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DE file number : 11 2015 004 330.6 (Status: pending/in force, Query started: September 26, 2025)

Please note: This English version is a non-binding translation of the German register excerpt. Only the German version of the register excerpt is legally binding.

Master data
INID	Criterion	Field	Content
	Type of IP right	SART	Patent
	Status	ST	Pending/in force
21	DE file number	DAKZ	11 2015 004 330.6
86	WO file number	WAKZ	PCT/US2015/051708
87	WO publication number	WPN	2016049177
54	Designation/title	TI	Verfahren zum Formen eines Leiterplattenbands
51	IPC main class	ICM (ICMV)	H05K 3/46 (2006.01)
51	IPC secondary class(es)	ICS (ICSV)	H05K 3/34 (2006.01), H05K 3/00 (2006.01), H05K 1/02 (2006.01), F21S 4/24 (2016.01), B29C 51/14 (2006.01)
22	DE application date	DAT	Sep 23, 2015
85	PCT national phase entry patent	PATNAT	Mar 23, 2017
86	WO application date	WAT	Sep 23, 2015
43	Date of first publication	OT	Mar 31, 2016
	Date of publication of grant	PET	Aug 24, 2023
71/73	Applicant/owner	INH	LEDVANCE LLC, Wilmington, Mass., US
72	Inventor	IN	Speer, Richard, Concord, Mass., US; Grossman, Kenneth, Beverly, Mass., US; Hamby, David, Andover, Mass., US
74	Representative	VTR	Lanchava, Bakuri, Dr. rer. nat., 80992 München, DE
10	Published DE documents	DEPN	Original document: DE112015004330B4 Searchable text: DE112015004330B4 Original document: DE112015004330T5 Searchable text: DE112015004330T5
	Address for service		Patentanwaltskanzlei Dr. Lanchava, 80992 München, DE
33 31 32	Foreign priority	PRC PRNA PRDA	US 62/054,045 Sep 23, 2014
	Due date	FT FG	Sep 30, 2025 Annual fee for the 11th year Patent fees
	Patent division in charge		38
62	Free division/divided out on the grounds of lack of unity in file number	TIAKZ	11 2015 007 305.1
87	WO language of publication	WLANG	EN - Englisch
57	Abstract	AB	There is herein described a method for forming a circuit board comprising: (a) obtaining a substrate of a first formable polymer material, the substrate having at least one electrical conductor on a surface; (b) laminating a coverlay of a second formable polymer material to the substrate to form a flexible circuit board wherein the at least one electrical conductor is disposed between the coverlay and the substrate, the coverlay having a plurality of holes exposing at least a portion of the at least one electrical conductor; (c) electrically connecting light emitting diodes (LEDs) to exposed portions of the at least one electrical conductor; (d) heating the circuit board while applying a force to cause the circuit board to bend and adopt a shape having arcuate cross section; (e) cooling the circuit board until the shape becomes fixed whereby a thermoformed circuit board having an arcuate cross section is formed.
81	Designated WO countries	WDS	AE, AG, AL, AM, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DK, DM, DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JP, KE, KG, KN, KP, KR, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW
	Published EP/WO documents	EPWOPN	Original document: WO2016049177A1 Searchable text: WO2016049177A1
56	Citations	CT	JP0000H0439011A (JP H04- 39 011 A) US020120281411A1 (US 2012 / 0 281 411 A1)
43	Date of first publication	EVT	Mar 31, 2016
	Number of official communications (office actions)		1
	Number of responses		1
	Date of the first transfer into DPMAregister	EREGT	Jun 30, 2017
	Date of the (most recent) update in DPMAregister	REGT	Jan 14, 2025 (Show all update days)(Hide all update days) Jan 14, 2025 Procedures: New representative details, New representative details, 09.11.2021: changed Oct 8, 2024 Due date: changed Aug 15, 2024 Representative: changed Procedures: New representative details, New representative details, 09.11.2021: changed Aug 6, 2024 Address for service: changed Aug 1, 2024 St.36: changed (technical change) Jul 9, 2024; Jun 23, 2024; May 9, 2024; Mar 14, 2024; Oct 27, 2023; Oct 6, 2023; Aug 24, 2023; Jul 28, 2023; May 25, 2023; May 16, 2023; May 13, 2023; May 11, 2023; May 10, 2023; May 3, 2023; Jan 31, 2023; Jan 28, 2023; Nov 18, 2022; Oct 19, 2022; Oct 8, 2022; Dec 8, 2021; Nov 10, 2021; Dec 12, 2020; Dec 12, 2019; Jul 2, 2019; Dec 13, 2018; Oct 9, 2018; Dec 14, 2017 Historical data not available for this/these date(s) Jun 30, 2017 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	Sep 23, 2015		Details anzeigen
2	Procedure relating to PCT application	WO first publication with search report	Mar 31, 2016		Details anzeigen
3	Examination procedure	Request for examination effectively filed	Mar 23, 2017		Details anzeigen
4	Pre-registration procedure	Pre-registration procedure has been concluded	May 23, 2017		Details anzeigen
5	Pre-registration procedure	Closing PCT nationale phase entry	May 23, 2017		Details anzeigen
6	Publications	Publication of translation of PCT application	Jun 29, 2017	Jun 29, 2017	Details anzeigen
7	New representative details	New representative details	Nov 9, 2021		Details anzeigen
8	Examination procedure	Official communication on examination	Jan 30, 2023		Details anzeigen
9	Examination procedure	Reply to official communication	May 2, 2023		Details anzeigen
10	Administrative procedure	Divisional application (free division or divided out on the grounds of lack of unity) new file	May 8, 2023	Jun 15, 2023	Details anzeigen
11	Examination procedure	Decision to grant patent by Examining Section/Patent Division	May 15, 2023		Details anzeigen
12	Publications	Patent specification	Aug 24, 2023	Aug 24, 2023	Details anzeigen
13	Examination procedure	Grant of patent has become final	May 25, 2024	Aug 1, 2024	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 23, 2015

View procedures Procedure relating to PCT application (No.: 2)
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Type of procedure	VART	Procedure relating to PCT application
Legal/procedural status	VST	WO first publication with search report
Date of legal/procedural status	VSTT	Mar 31, 2016

View procedures Examination procedure (No.: 3)
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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	Mar 23, 2017
Third party request		No
Date of receipt	AEGT	Mar 23, 2017

View procedures Pre-registration procedure (No.: 4)
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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	May 23, 2017

View procedures Pre-registration procedure (No.: 5)
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Type of procedure	VART	Pre-registration procedure
Legal/procedural status	VST	Closing PCT nationale phase entry
Date of legal/procedural status	VSTT	May 23, 2017

View procedures Publications (No.: 6)
INID	Criterion	Field	Content Close details
	Type of procedure	VART	Publications
	Legal/procedural status	VST	Publication of translation of PCT application
	Date of legal/procedural status	VSTT	Jun 29, 2017
	Issue number	HN	26
	Year	PJ	2017
	Publication date	VT	Jun 29, 2017
	Type of publication	PART	Documents
	Part	HT	Part 6
10	Published DE documents	DEPN	Original document: DE112015004330T5 Searchable text: DE112015004330T5

View procedures New representative details (No.: 7)
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	Nov 9, 2021
74	Representative	VTR	Lanchava, Bakuri, Dr. rer. nat., 80992 München, DE
74	Previous representative	VTRF	df-mp Patentanwälte Rechtsanwälte PartG mbB, 80333 München, DE
	Date of update of the procedure	REGT	Jan 14, 2025

View procedures Examination procedure (No.: 8)
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	Jan 30, 2023
Date of update of the procedure	REGT	Jan 31, 2023

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	May 2, 2023
Date of update of the procedure	REGT	May 3, 2023

View procedures Administrative procedure (No.: 10)
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Type of procedure	VART	Administrative procedure
Legal/procedural status	VST	Divisional application (free division or divided out on the grounds of lack of unity) new file
Date of legal/procedural status	VSTT	May 8, 2023
Issue number	HN	24
Year	PJ	2023
Publication date	VT	Jun 15, 2023
Type of publication	PART	Bibliographic data
Part	HT	Part 2
Date of update of the procedure	REGT	May 25, 2023

View procedures Examination procedure (No.: 11)
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	May 15, 2023
Date of update of the procedure	REGT	May 16, 2023

View procedures Publications (No.: 12)
INID	Criterion	Field	Content Close details
	Type of procedure	VART	Publications
	Legal/procedural status	VST	Patent specification
	Date of legal/procedural status	VSTT	Aug 24, 2023
	Issue number	HN	34
	Year	PJ	2023
	Publication date	VT	Aug 24, 2023
	Type of publication	PART	Documents
	Part	HT	Part 3
10	Published DE documents	DEPN	Original document: DE112015004330B4 Searchable text: DE112015004330B4
	Date of update of the procedure	REGT	Aug 24, 2023

View procedures Examination procedure (No.: 13)
Criterion	Field	Content Close details
Type of procedure	VART	Examination procedure
Legal/procedural status	VST	Grant of patent has become final
Date of legal/procedural status	VSTT	May 25, 2024
Issue number	HN	31
Year	PJ	2024
Publication date	VT	Aug 1, 2024
Type of publication	PART	Bibliographic data
Part	HT	Part 3
Date of update of the procedure	REGT	Jul 9, 2024