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CONNECTION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A CONNECTION DEVICE

Publication No. EP4428329

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App No. EP23188585

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Filed by Pauli + Sohn GmbH Metallwaren

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Filed on 2023-07-31

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Issued/Published on 2025-10-29

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Publication No. EP4428329 A1

Application No. EP23188585 Filed: 2023-07-31

Grant Date 2025-10-29 Mention of grant

Active Oppositions 1 Active EPO Oppositions

Patent Abstract / Summary

Verbindungsvorrichtung mit mindestens einem Verbindungskörper zur Anordnung an einer Trennwand und mit mindestens einer Abdeckung als Zierblende für den Verbindungskörper sowie Verfahren zur Herstellung einer Verbindungsvorrichtung.

IPC Classifications

E05D5/02, E05D11/00

Priority Claims

No priority claims recorded

Designated Contracting States (39 EPC States)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC ME MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

Parties & Representation

Applicants

Pauli + Sohn GmbH Metallwaren

Industriestrasse 20, 51597 Morsbach

Inventors (1)

SCHNEIDER, Torben

51597 Morsbach

Representatives / Agents

Neumann Müller Oberwalleney Patentanwälte PartG mbB

Overstolzenstraße 2a, 50677 Köln

AURODION PartmbB

Breite Straße 3, 40213 Düsseldorf

Key Procedural Dates

Request-For-Examination 2025-03-11

Mention Of Grant Published 2025-10-29

First-Examination-Report-Despatched 2025-05-27

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Non-Patent Scientific Literature (NPL)

- ANONYMOUS: "SNAPLOC Vibration and noise decoupling plug-in connections", SNAPLOC CATALOGUE, BÖLLHOFF, 29 August 2019 (2019-08-29), pages 1 - 32, XP093422329, Retrieved from the Internet <URL:https://web.archive.org/web/20200927101208/https://media.boellhoff.com/ files/pdf13/snaploc-vibration-and-noise-decoupling-plug-in-connections-en- 4350.pdf >

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CONNECTION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A CONNECTION DEVICE

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