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MID-FLOOR HEIGHT RAILWAY VEHICLE WITH LEVEL-ACCESS AT MIDDLE PLATFORM HEIGHTS

Publication No. EP4360981

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App No. EP22306647

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Filed by ALSTOM Holdings

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Filed on 2022-10-31

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Issued/Published on 2026-02-04

Official EPO Register

Publication No. EP4360981 A1

Application No. EP22306647 Filed: 2022-10-31

Grant Date 2026-02-04 Mention of grant

Active Oppositions 1 Active EPO Oppositions

Patent Abstract / Summary

Patent abstract is being processed or was not provided in English by the publishing office.

IPC Classifications

B61D1/00, B61D23/02

Priority Claims

No priority claims recorded

Designated Contracting States (39 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)

Montenegro (ME)

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

ALSTOM Holdings

48 rue Albert Dhalenne, 93400 Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine

Inventors (8)

STOCKER, Quentin Marcel Daniel

92400 Courbevoie

FLORENCE, Bruno

93400 Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine

WORTH, Alastair

93400 Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine

LEON, Pascal

93400 Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine

BARRABES-PRADAL, Daniel

93400 Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine

SANCHEZ, Carlos

28027 Madrid

VALIENTE, Antonio

28027 Madrid

BORRELL, Jaime

28027 Madrid

Representatives / Agents

Plasseraud IP

104 Rue de Richelieu, CS92104

Lavoix

2, place d'Estienne d'Orves, 75441 Paris Cedex 09

Siemens Patent Attorneys

Postfach 22 16 34, 80506 München

Key Procedural Dates

Request-For-Examination 2024-04-29

Mention Of Grant Published 2026-02-04

First-Examination-Report-Despatched 2025-09-09

Patent Oppositions

Official opposition proceedings filed against European Patent EP4360981 under EPC Article 99.

1 ACTIVE OPPONENT

Opponent Company

Siemens Mobility GmbH

Krauss-Maffei-Straße 2, DE

Representative

Siemens Patent Attorneys

Filing Date

2026-10-15

Opposition in Progress

Patent & Non-Patent Citations

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

23 Citations

Cited Patent Documents

US2010043669

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DE102016202341

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EP3248853

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EP3578434

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JP4514045

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WO2011091901

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EP0439573

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DE4238574

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Non-Patent Scientific Literature (NPL)

"Erster RABe 501 "Giruno" fr die SBB vorgestellt", EISENBAHN-REVUE INTERNATIONAL, no. Heft 7/2017 (Stadler EC250) der SBB, 1 January 2017 (2017-01-01), pages 318 (table of contents), 342 - 347, XP009569422, ISSN: 1421-2811

GOTTHARD, CENERI, SIMPLON: "EC250 to start trials next year", RAILWAY GAZETTE INTERNATIONAL, vol. 2016, no. 9, 1 September 2016 (2016-09-01), pages 117 - 118, XP009569418, ISSN: 0373-5346

STADLER: "METRO KLASSE 777 IPEMU", HTTPS://WWW.STADLERRAIL.COM, STADLER, 1 September 2022 (2022-09-01), pages 1 - 2, XP093450479, Retrieved from the Internet <URL:https://www.stadlerrail.com/api/docs/x/aca2d34e41/mmer_ipemu0922d.pdf>

CORDERO SAPIN JOSEPHINE: "IN PICTURES: Stadler Presents Metro Train for Liverpool", HTTPS://RAILWAY-NEWS.COM, A2B GLOBAL MEDIA LTD, 22 September 2022 (2022-09-22), pages 1 - 12, XP093450489, Retrieved from the Internet <URL:https://railway-news.com/in-pictures-stadler-presents-metro-train-for-liverpool/>

STADLER RAIL GROUP: "Stadler zeigt auf der InnoTrans den ersten unabhngig angetriebenen elektrischen Triebzug (IPEMU) Grossbritanniens", HTTPS://WWW.STADLERRAIL.COM, STADLER RAIL GROUP, 20 September 2022 (2022-09-20), pages 1 - 3, XP093450495, Retrieved from the Internet <URL:https://www.stadlerrail.com/api/docs/784aa4ed1f/2022_0920_medienmitteilung_i nnotrans_metro_de.pdf>

PRESTON ROBERT: "Stadler unveils first IPEMU for Merseyrail", HTTPS://WWW.RAILJOURNAL.COM, SIMMONS-BOARDMAN PUBLISHING, INC., 23 September 2022 (2022-09-23), pages 1 - 3, XP093450505, Retrieved from the Internet <URL:https://www.railjournal.com/innotrans-2022/stadler-unveils-first-ipemu-for-merseyrail/> * S. 344–345 *

RAIL BUSINESS UK: "Merseyrail Class 777 battery IPEMU on show at InnoTrans", HTTPS://WWW.RAILBUSINESSUK.COM, RAILBUSINESSUK.COM, 22 September 2022 (2022-09-22), pages 1 - 6, XP093450513, Retrieved from the Internet <URL:https://www.railbusinessuk.com/urban/2022/09/22/merseyrail-class-777-battery-ipemu-on-show-at-innotrans/> * S. 117–118 *

- "Erster RABe 501 "Giruno" für die SBB vorgestellt", EISENBAHN-REVUE INTERNATIONAL, no. Heft 7/2017 (Stadler EC250) der SBB, 1 January 2017 (2017-01-01), pages 318 (table of contents), 342 - 347, XP009569422, ISSN: 1421-2811 * S. 344–345 *

- GOTTHARD, CENERI, SIMPLON: "EC250 to start trials next year", RAILWAY GAZETTE INTERNATIONAL, vol. 2016, no. 9, 1 September 2016 (2016-09-01), pages 117 - 118, XP009569418, ISSN: 0373-5346 * S. 117–118 *

- STADLER: "METRO KLASSE 777 IPEMU", HTTPS://WWW.STADLERRAIL.COM, STADLER, 1 September 2022 (2022-09-01), pages 1 - 2, XP093450479, Retrieved from the Internet <URL:https://www.stadlerrail.com/api/docs/x/aca2d34e41/mmer_ipemu0922d.pdf> * Dokument-Nr. MMER_IPEMU0922d, 2 Seiten (deutsche Fassung) *

- CORDERO SAPIÉN JOSEPHINE: "IN PICTURES: Stadler Presents Metro Train for Liverpool", HTTPS://RAILWAY-NEWS.COM, A2B GLOBAL MEDIA LTD, 22 September 2022 (2022-09-22), pages 1 - 12, XP093450489, Retrieved from the Internet <URL:https://railway-news.com/in-pictures-stadler-presents-metro-train-for-liverpool/> * alle Seiten *

- STADLER RAIL GROUP: "Stadler zeigt auf der InnoTrans den ersten unabhängig angetriebenen elektrischen Triebzug (IPEMU) Grossbritanniens", HTTPS://WWW.STADLERRAIL.COM, STADLER RAIL GROUP, 20 September 2022 (2022-09-20), pages 1 - 3, XP093450495, Retrieved from the Internet <URL:https://www.stadlerrail.com/api/docs/784aa4ed1f/2022_0920_medienmitteilung_i nnotrans_metro_de.pdf> * alle Seiten *

- PRESTON ROBERT: "Stadler unveils first IPEMU for Merseyrail", HTTPS://WWW.RAILJOURNAL.COM, SIMMONS-BOARDMAN PUBLISHING, INC., 23 September 2022 (2022-09-23), pages 1 - 3, XP093450505, Retrieved from the Internet <URL:https://www.railjournal.com/innotrans-2022/stadler-unveils-first-ipemu-for-merseyrail/>

- RAIL BUSINESS UK: "Merseyrail Class 777 battery IPEMU on show at InnoTrans", HTTPS://WWW.RAILBUSINESSUK.COM, RAILBUSINESSUK.COM, 22 September 2022 (2022-09-22), pages 1 - 6, XP093450513, Retrieved from the Internet <URL:https://www.railbusinessuk.com/urban/2022/09/22/merseyrail-class-777-battery-ipemu-on-show-at-innotrans/> * alle Seiten *

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Complete European Patent Register Dossier (148 Total Documents)

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