The patent EP3069202 was granted to Pilz on Sep 25, 2024. The application was originally filed on Nov 12, 2014 under application number EP14796765A. The patent is currently recorded with a legal status of "Patent Maintained As Amended".

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| OPPOSITION | - Anonymous, "Modular Safety Controller Flexi Soft Industrial Safety Systems", Sick Sensor Intelligence, pages 1 - 16, Sick Sensor Intelligence, URL: https://cdn.sick.com/media/content/he6/hc0/9693002006558.pdf, (20200515), XP055695791 | - |
| OPPOSITION | - Anonymous, "O P E R A T I N G I N S T R U C T I O N S Flexi Soft Software Flexi Soft Designer", Sick Sensor Intelligence, pages 1 - 137, Sick Sensor Intelligence, URL: https://www.lcautomation.com/wb_documents/sick/sick%20flexi%20soft%20-%20software%20operating%20instructions.pdf, (20200515), XP055695835 | - |
| OPPOSITION | - "Projektierung und Realisierung einer übergeordneten Anlagensteuerung, zur Ver- knüpfung der Bewegungssteuerungen und Strahlablenksysteme mit einem IPG 3kW Monomode-Faserlaser und der Peripherie, unter Beachtung der Maschinen- und La- sersicherheit", DIPLOMARBEIT T. JANDERSKI, 2010, XP55695783, [retrieved on 20130716] | - |
| OPPOSITION | - Sick Ag, "Flexi Soft Modulare Sicherheits-Steuerung Hardware", Betriebsanleitung, (20091112), pages 1 - 72, XP055326735 | - |
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