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Device for stocking and removing goods and for cleaning the store, and method for operating such a device

Publication No. EP2133289

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App No. EP09007605

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Filed by KNAPP Smart Solutions GmbH

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Filed on 2009-06-09

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Issued/Published on 2026-03-25

Official EPO Register

Publication No. EP2133289 A1

Application No. EP09007605 Filed: 2009-06-09

Grant Date 2009-06-09 Mention of grant

Active Oppositions 2 Active EPO Oppositions

Patent Abstract / Summary

[0001] A device for storing and retrieving goods (6), in particular pharmaceutical packages, has at least one staging area on which the goods (6) are provided, at least one shelf (2) with storage spaces for storing the goods (6) and a storage and retrieval device (8) for approaching the staging area and the storage locations, the storage and retrieval device (8) comprising at least one receiving device for receiving one or more of the goods, as well as a cleaning device automated by a control with cleaning agents (10) for cleaning the device and/or the goods .

IPC Classifications

B65G1/00

Priority Claims

DE 20081027376 Date: 2008-06-09

Designated Contracting States (35 EPC States)

Austria (AT)

Belgium (BE)

Bulgaria (BG)

Switzerland (CH)

Cyprus (CY)

Czech Republic (CZ)

Germany (DE)

Denmark (DK)

Estonia (EE)

Spain (ES)

Finland (FI)

France (FR)

United Kingdom (GB)

Greece (GR)

Croatia (HR)

Hungary (HU)

Ireland (IE)

Iceland (IS)

Italy (IT)

Liechtenstein (LI)

Lithuania (LT)

Luxembourg (LU)

Latvia (LV)

Monaco (MC)

North Macedonia (MK)

Malta (MT)

Netherlands (NL)

Norway (NO)

Poland (PL)

Portugal (PT)

Romania (RO)

Sweden (SE)

Slovenia (SI)

Slovakia (SK)

Turkey (TR)

Parties & Representation

Applicants

KNAPP Smart Solutions GmbH

Am Bugapark 3, 45899 Gelsenkirchen

KHT Kommissionier- und Handhabungstechnik GmbH

Uferstrasse 10, 45881 Gelsenkirchen

Inventors (1)

Gessner, Jürgen

Dürer Strasse 53, 42781 Haan

Representatives / Agents

Schwarz & Partner Patentanwälte GmbH

Patentanwälte, Wipplingerstraße 30

König, Gregor Sebastian, et al

König-Szynka-Tilmann-von Renesse, Patentanwälte Partnerschaft mbB

Zenz Patentanwälte Partnerschaft mbB

Gutenbergstraße 39, 45128 Essen

Key Procedural Dates

Request-For-Examination 2010-06-15

Mention Of Grant Published 2009-06-09

Patent-Maintained-As-Amended 2026-03-25

First-Examination-Report-Despatched 2010-12-21

Patent Oppositions

Official opposition proceedings filed against European Patent EP2133289 under EPC Article 99.

2 ACTIVE OPPONENTS

Opponent Company

Becton Dickinson Rowa Germany GmbH

Rowastraße 1, DE

Representative

Zenz Patentanwälte Partnerschaft mbB

Filing Date

2015-02-06

Opposition in Progress

Opponent Company

CareFusion Germany 326 GmbH

Rowastraße 1, DE

Representative

Zenz Patentanwälte Partnerschaft mbB

Filing Date

2015-02-06

Opposition in Progress

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2009-12-16	AK	DESIGNATED CONTRACTING STATES	EP
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Device for stocking and removing goods and for cleaning the store, and method for operating such a device

Patent Abstract / Summary

IPC Classifications

Priority Claims

Designated Contracting States (35 EPC States)

Parties & Representation

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Inventors (1)

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Key Procedural Dates

Patent Oppositions

Becton Dickinson Rowa Germany GmbH

CareFusion Germany 326 GmbH

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