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DE file number : 10 2013 110 082.1 (Status: pending/in force, Query started: September 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 2013 110 082.1
54	Designation/title	TI	Steckverbinder
51	IPC main class	ICM (ICMV)	H01R 12/72 (2011.01)
51	IPC secondary class(es)	ICS (ICSV)	H01R 12/75 (2011.01), H01R 4/24 (2018.01)
22	DE application date	DAT	Sep 13, 2013
43	Date of first publication	OT	Mar 19, 2015
	Date of publication of grant	PET	Aug 8, 2019
71/73	Applicant/owner	INH	HARTING Electronics GmbH, 32339 Espelkamp, DE
72	Inventor	IN	Lindkamp, Marc, 32312 Lübbecke, DE; Pape, Günter, 32130 Enger, DE
74	Representative	VTR	Eisenführ Speiser Patentanwälte Rechtsanwälte PartGmbB, 28217 Bremen, DE
10	Published DE documents	DEPN	Original document: DE102013110082A1 Searchable text: DE102013110082A1 Original document: DE102013110082B4 Searchable text: DE102013110082B4
	Address for service		Eisenführ Speiser Patentanwälte Rechtsanwälte PartGmbB, 28217 Bremen, DE
	Due date	FT FG	Sep 30, 2025 Annual fee for the 13th year Patent fees
	Patent division in charge		34
	BPatG (Federal Patent Court) file number	BPATGAKZ	19W(pat)11/24
56	Citations	CT	[X] US020080305651A1 (US 2008 / 0 305 651 A1) [X] DE202011101050U1 (DE 20 2011 101 050 U1)
43	Date of first publication	EVT	Mar 19, 2015
	Number of official communications (office actions)		2
	Number of responses		2
	Date of the first transfer into DPMAregister	EREGT	Mar 19, 2015
	Date of the (most recent) update in DPMAregister	REGT	Jul 29, 2025 (Show all update days)(Hide all update days) Jul 29, 2025 Representative: changed Address for service: changed Procedures: New representative details, New representative details, 28.07.2025: new Jul 19, 2025 St.36: changed (technical change) Oct 8, 2024 Due date: changed Aug 14, 2024 St.36: changed (technical change) Mar 27, 2024; Mar 5, 2024; Feb 2, 2024; Oct 6, 2023; Oct 8, 2022; Dec 8, 2021; Jul 23, 2021; Mar 13, 2021; Dec 12, 2020; Jun 29, 2020; May 29, 2020; May 9, 2020; Dec 12, 2019; Aug 8, 2019; Apr 27, 2019; Dec 13, 2018; Oct 9, 2018; Jun 22, 2018; Mar 17, 2018; Mar 8, 2018; Jan 18, 2018; Dec 14, 2017; Nov 30, 2017; Sep 24, 2016; Sep 22, 2015 Historical data not available for this/these date(s) Mar 19, 2015 Date of the first transfer into DPMAregister

Procedural data
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	Sep 13, 2013		Details anzeigen
2	Examination procedure	Request for examination effectively filed	Sep 26, 2013		Details anzeigen
3	Pre-registration procedure	Pre-registration procedure has been concluded	Feb 5, 2014		Details anzeigen
4	Publications	Publication of application (Offenlegungsschrift)	Mar 19, 2015	Mar 19, 2015	Details anzeigen
5	Examination procedure	Official communication on examination	Nov 29, 2017		Details anzeigen
6	Examination procedure	Reply to official communication	Jan 15, 2018		Details anzeigen
7	Examination procedure	Official communication on examination	Mar 16, 2018		Details anzeigen
8	Examination procedure	Reply to official communication	Jun 15, 2018		Details anzeigen
9	Examination procedure	Decision to grant patent by Examining Section/Patent Division	Apr 26, 2019		Details anzeigen
10	Publications	Patent specification	Aug 8, 2019	Aug 8, 2019	Details anzeigen
11	Opposition procedure	Opposition to patent filed	May 7, 2020	Jul 16, 2020	Details anzeigen
12	New representative details	New representative details	May 29, 2020		Details anzeigen
13	Opposition procedure	Patent maintained with limitations by decision of Patent Division	Dec 5, 2023		Details anzeigen
14	Opposition procedure	Appeal received	Mar 1, 2024		Details anzeigen
15	Opposition procedure	Case file pending with Federal Patent Court	Mar 8, 2024		Details anzeigen
16	New representative details	New representative details	Jul 28, 2025		Details anzeigen

View procedures Pre-registration procedure (No.: 1)
Criterion	Field	Content Close details
Type of procedure	VART	Pre-registration procedure
Legal/procedural status	VST	The application is under preliminary examination
Date of legal/procedural status	VSTT	Sep 13, 2013

View procedures Examination procedure (No.: 2)
Criterion	Field	Content Close details
Type of procedure	VART	Examination procedure
Legal/procedural status	VST	Request for examination effectively filed
Date of legal/procedural status	VSTT	Sep 26, 2013
Third party request		No
Date of receipt	AEGT	Sep 13, 2013

View procedures Pre-registration procedure (No.: 3)
Criterion	Field	Content Close details
Type of procedure	VART	Pre-registration procedure
Legal/procedural status	VST	Pre-registration procedure has been concluded
Date of legal/procedural status	VSTT	Feb 5, 2014

View procedures Publications (No.: 4)
INID	Criterion	Field	Content Close details
	Type of procedure	VART	Publications
	Legal/procedural status	VST	Publication of application (Offenlegungsschrift)
	Date of legal/procedural status	VSTT	Mar 19, 2015
	Issue number	HN	12
	Year	PJ	2015
	Publication date	VT	Mar 19, 2015
	Type of publication	PART	Documents
	Part	HT	Part 2
10	Published DE documents	DEPN	Original document: DE102013110082A1 Searchable text: DE102013110082A1

View procedures Examination procedure (No.: 5)
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 29, 2017

View procedures Examination procedure (No.: 6)
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	Jan 15, 2018

View procedures Examination procedure (No.: 7)
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	Mar 16, 2018

View procedures Examination procedure (No.: 8)
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	Jun 15, 2018

View procedures Examination procedure (No.: 9)
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	Apr 26, 2019

View procedures Publications (No.: 10)
INID	Criterion	Field	Content Close details
	Type of procedure	VART	Publications
	Legal/procedural status	VST	Patent specification
	Date of legal/procedural status	VSTT	Aug 8, 2019
	Issue number	HN	32
	Year	PJ	2019
	Publication date	VT	Aug 8, 2019
	Type of publication	PART	Documents
	Part	HT	Part 3
10	Published DE documents	DEPN	Original document: DE102013110082B4 Searchable text: DE102013110082B4

View procedures Opposition procedure (No.: 11)
Criterion	Field	Content Close details
Type of procedure	VART	Opposition procedure
Legal/procedural status	VST	Opposition to patent filed
Date of legal/procedural status	VSTT	May 7, 2020
Issue number	HN	29
Year	PJ	2020
Publication date	VT	Jul 16, 2020
Type of publication	PART	Bibliographic data
Part	HT	Part 3

View procedures New representative details (No.: 12)
INID	Criterion	Field	Content Close details
	Type of procedure	VART	New representative details
	Legal/procedural status	VST	New representative details
	Date of legal/procedural status	VSTT	May 29, 2020
74	Representative	VTR	Prisma IP Patentanwaltskanzlei, 80687 München, DE
74	Previous representative	VTRF	No representative appointed
	Date of update of the procedure	REGT	Jul 23, 2021

View procedures Opposition procedure (No.: 13)
Criterion	Field	Content Close details
Type of procedure	VART	Opposition procedure
Legal/procedural status	VST	Patent maintained with limitations by decision of Patent Division
Date of legal/procedural status	VSTT	Dec 5, 2023
Date of update of the procedure	REGT	Feb 2, 2024

View procedures Opposition procedure (No.: 14)
Criterion	Field	Content Close details
Type of procedure	VART	Opposition procedure
Legal/procedural status	VST	Appeal received
Date of legal/procedural status	VSTT	Mar 1, 2024
Date of update of the procedure	REGT	Mar 5, 2024

View procedures Opposition procedure (No.: 15)
Criterion	Field	Content Close details
Type of procedure	VART	Opposition procedure
Legal/procedural status	VST	Case file pending with Federal Patent Court
Date of legal/procedural status	VSTT	Mar 8, 2024
BPatG (Federal Patent Court) file number		19W(pat)11/24
Date of update of the procedure	REGT	Mar 27, 2024

View procedures New representative details (No.: 16)
INID	Criterion	Field	Content Close details
	Type of procedure	VART	New representative details
	Legal/procedural status	VST	New representative details
	Date of legal/procedural status	VSTT	Jul 28, 2025
74	Representative	VTR	Eisenführ Speiser Patentanwälte Rechtsanwälte PartGmbB, 28217 Bremen, DE
74	Previous representative	VTRF	Prisma IP Patentanwaltskanzlei, 80687 München, DE
	Date of update of the procedure	REGT	Jul 29, 2025