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Decorative Foil, Method For Producing A Decorative Foil And Method For Decorating A Target Substrate - EP4069522

The patent EP4069522 was granted to Leonhard Kurz Stiftung on Dec 4, 2024. The application was originally filed on Nov 20, 2020 under application number EP20811302A. The patent is currently recorded with a legal status of "Granted And Under Opposition".

EP4069522

LEONHARD KURZ STIFTUNG
Application Number
EP20811302A
Filing Date
Nov 20, 2020
Status
Granted And Under Opposition
Nov 1, 2024
Publication Date
Dec 4, 2024
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API TRANSFERSep 4, 2025SMITHADMISSIBLE
MANROLAND SHEETFEDSep 4, 2025BIELICHADMISSIBLE
GIESECKEDEVRIENT CURRENCY TECHNOLOGYSep 3, 2025PATENTANWALTE GEYERADMISSIBLE
UNIVACCO TECHNOLOGYSep 3, 2025HGFADMISSIBLE

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Non-Patent Literature (NPL) Citations (18) New

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OPPOSITION- Anonymous, "Handbook on Decorative Technologies - APPLIED ON LDPE & PP FLEXIBLE PACKAGING (Version 1.1)", RecyClass, (20230101), XP093313770
OPPOSITION- Anonymous, "Kapitel 12: Sonstige Foliendruckverfahren", Anonymous, Group Of Prefoil Printing, Prägefoliendruck : Verfahren, Technik und Gestaltung, Heidelberg, Huthig Verlag, (20050101), pages 170 - 183, ISBN 3-7785-2968-4, XP009563473
OPPOSITION- Anonymous, "Kapitel 3: Verfahrenstechnik des Prägefoliendrucks", Anonymous, Group Of Prefoil Printing, Prägefoliendruck : Verfahren, Technik und Gestaltung, Heidelberg, Huthig Verlag, (20050101), pages 44 - 51, ISBN 3-7785-2968-4, XP009563472
OPPOSITION- Anonymous, "Kapitel 8: Prägefolienarten", Anonymous, Group Of Prefoil Printing, Prägefoliendruck : Verfahren, Technik und Gestaltung, Heidelberg, Huthig Verlag, (20050101), pages 120 - 139, ISBN 3-7785-2968-4, XP009563474
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OPPOSITION- D40 - Declaration of Mr Brian Bradbury
OPPOSITION- D43 - Extracts of an industry book entitled‘Hot Stamping and Cold Foil Transfer:A Comprehensive Guide for the Graphics Industry’ authored by the proprietor and published in English in 2011
OPPOSITION- D44 - Presentation slide deck entitled‘Willkommen in der Welt von Kurz’ (Welcome in the World of Kurz) presented on 20/12/2012 (see slide 1), uploaded in May 2016 (see URL below) and accessible at https://druckingenieure.de/wp- content/uploads/2016/05/VDD_Seminar_20_12_2012_Kurz.pd
OPPOSITION- D47 - A handbook entitled“FOIL STAMPING ADVICE” by van Heek textiles accessible via Google search from3 June 2017, accessible at https://www.vanheektextiles.nl/assets/Downloads/Bookcloth-foil-stamping- advice-vanheektextiles0121.pdf (evidence of common general knowledge under
OPPOSITION- D48 - Webpage entitled“Foil Stamping Printing: The Ultimate Guide to Techniques and Applications”) updated on December 2, 2024 and accessible at https://www.epackprinting.com/support/theultimate-guide-to- foil-stamping-printing/ (evidence of common general knowledge under Art. 54(2) EPC) (no date found)
OPPOSITION- D49 - A summary of the ranges and values disclosed in the cited art which are relevant to claim1 of the opposed paten
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OPPOSITION- "Kapitel 3: Verfahrenstechnik des Prägefoliendrucks", Group Of Prefoil Printing, Prägefoliendruck : Verfahren, Technik und Gestaltung, Huthig Verlag, (2005), pages 44 - 51, ISBN 3-7785-2968-4
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