Opposition Filed Opposition filed by Kompernaß Handelsgesellschaft mbH EP Register Verified

LOAD CARRIER WITH MODE CHANGER

Publication No. EP3269617

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App No. EP17170856

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Filed by Dorel Home Furnishings, Inc.

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Filed on 2014-07-14

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Issued/Published on 2020-11-11

Official EPO Register

Publication No. EP3269617 A1

Application No. EP17170856 Filed: 2014-07-14

Grant Date 2014-07-14 Mention of grant

Active Oppositions 1 Active EPO Oppositions

Patent Abstract / Summary

[0001] A multi-mode load carrier is convertible to assume a storage mode, a cart mode, and a hand-truck mode. The load carrier includes a rolling base and a base pusher having a handgrip.

IPC Classifications

B62B3/02

Priority Claims

US 201361845648P Date: 2013-07-12

Designated Contracting States (38 EPC States)

Albania (AL)

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)

Serbia (RS)

Sweden (SE)

Slovenia (SI)

Slovakia (SK)

San Marino (SM)

Turkey (TR)

Parties & Representation

Applicants

Dorel Home Furnishings, Inc.

410 East South First Street, Wright City, MO 63390

Inventors (1)

Gibson, William R.

621 South DePeyster, Kent, Ohio 44240

Representatives / Agents

Schneiders & Behrendt München

Schneiders & Behrendt, PartmbB Patentanwälte München

Kiriczi, Sven Bernhard

Schneiders & Behrendt PartmbB, Patentanwälte, München

Andrejewski - Honke Patent- und Rechtsanwälte Partnerschaft mbB

An der Reichsbank 8, 45127 Essen

Key Procedural Dates

Request-For-Examination 2017-05-12

Mention Of Grant Published 2014-07-14

First-Examination-Report-Despatched 2019-08-08

Patent Oppositions

Official opposition proceedings filed against European Patent EP3269617 under EPC Article 99.

1 ACTIVE OPPONENT

Opponent Company

Kompernaß Handelsgesellschaft mbH

Burgstraße 21, DE

Representative

Andrejewski - Honke Patent- und Rechtsanwälte Partnerschaft mbB

Filing Date

2021-08-09

Opposition in Progress

Legal Status & Event History

Official European Patent Office legal and procedural status changes recorded for this file.

62 Events Recorded

Date	Code	Event Description	Auth
2018-01-17	17P	REQUEST FOR EXAMINATION FILED	EP
2018-01-17	AK	DESIGNATED CONTRACTING STATES	EP
2018-01-17	AC	DIVISIONAL APPLICATION: REFERENCE TO EARLIER APPLICATION	EP
2018-08-22	RBV	DESIGNATED CONTRACTING STATES (CORRECTED)	EP
2019-09-11	17Q	FIRST EXAMINATION REPORT DESPATCHED	EP
2020-08-12	INTG	INTENTION TO GRANT ANNOUNCED	EP
2020-07-16	GRAP	DESPATCH OF COMMUNICATION OF INTENTION TO GRANT A PATENT	EP
2020-10-06	GRAS	GRANT FEE PAID	EP
2020-10-09	GRAA	(EXPECTED) GRANT	EP
2020-11-11	AK	DESIGNATED CONTRACTING STATES	EP
2020-11-11	AC	DIVISIONAL APPLICATION: REFERENCE TO EARLIER APPLICATION	EP
2020-11-11	REG	REFERENCE TO A NATIONAL CODE	EP
2018-11-09	TPAC	OBSERVATIONS FILED BY THIRD PARTIES	EP
2020-05-08	TPAC	OBSERVATIONS FILED BY THIRD PARTIES	EP
2020-11-15	REG	REFERENCE TO A NATIONAL CODE	EP
2020-11-13	REG	REFERENCE TO A NATIONAL CODE	EP
2020-12-03	REG	REFERENCE TO A NATIONAL CODE	EP
2020-12-09	REG	REFERENCE TO A NATIONAL CODE	EP
2021-04-15	REG	REFERENCE TO A NATIONAL CODE	EP
2021-04-14	REG	REFERENCE TO A NATIONAL CODE	EP
2020-10-09	STAA	INFORMATION ON THE STATUS OF AN EP PATENT APPLICATION OR GRANTED EP PATENT	EP
2020-07-16	STAA	INFORMATION ON THE STATUS OF AN EP PATENT APPLICATION OR GRANTED EP PATENT	EP
2019-08-05	STAA	INFORMATION ON THE STATUS OF AN EP PATENT APPLICATION OR GRANTED EP PATENT	EP
2017-12-15	STAA	INFORMATION ON THE STATUS OF AN EP PATENT APPLICATION OR GRANTED EP PATENT	EP
2017-12-15	PUAI	PUBLIC REFERENCE MADE UNDER ARTICLE 153(3) EPC TO A PUBLISHED INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION THAT HAS ENTERED THE EUROPEAN PHASE	EP
2021-04-30	PG25	LAPSED IN A CONTRACTING STATE [ANNOUNCED VIA POSTGRANT INFORMATION FROM NATIONAL OFFICE TO EPO]	EP
2021-05-31	PG25	LAPSED IN A CONTRACTING STATE [ANNOUNCED VIA POSTGRANT INFORMATION FROM NATIONAL OFFICE TO EPO]	EP
2021-06-10	REG	REFERENCE TO A NATIONAL CODE	EP
2021-06-30	PG25	LAPSED IN A CONTRACTING STATE [ANNOUNCED VIA POSTGRANT INFORMATION FROM NATIONAL OFFICE TO EPO]	EP
2021-07-30	PG25	LAPSED IN A CONTRACTING STATE [ANNOUNCED VIA POSTGRANT INFORMATION FROM NATIONAL OFFICE TO EPO]	EP
2021-08-09	REG	REFERENCE TO A NATIONAL CODE	EP
2021-08-31	PG25	LAPSED IN A CONTRACTING STATE [ANNOUNCED VIA POSTGRANT INFORMATION FROM NATIONAL OFFICE TO EPO]	EP
2021-09-15	26	OPPOSITION FILED	EP
2021-10-29	PG25	LAPSED IN A CONTRACTING STATE [ANNOUNCED VIA POSTGRANT INFORMATION FROM NATIONAL OFFICE TO EPO]	EP
2021-11-30	PG25	LAPSED IN A CONTRACTING STATE [ANNOUNCED VIA POSTGRANT INFORMATION FROM NATIONAL OFFICE TO EPO]	EP
2022-01-03	PLBB	REPLY OF PATENT PROPRIETOR TO NOTICE(S) OF OPPOSITION RECEIVED	EP
2021-08-22	PLAX	NOTICE OF OPPOSITION AND REQUEST TO FILE OBSERVATION + TIME LIMIT SENT	EP
2021-08-13	PLBI	OPPOSITION FILED	EP
2022-01-31	PG25	LAPSED IN A CONTRACTING STATE [ANNOUNCED VIA POSTGRANT INFORMATION FROM NATIONAL OFFICE TO EPO]	EP
2022-02-28	REG	REFERENCE TO A NATIONAL CODE	EP
2022-04-04	PG25	LAPSED IN A CONTRACTING STATE [ANNOUNCED VIA POSTGRANT INFORMATION FROM NATIONAL OFFICE TO EPO]	EP
2022-04-04	REG	REFERENCE TO A NATIONAL CODE	EP
2022-04-29	PG25	LAPSED IN A CONTRACTING STATE [ANNOUNCED VIA POSTGRANT INFORMATION FROM NATIONAL OFFICE TO EPO]	EP
2022-06-10	PLBP	OPPOSITION WITHDRAWN	EP
2022-06-01	PG25	LAPSED IN A CONTRACTING STATE [ANNOUNCED VIA POSTGRANT INFORMATION FROM NATIONAL OFFICE TO EPO]	EP
2022-06-17	PLBP	OPPOSITION WITHDRAWN	EP
2022-07-29	PG25	LAPSED IN A CONTRACTING STATE [ANNOUNCED VIA POSTGRANT INFORMATION FROM NATIONAL OFFICE TO EPO]	EP
2022-10-31	PGFP	ANNUAL FEE PAID TO NATIONAL OFFICE [ANNOUNCED VIA POSTGRANT INFORMATION FROM NATIONAL OFFICE TO EPO]	EP
2023-05-29	RDAF	COMMUNICATION DESPATCHED THAT PATENT IS REVOKED	EP
2023-05-31	PG25	LAPSED IN A CONTRACTING STATE [ANNOUNCED VIA POSTGRANT INFORMATION FROM NATIONAL OFFICE TO EPO]	EP
2023-06-28	P01	OPT-OUT OF THE COMPETENCE OF THE UNIFIED PATENT COURT (UPC) REGISTERED	EP
2023-06-30	PG25	LAPSED IN A CONTRACTING STATE [ANNOUNCED VIA POSTGRANT INFORMATION FROM NATIONAL OFFICE TO EPO]	EP
2023-09-15	RDAG	PATENT REVOKED	EP
2023-09-15	STAA	INFORMATION ON THE STATUS OF AN EP PATENT APPLICATION OR GRANTED EP PATENT	EP
2023-06-09	REG	REFERENCE TO A NATIONAL CODE	EP
2023-09-29	REG	REFERENCE TO A NATIONAL CODE	EP
2023-10-18	27W	PATENT REVOKED	EP
2023-10-18	GBPR	GB: PATENT REVOKED UNDER ART. 102 OF THE EP CONVENTION DESIGNATING THE UK AS CONTRACTING STATE	EP
2023-10-31	PGFP	ANNUAL FEE PAID TO NATIONAL OFFICE [ANNOUNCED VIA POSTGRANT INFORMATION FROM NATIONAL OFFICE TO EPO]	EP
2024-04-30	PG25	LAPSED IN A CONTRACTING STATE [ANNOUNCED VIA POSTGRANT INFORMATION FROM NATIONAL OFFICE TO EPO]	EP
2024-09-30	PG25	LAPSED IN A CONTRACTING STATE [ANNOUNCED VIA POSTGRANT INFORMATION FROM NATIONAL OFFICE TO EPO]	EP
2025-12-12	PG25	LAPSED IN A CONTRACTING STATE [ANNOUNCED VIA POSTGRANT INFORMATION FROM NATIONAL OFFICE TO EPO]	EP

Patent & Non-Patent Citations

Cited documents and prior art referenced in search and examination reports.

12 Citations

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Non-Patent Scientific Literature (NPL)

"Cosco Shifter Multi-Position Folding Hand Truck and Cart", YOU TUBE, XP054982169, Retrieved from the Internet <URL:www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbdrzpvBiKo>

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Official File Inspection EPC Art. 128 Public Dossier

Complete European Patent Register Dossier (148 Total Documents)

The full inspection file for Application EP17170856 contains 148 total documents, including all notices of opposition, proprietor counter-statements, examination communications, third-party observations, and procedural forms. Below are all major recorded procedural filings and publication specifications.

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LOAD CARRIER WITH MODE CHANGER

Patent Abstract / Summary

IPC Classifications

Priority Claims

Designated Contracting States (38 EPC States)

Parties & Representation

Applicants

Inventors (1)

Representatives / Agents

Key Procedural Dates

Patent Oppositions

Kompernaß Handelsgesellschaft mbH

Legal Status & Event History

Patent & Non-Patent Citations

Cited Patent Documents

Non-Patent Scientific Literature (NPL)

Worldwide Patent Family

Complete European Patent Register Dossier (148 Total Documents)

Recorded Filings & Patent Specifications

European Patent Specification - Granted Patent (B1)

Official European Patent Register Full Dossier

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