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DE file number : 10 2008 038 912.9 (Status: pending/in force, Query started: October 26, 2025)

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Master data
INID	Criterion	Field	Content
	Type of IP right	SART	Patent
	Status	ST	Pending/in force
21	DE file number	DAKZ	10 2008 038 912.9
54	Designation/title	TI	Steuerungsvorrichtung zur Kleinsteuerung eines sicherheitsrelevanten Funktionsbausteins
51	IPC main class	ICM (ICMV)	G05B 19/048 (2006.01)
51	IPC secondary class(es)	ICS (ICSV)	G05B 9/02 (2006.01)
22	DE application date	DAT	Aug 13, 2008
43	Date of first publication	OT	Feb 25, 2010
	Date of publication of grant	PET	May 6, 2021
71/73	Applicant/owner	INH	PHOENIX CONTACT GmbH & Co. KG, 32825 Blomberg, DE
72	Inventor	IN	Hüttemeier, Thomas, 32791 Lage, DE
74	Representative	VTR	Blumbach Zinngrebe Patentanwälte PartG mbB, 64283 Darmstadt, DE
10	Published DE documents	DEPN	Original document: DE102008038912A1 Searchable text: DE102008038912A1 Original document: DE102008038912B4 Searchable text: DE102008038912B4
	Address for service		Blumbach Zinngrebe Patentanwälte PartG mbB, 64283 Darmstadt, DE
	Licence	LIZ	Willingness to grant licences to anyone declared
	Due date	FT FG	Aug 31, 2025 Annual fee for the 18th year Patent fees
	Patent division in charge		57
57	Abstract	AB	Die Erfindung betrifft ein Verfahren zur Kleinsteuerung eines sicherheitsrelevanten Funktionsbausteins eines Automatisierungssystems, wobei zur Kleinsteuerung ausschließlich eine Untermenge von Funktionsbefehlen aus einer Menge von Funktionsbefehlen zur Steuerung des sicherheitsrelevanten Funktionsbausteins verwendet wird und wobei die Untermenge von Funktionsbefehlen das Aktivieren oder das Deaktivieren des sicherheitsrelevanten Funktionsbausteins aufweist.
56	Citations	CT	DE102004015616A1 (DE 10 2004 015 616 A1) DE000019913279B4 (DE 199 13 279 B4) DE000019835506A1 (DE 198 35 506 A1) DE000019530719A1 (DE 195 30 719 A1) DE202004019536U1 (DE 20 2004 019 536 U1)
43	Date of first publication	EVT	Feb 25, 2010
	Number of official communications (office actions)		4
	Number of responses		4
	Date of the first transfer into DPMAregister	EREGT	May 27, 2011
	Date of the (most recent) update in DPMAregister	REGT	Jul 3, 2025 (Show all update days)(Hide all update days) Jul 3, 2025 Citations: changed Procedures: Licence, Willingness to grant licences declared, 23.05.2025: changed May 28, 2025 Licence: new Citations: changed Procedures: Licence, Willingness to grant licences declared, 23.05.2025: new Nov 8, 2024 Due date: changed Aug 5, 2024 St.36: changed (technical change) Nov 10, 2023; Nov 10, 2022; Apr 14, 2022; Mar 9, 2022; Nov 6, 2021; May 6, 2021; Apr 9, 2021; Apr 7, 2021; Mar 13, 2021; Mar 12, 2021; Nov 21, 2020; Nov 7, 2020; Mar 12, 2020; Nov 14, 2019; Aug 1, 2019; Jun 5, 2019; May 11, 2019; Apr 9, 2019; Nov 14, 2018; Jul 10, 2018; Apr 21, 2018; Feb 2, 2018; Nov 14, 2017; Aug 9, 2017; May 12, 2017; Apr 4, 2017; Dec 30, 2016; Nov 11, 2016; Jan 26, 2016; Oct 31, 2015; Oct 22, 2014; May 3, 2014; Mar 2, 2014; Sep 10, 2013; Aug 22, 2013; Apr 24, 2013; Apr 23, 2013; Apr 10, 2013; Apr 9, 2013; Apr 4, 2013; Apr 3, 2013; Mar 28, 2013; Mar 27, 2013; Mar 23, 2013; Mar 15, 2013; Mar 13, 2013; Mar 9, 2013; Feb 22, 2013; Feb 8, 2013; Feb 5, 2013; Jan 31, 2013; Jan 30, 2013; Jan 24, 2013; Jan 23, 2013; Dec 4, 2012; Nov 24, 2012; Nov 16, 2012; Nov 15, 2012; Sep 5, 2012; Aug 21, 2012; Aug 3, 2012; Aug 1, 2012; Jul 31, 2012; Jul 26, 2012; Jul 25, 2012; Jun 30, 2012; Jun 28, 2012; Jun 26, 2012; May 8, 2012; Apr 26, 2012; Mar 27, 2012; Mar 1, 2012; Feb 29, 2012; Feb 28, 2012; Feb 25, 2012; Jan 4, 2012; Oct 21, 2011; Oct 18, 2011; Sep 6, 2011; Sep 3, 2011; Jul 19, 2011; Jun 2, 2011 Historical data not available for this/these date(s) May 27, 2011 Date of the first transfer into DPMAregister

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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	Aug 13, 2008		Details anzeigen
2	Examination procedure	Request for examination effectively filed	Aug 25, 2008		Details anzeigen
3	Pre-registration procedure	Pre-registration procedure has been concluded	Oct 23, 2008		Details anzeigen
4	Publications	Publication of application (Offenlegungsschrift)	Feb 25, 2010	Feb 25, 2010	Details anzeigen
5	Examination procedure	Official communication on examination	Oct 20, 2011		Details anzeigen
6	Examination procedure	Reply to official communication	Jul 23, 2012		Details anzeigen
7	Examination procedure	Official communication on examination	Aug 2, 2012		Details anzeigen
8	Examination procedure	Reply to official communication	Nov 12, 2012		Details anzeigen
9	Examination procedure	Decision to reject in examination/protection certificate/registration procedure	Jan 30, 2013		Details anzeigen
10	Examination procedure	Appeal received	Mar 4, 2013		Details anzeigen
11	Examination procedure	Decision to reject has become final	Mar 5, 2013	Apr 4, 2013	Details anzeigen
12	Administrative procedure	Internal rectification of the legal status completed	Mar 5, 2013		Details anzeigen
13	Examination procedure	Case file pending with Federal Patent Court	Apr 8, 2013		Details anzeigen
14	Examination procedure	Referred back by Federal Patent Court for new decision or registration	May 26, 2017		Details anzeigen
15	Examination procedure	Official communication on examination	Jul 31, 2019		Details anzeigen
16	Examination procedure	Reply to official communication	Sep 27, 2019		Details anzeigen
17	Examination procedure	Official communication on examination	Nov 20, 2020		Details anzeigen
18	Examination procedure	Reply to official communication	Mar 10, 2021		Details anzeigen
19	Examination procedure	Decision to grant patent by Examining Section/Patent Division	Mar 12, 2021		Details anzeigen
20	Publications	Patent specification	May 6, 2021	May 6, 2021	Details anzeigen
21	Examination procedure	Grant of patent has become final	Feb 8, 2022	Apr 14, 2022	Details anzeigen
22	Licence	Willingness to grant licences declared	May 23, 2025	Jul 3, 2025	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	Aug 13, 2008

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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	Aug 25, 2008
Third party request		No
Date of receipt	AEGT	Aug 13, 2008

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	Oct 23, 2008

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	Feb 25, 2010
	Issue number	HN	8
	Year	PJ	2010
	Publication date	VT	Feb 25, 2010
	Type of publication	PART	Documents
	Part	HT	Part 2
10	Published DE documents	DEPN	Original document: DE102008038912A1 Searchable text: DE102008038912A1

View procedures Examination procedure (No.: 5)
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Type of procedure	VART	Examination procedure
Legal/procedural status	VST	Official communication on examination
Date of legal/procedural status	VSTT	Oct 20, 2011

View procedures Examination procedure (No.: 6)
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Type of procedure	VART	Examination procedure
Legal/procedural status	VST	Reply to official communication
Date of legal/procedural status	VSTT	Jul 23, 2012

View procedures Examination procedure (No.: 7)
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Type of procedure	VART	Examination procedure
Legal/procedural status	VST	Official communication on examination
Date of legal/procedural status	VSTT	Aug 2, 2012

View procedures Examination procedure (No.: 8)
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Type of procedure	VART	Examination procedure
Legal/procedural status	VST	Reply to official communication
Date of legal/procedural status	VSTT	Nov 12, 2012

View procedures Examination procedure (No.: 9)
Criterion	Field	Content Close details
Type of procedure	VART	Examination procedure
Legal/procedural status	VST	Decision to reject in examination/protection certificate/registration procedure
Date of legal/procedural status	VSTT	Jan 30, 2013

View procedures Examination procedure (No.: 10)
Criterion	Field	Content Close details
Type of procedure	VART	Examination procedure
Legal/procedural status	VST	Appeal received
Date of legal/procedural status	VSTT	Mar 4, 2013

View procedures Examination procedure (No.: 11)
Criterion	Field	Content Close details
Type of procedure	VART	Examination procedure
Legal/procedural status	VST	Decision to reject has become final
Date of legal/procedural status	VSTT	Mar 5, 2013
Issue number	HN	14
Year	PJ	2013
Publication date	VT	Apr 4, 2013
Type of publication	PART	Bibliographic data
Part	HT	Part 2

View procedures Administrative procedure (No.: 12)
Criterion	Field	Content Close details
Type of procedure	VART	Administrative procedure
Legal/procedural status	VST	Internal rectification of the legal status completed
Date of legal/procedural status	VSTT	Mar 5, 2013

View procedures Examination procedure (No.: 13)
Criterion	Field	Content Close details
Type of procedure	VART	Examination procedure
Legal/procedural status	VST	Case file pending with Federal Patent Court
Date of legal/procedural status	VSTT	Apr 8, 2013
BPatG (Federal Patent Court) file number		20W(pat)58/13

View procedures Examination procedure (No.: 14)
Criterion	Field	Content Close details
Type of procedure	VART	Examination procedure
Legal/procedural status	VST	Referred back by Federal Patent Court for new decision or registration
Date of legal/procedural status	VSTT	May 26, 2017

View procedures Examination procedure (No.: 15)
Criterion	Field	Content Close details
Type of procedure	VART	Examination procedure
Legal/procedural status	VST	Official communication on examination
Date of legal/procedural status	VSTT	Jul 31, 2019

View procedures Examination procedure (No.: 16)
Criterion	Field	Content Close details
Type of procedure	VART	Examination procedure
Legal/procedural status	VST	Reply to official communication
Date of legal/procedural status	VSTT	Sep 27, 2019

View procedures Examination procedure (No.: 17)
Criterion	Field	Content Close details
Type of procedure	VART	Examination procedure
Legal/procedural status	VST	Official communication on examination
Date of legal/procedural status	VSTT	Nov 20, 2020
Date of update of the procedure	REGT	Nov 21, 2020

View procedures Examination procedure (No.: 18)
Criterion	Field	Content Close details
Type of procedure	VART	Examination procedure
Legal/procedural status	VST	Reply to official communication
Date of legal/procedural status	VSTT	Mar 10, 2021
Date of update of the procedure	REGT	Mar 12, 2021

View procedures Examination procedure (No.: 19)
Criterion	Field	Content Close details
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	Mar 12, 2021
Date of update of the procedure	REGT	Mar 13, 2021

View procedures Publications (No.: 20)
INID	Criterion	Field	Content Close details
	Type of procedure	VART	Publications
	Legal/procedural status	VST	Patent specification
	Date of legal/procedural status	VSTT	May 6, 2021
	Issue number	HN	18
	Year	PJ	2021
	Publication date	VT	May 6, 2021
	Type of publication	PART	Documents
	Part	HT	Part 3
10	Published DE documents	DEPN	Original document: DE102008038912B4 Searchable text: DE102008038912B4
	Date of update of the procedure	REGT	May 6, 2021

View procedures Examination procedure (No.: 21)
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Type of procedure	VART	Examination procedure
Legal/procedural status	VST	Grant of patent has become final
Date of legal/procedural status	VSTT	Feb 8, 2022
Issue number	HN	15
Year	PJ	2022
Publication date	VT	Apr 14, 2022
Type of publication	PART	Bibliographic data
Part	HT	Part 3
Date of update of the procedure	REGT	Apr 14, 2022

View procedures Licence (No.: 22)
Criterion	Field	Content Close details
Type of procedure	VART	Licence
Legal/procedural status	VST	Willingness to grant licences declared
Date of legal/procedural status	VSTT	May 23, 2025
Issue number	HN	27
Year	PJ	2025
Publication date	VT	Jul 3, 2025
Type of publication	PART	Bibliographic data
Part	HT	Part 3
Date of update of the procedure	REGT	Jul 3, 2025