012
Status: Opposition Rejected; Mar 23, 2024
Publication Date: May 17, 2017
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Company	Opposition Date	Representative	Opposition Status
CERMEX CONSTRUCTIONS ETUDES ET RECHERCHES DE MATERIELS POUR LEMBALLAGE DEXPEDITIONS	Feb 16, 2018	MULLER SCHUPFNER & PARTNER PATENT UND RECHTSANWALTSPARTNERSCHAFT MBB MUC	ADMISSIBLE

Patent Citations (24) New

Patent citations refer to prior patents cited during different phases such as opposition or international search.

Citation Phase	Publication Number
OPPOSITION	EP0126553
OPPOSITION	EP1123886
OPPOSITION	EP2484611
OPPOSITION	US2003136086
OPPOSITION	US2003230941
OPPOSITION	US2008099307
OPPOSITION	US2010084247
OPPOSITION	US2010270129
OPPOSITION	US3469673
OPPOSITION	US3635322
OPPOSITION	US4285185
OPPOSITION	US4577745
OPPOSITION	US4982556
OPPOSITION	US6182814
OPPOSITION	US6202392
OPPOSITION	US6360873
OPPOSITION	US6876107
OPPOSITION	WO9627544
OPPOSITION	WO9903766
SEARCH	DE102008040204
SEARCH	DE19505997
SEARCH	EP1123886
SEARCH	WO03105324
SEARCH	WO2008022296

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Refund of fees
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