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DE file number : 100 23 649.9 (Status: not pending/lapsed, Query started: May 10, 2025)

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INID	Criterion	Field	Content
	Type of IP right	SART	Patent
	Status	ST	Not pending/lapsed
21	DE file number	DAKZ	100 23 649.9
54	Designation/title	TI	Mit einer Heizeinrichtung versehenes Kraftstoffilter für Kraftfahrzeuge
51	IPC main class	ICM (ICMV)	F02M 37/30 (2019.01)
51	IPC secondary class(es)	ICS (ICSV)	F02M 31/125 (2006.01), F02M 37/22 (2019.01)
22	DE application date	DAT	May 13, 2000
43	Date of first publication	OT	Dec 6, 2001
	Date of publication of grant	PET	Nov 22, 2012
71/73	Applicant/owner	INH	MAHLE Filtersysteme GmbH, 70376 Stuttgart, DE
72	Inventor	IN	Hönemann, Erik, 70184 Stuttgart, DE; Ruppel, Stefan, 68163 Mannheim, DE; Schick, Albert, 74336 Brackenheim, DE; Stange, Jörg, 70567 Stuttgart, DE; Lang, Wolfgang, 73262 Reichenbach, DE
74	Representative	VTR	BRP Renaud und Partner mbB Rechtsanwälte Patentanwälte Steuerberater, 70173 Stuttgart, DE
10	Published DE documents	DEPN	Original document: DE000010023649A1 Searchable text: DE000010023649A1 Original document: DE000010023649B4 Searchable text: DE000010023649B4
	Address for service		BRP Renaud und Partner mbB Rechtsanwälte Patentanwälte Steuerberater, 70173 Stuttgart, DE
	Patent division in charge		13
65	Splitting off in file number	AIAKZ	200 24 008.0
57	Abstract	AB	Ein mit einer Heizeinrichtung versehenes Kraftstoffilter für Kraftfahrzeuge soll rationell herstell- und handhabbar ausgebildet sein.$A Zu diesem Zweck weist ein solches Kraftstoffilter folgende Merkmale auf$A - ein langgestrecktes, zylindrisches Filtergehäuse,$A - ein in diesem Filtergehäuse angeordnetes, ringförmiges, radial durchströmtes Ringfilterelement,$A - eine Heizeinrichtung, die über eine an der Zulaufstirnseite des Ringfilterelementes lösbar vorgesehene, von dem gesamten zuzuführenden Kraftstoff durchströmte Steckverbindung ist mit dem Filtergehäuse verbunden.$A Des weiteren wird eine energiesparende Steuerung der Heizeinrichtung vorgeschlagen.
56	Citations	CT	DE000019811689A1 (DE 198 11 689 A1) DE000019807373A1 (DE 198 07 373 A1) [Y, D] DE000019601760A1 (DE 196 01 760 A1) [Y] DE000004321171A1 (DE 43 21 171 A1) [A] DE000004005572A1 (DE 40 05 572 A1) US000005749347A (US 5 749 347 A) [Y] EP000000512144B1 (EP 0 512 144 B1) DE000003724410A1 (DE 37 24 410 A1) US000004721846A (US 4 721 846 A) DE000019810441A1 (DE 198 10 441 A1) DE000004206562A1 (DE 42 06 562 A1) WO001999026010A1 (WO 99/ 26 010 A1) US000004707262A (US 4 707 262 A) JP0000S6451113A (JP 64-51113 A) JP0000S6226368A (JP 62-26368 A) JP000055049012A (JP 55-49012)
43	Date of first publication	EVT	Dec 6, 2001
	Number of official communications (office actions)		3
	Number of responses		3
	Date of the first transfer into DPMAregister	EREGT	May 26, 2011
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No.	Kind of procedure	Legal status	Date of legal/procedural status	Publication date	Alle Details anzeigen
1	Pre-registration procedure	The application is under preliminary examination	May 13, 2000		Details anzeigen
2	Search procedure	Request for search effectively filed	May 13, 2000		Details anzeigen
3	Pre-registration procedure	Pre-registration procedure has been concluded	Aug 4, 2000		Details anzeigen
4	Publications	Publication of application (Offenlegungsschrift)	Dec 6, 2001	Dec 6, 2001	Details anzeigen
5	Search procedure	Information on identified prior art provided	May 21, 2002	Jul 25, 2002	Details anzeigen
6	Change of classification	Change of IPC main class	Oct 17, 2005	Aug 6, 2020	Details anzeigen
7	Examination procedure	Request for examination effectively filed	Dec 5, 2006	Feb 22, 2007	Details anzeigen
8	Administrative procedure	Splitting off utility model	May 14, 2009		Details anzeigen
9	Examination procedure	Reply to official communication	Mar 23, 2010		Details anzeigen
10	Examination procedure	Official communication on examination	May 30, 2012		Details anzeigen
11	Examination procedure	Reply to official communication	Jun 13, 2012		Details anzeigen
12	Examination procedure	Decision to grant patent by Examining Section/Patent Division	Jul 10, 2012		Details anzeigen
13	Publications	Patent specification	Nov 22, 2012	Nov 22, 2012	Details anzeigen
14	Opposition procedure	Opposition to patent filed	Feb 22, 2013	Jun 13, 2013	Details anzeigen
15	Opposition procedure	Patent maintained in full by decision of Patent Division	Jan 15, 2016		Details anzeigen
16	Opposition procedure	Decision to maintain patent in full by Patent Division/Federal Patent Court has become final	Jan 15, 2016	Mar 31, 2016	Details anzeigen
17	Nullity procedure	Action brought for declaration of nullity	May 5, 2020	Aug 6, 2020	Details anzeigen
18	Nullity procedure	Case file pending with Federal Patent Court	May 5, 2020		Details anzeigen
19	Administrative procedure	IP right lapsed through expiry of term of protection	May 13, 2020		Details anzeigen
20	Change of classification	Change of IPC main class	Jun 25, 2020	Aug 6, 2020	Details anzeigen
21	Nullity procedure	Action for declaration of nullity withdrawn/finally dismissed or there is no need to adjudicate in the nullity proceedings	Jul 29, 2020	Oct 15, 2020	Details anzeigen

View procedures Pre-registration procedure (No.: 1)
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Type of procedure	VART	Pre-registration procedure
Legal/procedural status	VST	The application is under preliminary examination
Date of legal/procedural status	VSTT	May 13, 2000

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Type of procedure	VART	Search procedure
Legal/procedural status	VST	Request for search effectively filed
Date of legal/procedural status	VSTT	May 13, 2000
Third party request		No
Date of receipt	AEGT	May 13, 2000

View procedures Pre-registration procedure (No.: 3)
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Type of procedure	VART	Pre-registration procedure
Legal/procedural status	VST	Pre-registration procedure has been concluded
Date of legal/procedural status	VSTT	Aug 4, 2000

View procedures Publications (No.: 4)
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	Type of procedure	VART	Publications
	Legal/procedural status	VST	Publication of application (Offenlegungsschrift)
	Date of legal/procedural status	VSTT	Dec 6, 2001
	Issue number	HN	49
	Year	PJ	2001
	Publication date	VT	Dec 6, 2001
	Type of publication	PART	Documents
	Part	HT	Part 1
10	Published DE documents	DEPN	Original document: DE000010023649A1 Searchable text: DE000010023649A1

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Type of procedure	VART	Search procedure
Legal/procedural status	VST	Information on identified prior art provided
Date of legal/procedural status	VSTT	May 21, 2002
Issue number	HN	30
Year	PJ	2002
Publication date	VT	Jul 25, 2002
Type of publication	PART	Bibliographic data
Part	HT	Part 1
Third party request		No
Date of receipt	AEGT	May 13, 2000

View procedures Change of classification (No.: 6)
INID	Criterion	Field	Content Close details
	Type of procedure	VART	Change of classification
	Legal/procedural status	VST	Change of IPC main class
	Date of legal/procedural status	VSTT	Oct 17, 2005
	Issue number	HN	32
	Year	PJ	2020
	Publication date	VT	Aug 6, 2020
	Type of publication	PART	Bibliographic data
	Part	HT	Part 3
51	IPC main class	ICM (ICMV)	F02M 37/22 (2006.01)
51	Previous IPC main class	ICMF (ICMVF)	F02M 37/22 (2000.01)
	Date of update of the procedure	REGT	Jul 16, 2020

View procedures Examination procedure (No.: 7)
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Type of procedure	VART	Examination procedure
Legal/procedural status	VST	Request for examination effectively filed
Date of legal/procedural status	VSTT	Dec 5, 2006
Issue number	HN	8
Year	PJ	2007
Publication date	VT	Feb 22, 2007
Type of publication	PART	Bibliographic data
Part	HT	Part 2
Third party request		No
Date of receipt	AEGT	Dec 5, 2006

View procedures Administrative procedure (No.: 8)
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Type of procedure	VART	Administrative procedure
Legal/procedural status	VST	Splitting off utility model
Date of legal/procedural status	VSTT	May 14, 2009

View procedures Examination procedure (No.: 9)
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Type of procedure	VART	Examination procedure
Legal/procedural status	VST	Reply to official communication
Date of legal/procedural status	VSTT	Mar 23, 2010

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Type of procedure	VART	Examination procedure
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Date of legal/procedural status	VSTT	May 30, 2012

View procedures Examination procedure (No.: 11)
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Type of procedure	VART	Examination procedure
Legal/procedural status	VST	Reply to official communication
Date of legal/procedural status	VSTT	Jun 13, 2012

View procedures Examination procedure (No.: 12)
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Type of procedure	VART	Examination procedure
Legal/procedural status	VST	Decision to grant patent by Examining Section/Patent Division
Date of legal/procedural status	VSTT	Jul 10, 2012

View procedures Publications (No.: 13)
INID	Criterion	Field	Content Close details
	Type of procedure	VART	Publications
	Legal/procedural status	VST	Patent specification
	Date of legal/procedural status	VSTT	Nov 22, 2012
	Issue number	HN	47
	Year	PJ	2012
	Publication date	VT	Nov 22, 2012
	Type of publication	PART	Documents
	Part	HT	Part 3
10	Published DE documents	DEPN	Original document: DE000010023649B4 Searchable text: DE000010023649B4

View procedures Opposition procedure (No.: 14)
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Type of procedure	VART	Opposition procedure
Legal/procedural status	VST	Opposition to patent filed
Date of legal/procedural status	VSTT	Feb 22, 2013
Issue number	HN	24
Year	PJ	2013
Publication date	VT	Jun 13, 2013
Type of publication	PART	Bibliographic data
Part	HT	Part 3

View procedures Opposition procedure (No.: 15)
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Type of procedure	VART	Opposition procedure
Legal/procedural status	VST	Patent maintained in full by decision of Patent Division
Date of legal/procedural status	VSTT	Jan 15, 2016

View procedures Opposition procedure (No.: 16)
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Type of procedure	VART	Opposition procedure
Legal/procedural status	VST	Decision to maintain patent in full by Patent Division/Federal Patent Court has become final
Date of legal/procedural status	VSTT	Jan 15, 2016
Issue number	HN	13
Year	PJ	2016
Publication date	VT	Mar 31, 2016
Type of publication	PART	Bibliographic data
Part	HT	Part 3

View procedures Nullity procedure (No.: 17)
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Type of procedure	VART	Nullity procedure
Legal/procedural status	VST	Action brought for declaration of nullity
Date of legal/procedural status	VSTT	May 5, 2020
Issue number	HN	32
Year	PJ	2020
Publication date	VT	Aug 6, 2020
Type of publication	PART	Bibliographic data
Part	HT	Part 3
BPatG (Federal Patent Court) file number		4Ni1/20
Date of update of the procedure	REGT	Jul 16, 2020

View procedures Nullity procedure (No.: 18)
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Type of procedure	VART	Nullity procedure
Legal/procedural status	VST	Case file pending with Federal Patent Court
Date of legal/procedural status	VSTT	May 5, 2020
BPatG (Federal Patent Court) file number		4Ni1/20

View procedures Administrative procedure (No.: 19)
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Type of procedure	VART	Administrative procedure
Legal/procedural status	VST	IP right lapsed through expiry of term of protection
Date of legal/procedural status	VSTT	May 13, 2020

View procedures Change of classification (No.: 20)
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	Type of procedure	VART	Change of classification
	Legal/procedural status	VST	Change of IPC main class
	Date of legal/procedural status	VSTT	Jun 25, 2020
	Issue number	HN	32
	Year	PJ	2020
	Publication date	VT	Aug 6, 2020
	Type of publication	PART	Bibliographic data
	Part	HT	Part 3
51	IPC main class	ICM (ICMV)	F02M 37/30 (2019.01)
51	Previous IPC main class	ICMF (ICMVF)	F02M 37/22 (2006.01)
	Date of update of the procedure	REGT	Jul 16, 2020

View procedures Nullity procedure (No.: 21)
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Type of procedure	VART	Nullity procedure
Legal/procedural status	VST	Action for declaration of nullity withdrawn/finally dismissed or there is no need to adjudicate in the nullity proceedings
Date of legal/procedural status	VSTT	Jul 29, 2020
Issue number	HN	42
Year	PJ	2020
Publication date	VT	Oct 15, 2020
Type of publication	PART	Bibliographic data
Part	HT	Part 3
BPatG (Federal Patent Court) file number		4Ni1/20
Date of update of the procedure	REGT	Sep 25, 2020