EP3569416B1 - Racle pour une machine de sérigraphie - Google Patents

Racle pour une machine de sérigraphie Download PDF

Info

Publication number
EP3569416B1
EP3569416B1 EP19000229.5A EP19000229A EP3569416B1 EP 3569416 B1 EP3569416 B1 EP 3569416B1 EP 19000229 A EP19000229 A EP 19000229A EP 3569416 B1 EP3569416 B1 EP 3569416B1
Authority
EP
European Patent Office
Prior art keywords
squeegee
screen
individual short
individual
doctor blade
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Active
Application number
EP19000229.5A
Other languages
German (de)
English (en)
Other versions
EP3569416A1 (fr
Inventor
Karlheinz Mayer
Adolf WIESNET
Max Voit
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
Giesecke and Devrient Currency Technology GmbH
Original Assignee
Giesecke and Devrient Currency Technology GmbH
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by Giesecke and Devrient Currency Technology GmbH filed Critical Giesecke and Devrient Currency Technology GmbH
Publication of EP3569416A1 publication Critical patent/EP3569416A1/fr
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of EP3569416B1 publication Critical patent/EP3569416B1/fr
Active legal-status Critical Current
Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical

Links

Images

Classifications

    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41F—PRINTING MACHINES OR PRESSES
    • B41F31/00—Inking arrangements or devices
    • B41F31/02—Ducts, containers, supply or metering devices
    • B41F31/04—Ducts, containers, supply or metering devices with duct-blades or like metering devices
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41F—PRINTING MACHINES OR PRESSES
    • B41F15/00—Screen printers
    • B41F15/14—Details
    • B41F15/44—Squeegees or doctors
    • B41F15/46—Squeegees or doctors with two or more operative parts
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41F—PRINTING MACHINES OR PRESSES
    • B41F31/00—Inking arrangements or devices
    • B41F31/22—Inking arrangements or devices for inking from interior of cylinder
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41F—PRINTING MACHINES OR PRESSES
    • B41F15/00—Screen printers
    • B41F15/08—Machines
    • B41F15/0804—Machines for printing sheets
    • B41F15/0809—Machines for printing sheets with cylindrical or belt-like screens
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41F—PRINTING MACHINES OR PRESSES
    • B41F15/00—Screen printers
    • B41F15/08—Machines
    • B41F15/0831—Machines for printing webs
    • B41F15/0836—Machines for printing webs by means of cylindrical screens or screens in the form of endless belts
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41P—INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO PRINTING, LINING MACHINES, TYPEWRITERS, AND TO STAMPS
    • B41P2231/00—Inking devices; Recovering printing ink
    • B41P2231/12—Axially segmented ink blades

Definitions

  • the invention relates to a screen printing machine with a cylindrical cylinder mold and a doctor blade arranged in the cylinder mold.
  • a screen printing machine with a rotary screen printing cylinder and a corresponding method for printing a substrate in the rotary screen printing process and a doctor blade for use in the rotary screen printing cylinder and in the method are known.
  • the doctor blade is arranged in the rotary screen printing cylinder in such a way that it essentially only sweeps over the inner circumferential surface of the cylindrical hollow body in the areas of the printing screen areas.
  • the doctor blade preferably comprises a plurality of doctor blades which are arranged at a distance from one another in such a way that they essentially only sweep over the printing screen areas.
  • the correct setting of the squeegee pressure is essential in screen printing, i.e. the mechanical pressure with which the squeegee presses against the inside of the cylinder mold.
  • the squeegee pressure is only set with two adjusting screws on the left and right of the printing machine.
  • the squeegee pressure on the outside of the cylinder mold is rather high because the frame of the screen guide is also located there, but the squeegee pressure remains rather low in the middle of the cylinder mold because the screen tension and squeegee pressure drop there.
  • the invention is therefore based on the object of developing a generic screen printing machine in such a way that the disadvantages of the prior art are eliminated and the squeegee pressure on the cylinder mold can be adjusted over the entire width of the cylinder mold.
  • the squeegee is divided into several individual short squeegees or single squeegees, the individual short squeegees each covering only one area to be printed of a certain squeegee or printing width and their distance from the inside of the cylinder mold transversely to the direction of rotation of the cylinder mold is individually adjustable.
  • the adjustability of individual doctor blades according to the invention particularly preferably enables an improvement in the service life or service life of a cylinder mold through a more uniform mechanical load on the cylinder mold.
  • the squeegee or printing width is preferably up to 5 cm, the squeegee width or printing width also being different or different sizes depending on the printing area, for example more than 5 cm, and the squeegee being divided into different or different Numbers of individual doctor blades are possible.
  • the squeegee can therefore also be divided into individual squeegees, with each individual squeegee having a different width and being adapted to the particular conditions in the screen.
  • the setting of the position of the respective individual short squeegees takes place from outside the screen or from the outside and can thus take place during operation of the screen printing machine.
  • the squeegee pressure can particularly preferably be varied and adapted accordingly as a function of the print image produced during the printing process.
  • the basic setting is first made using the left and right infeed of the overall squeegee until the outer tracks produce a good print image, and then the squeegee pressure of the further inner tracks is optimized by means of individual infeed.
  • the relationships between the middle and outer tracks are exactly the opposite, which in this case also reverses the procedure.
  • the setting of the individual short squeegees or individual squeegees can be done manually by means of axles deflected with toothed wheels, which are guided to the left and right of the screen opening for adjustment, or via flexible shafts guided outwards by each individual squeegee.
  • the setting can also take place via a wedge system in which the distance between a single doctor blade, which is obliquely or conically shaped at its rear edge, and the cylinder mold is adjusted with the aid of a displaceable wedge.
  • each individual doctor blade preferably has its own wedge.
  • the respective wedge is particularly preferably displaced by means of piezoelectric or pneumatic actuators or with the aid of a spindle or threaded rod that is driven or set in rotation mechanically or by an electric motor.
  • a single squeegee is closed as far as possible around the single squeegee according to a further preferred embodiment, so that hardly any color can leave the system, except via the screen contact with the printed product.
  • the individual squeegee is preferably closed at its outer edges with strips of felt or elastomer, these strips forming a kind of counter-shape to the cylinder mold, and closed at the top by a cover made of felt or elastomer. Complete separation of the individual doctor blades by means of elastomer or foam rubber rings glued into the screen is also possible.
  • This procedure is similar to a chambered doctor blade system and is therefore also referred to as a quasi-chambered doctor blade, in which, however, the doctor blade slightly lifts off the channels of the printing cylinder twice per revolution.
  • a squeegee position according to the invention in the horizontal position or slightly above it, however, the undesired leakage of printing ink in the channel area can largely be avoided, because a slight downward inclination of the squeegee causes the ink to flow backwards from gravity or not much ink to the outside occurs.
  • the squeegee can be provided with a shutter or closure which prevents paint from flowing out when the squeegee is lifted off the screen.
  • This shutter preferably a thin metal or plastic leaflet, closes the remaining gap of the quasi-chambered doctor blade only during the brief lifting of the doctor blade, preferably by moving it from above towards the edge of the doctor blade. This movement can be carried out either mechanically via a pressure curve (similar to the control of a gripper) or electromechanically by means of a motor or lifting magnet and triggering synchronously with the corresponding cylinder circumferential position.
  • each individual short squeegee i.e. the angle of incidence of the squeegee on the cylinder mold, and / or the height of each individual short doctor knife, i.e. a displacement parallel to the inside of the cylinder mold but transversely to the longitudinal axis (which is also changed the angle of the doctor blade on the cylinder mold), is adjustable. This improves the print quality, screen life and ink flow even further.
  • angles of incidence of the doctor blade of 45 ° to 135 °, preferably of 90 ° ⁇ 15 ° are usual, the angle of incidence, as is known, determining the edge sharpness and influencing the application of paint.
  • a squeegee angle of 90 ° means that the squeegee is aligned perpendicular to the screen surface.
  • the height of each individual short doctor blade is preferably adjusted by ⁇ 10 mm in each case.
  • the individual doctor blades according to the invention are preferably attached to a doctor blade holder in such a way that they can be laterally displaced and adjusted before the overall doctor blade is installed in the printing machine, so that the respectively desired printing position is achieved transversely to the printing direction.
  • the device according to the invention and the method for setting the squeegee pressure can in principle also be used for other printing processes which have a squeegee and are of course suitable for any printing applications also outside of banknote printing.
  • Possible further areas of application are, for example, the NotaProtector® coating machine from KBA NotaSys, flexographic printing units with chamber doctor blades and inking units for offset printing or indirect letterpress printing.
  • Fig. 1 shows a schematic section of a cylinder mold printing machine consisting of a cylinder mold 1 and a squeegee 2 made of an elastic plastic material or elastomer, the squeegee 2 being clamped between a base body 3 and a cover plate 4, which are made of aluminum, for example.
  • a color bead 5 is formed above the doctor blade 2 due to the damming up of the ink.
  • the doctor blade 2 can also be designed as a system doctor blade, which consists of two components.
  • One component consists of a hard-elastic carrier, for example a glass fiber reinforced plastic profile, which ensures a constant squeegee angle and squeegee pressure as well as constant flexibility.
  • the carrier is with a soft elastic strip or one Elastomer profile, for example made of polyurethane with a Shore hardness of 55 ° to 85 °, is permanently connected as a pressure edge that is in contact with the screen.
  • Such system doctor blades are manufactured, for example, by RK Siebdrucktechnik GmbH (RKS®).
  • the RKS system doctor blade type 32 HQ has a GRP plastic profile with a height of 50 mm to 115 mm and a thickness of 2.5 mm and an elastomer profile with a thickness of 6 mm to 8 mm and a Shore hardness of 55 °, 65 ° or 75 °.
  • the length of this RKS system doctor blade can be up to 2600 mm.
  • Fig. 2 shows a cylinder mold printing machine in which a doctor blade is divided into six individual doctor blades 2.1 to 2.6 which are arranged parallel to the longitudinal axis of the cylinder mold 1.
  • Each individual doctor blade 2.1 to 2.6 can each move in the direction of the in Fig. 2 shown double arrows are moved perpendicular to the cylinder mold or away from it.
  • This means that each individual doctor blade 2.1 to 2.6 can be set independently of the other individual doctor blades in such a way that it rests against the surface of the cylinder mold 1 on the inside of the cylinder mold 1. Different or changing diameters of the cylinder mold in the longitudinal axis can thus be compensated for.
  • Fig. 3 shows the squeegee off Fig. 1 , at which its angle in the direction of the double arrow 7, i.e. the angle of incidence of the doctor blade 2 on the cylinder mold, and / or its height in the direction of the double arrow 8, i.e. a displacement parallel to the inside of the cylinder mold but transversely to the longitudinal axis (which is also the angle of incidence of the doctor blade 2 changed to the cylinder mold), is adjustable. This improves the print quality, screen life and ink flow even further.
  • the various setting options for the squeegee angle can prevent too much ink from flowing into the screen or from running off the squeegee on the gripper channels when the squeegee is lifted off.
  • Fig. 4 shows an infeed of a doctor blade 2 according to a single doctor blade Fig. 2 to the inside of the cylinder mold via a wedge system.
  • the doctor blade 2 is beveled at the rear edge which is opposite the front edge which rests against the cylinder mold.
  • a wedge 9 is arranged on the beveled rear edge of the doctor blade 2. If the wedge 9 is moved in the direction of the arrow 10 by means of a rotatable spindle or threaded rod 11 forwards (upwards in the figure) and back (downwards in the figure), the doctor blade 2 is moved towards or away from the cylinder mold in the direction of the arrow 12 moved him away.
  • the rotatable spindle or threaded rod 11 is guided in a frame 13 and rotated, for example, by an electric motor (not shown) with a torque of 0.35 Nm.
  • the doctor blade 2 has a thickness of 14 mm at its front edge and a mean width (center between the upper edge and lower edge) of 45 mm.
  • the wedge 9 is 15 mm wide at its narrow upper edge and 25 mm wide at its wide lower edge.

Landscapes

  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Screen Printers (AREA)

Claims (5)

  1. Machine d'impression sérigraphique comprenant un tamis rond (1) de forme cylindrique et une raclette (2) disposée à l'intérieur du tamis rond (1), caractérisée en ce que la raclette est divisée en plusieurs courtes raclettes (2.1-2.6) individuelles, les courtes raclettes (2.1-2.6) individuelles ne recouvrant respectivement qu'une zone à imprimer ayant une largeur de raclette ou d'impression déterminée, de préférence jusqu'à 5 cm, et l'écart des courtes raclettes (2.1-2.6) individuelles entre le côté intérieur du tamis rond (1) transversalement par rapport au sens de rotation du tamis rond étant réglable individuellement, de sorte que l'écart entre chaque courte raclette (2.1-2.6) individuelle et le tamis rond (1) peut être réglé différemment en fonction de l'arrangement respectif dans le tamis rond.
  2. Machine d'impression sérigraphique selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que le réglage de la position des courtes raclettes (2.1-2.6) individuelles respectives s'effectue depuis en-dehors du tamis ou depuis l'extérieur.
  3. Machine d'impression sérigraphique selon la revendication 2, caractérisée en ce que le réglage de la position des courtes raclettes individuelles respectives s'effectue manuellement par des axes renvoyés par des roues dentées, qui sont guidés à gauche et à droite au niveau de l'ouverture du tamis en vue du réglage, ou par le biais d'arbres flexibles amenés vers l'extérieur depuis chaque courte raclette (2.1-2.6) individuelle.
  4. Machine d'impression sérigraphique selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisée en ce que le réglage des courtes raclettes (2.1-2.6) individuelles s'effectue par le biais d'un système de clavettes avec lequel l'écart entre une raclette individuelle (2.1-2.6), dont le bord arrière est façonné biseauté ou conique, et le tamis rond (1) est réglé à l'aide d'une clavette coulissante (9).
  5. Machine d'impression sérigraphique selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisée en ce que l'angle de chaque courte raclette (2.1-2.6) individuelle, c'est-à-dire l'angle d'approche de la raclette vers le tamis rond (1), et/ou la hauteur de chaque courte raclette (2.1-2.6) individuelle, c'est-à-dire un décalage parallèle au côté intérieur du tamis rond (1) mais transversal à l'axe longitudinal, est réglable.
EP19000229.5A 2018-05-16 2019-05-13 Racle pour une machine de sérigraphie Active EP3569416B1 (fr)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
DE102018003919.7A DE102018003919A1 (de) 2018-05-16 2018-05-16 Rakel für eine Siebdruckmaschine

Publications (2)

Publication Number Publication Date
EP3569416A1 EP3569416A1 (fr) 2019-11-20
EP3569416B1 true EP3569416B1 (fr) 2021-07-07

Family

ID=66554096

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
EP19000229.5A Active EP3569416B1 (fr) 2018-05-16 2019-05-13 Racle pour une machine de sérigraphie

Country Status (3)

Country Link
EP (1) EP3569416B1 (fr)
DE (1) DE102018003919A1 (fr)
DK (1) DK3569416T3 (fr)

Family Cites Families (6)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
CH679919A5 (fr) * 1989-10-23 1992-05-15 Patric Albiez
DE29601855U1 (de) * 1996-02-03 1997-06-05 Robert Bosch Gmbh, 70469 Stuttgart Rakel für den Siebdruck von elektrischen Elementen und Strukturen
DE10319773B4 (de) 2003-05-02 2006-04-20 Koenig & Bauer Ag Siebdruckzylinder
US7614341B1 (en) * 2004-03-12 2009-11-10 General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems, Inc. Apparatus and method for a segmented squeegee for stenciling
DE102006012735A1 (de) 2006-03-17 2007-09-20 Giesecke & Devrient Gmbh Rotationssiebdruckverfahren, Rotationssiebdruckzylinder und Rakel dafür
DE202011107661U1 (de) * 2011-11-07 2013-02-08 Thieme Gmbh & Co. Kg Siebdruckrakel und Vorrichtung zum Siebdrucken

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
EP3569416A1 (fr) 2019-11-20
DK3569416T3 (da) 2021-10-11
DE102018003919A1 (de) 2019-11-21

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
EP0985530B2 (fr) Dispositif d'encrage comprenant un rouleau tocheur-encreur pour la réduction de l'encre moutonnant
DE10044233A1 (de) Verbindungsarmmechanismus zum einstellbaren Einstellen des Abstandes zwischen Plattenzylindern und Gummizylindern bei einer Rotationsoffsetdruckpresse
EP2818319B1 (fr) Elément d'impression
EP3569416B1 (fr) Racle pour une machine de sérigraphie
DE4027587C1 (fr)
DE102008011203B4 (de) Druckverfahren und Druckwerk
EP2033786A2 (fr) Chambre d'encrage
DE10344023B4 (de) Siebdruckrakel und Vorrichtung zum Siebdrucken
DE102010037865B4 (de) Drucktucheinheit
EP1591250B1 (fr) Procédé et dispositif pour enlever un liquide d'un cylindre
DE102006055584A1 (de) Verfahren zum Betreiben eines Feuchtwerks, Feuchtwerk sowie Druckwerk
DE3211454C2 (de) Rollenrotationsdruckmaschine für Endlosdruck
DE102004031504B4 (de) Farbkasten für eine Druckmaschine
DE102007053595B4 (de) Verfahren zur Einstellung einer Farbdosiereinrichtung
DE102017203491B4 (de) Plattenzylinder
EP1525094A1 (fr) Machine d'impression et procede pour imprimer deux bandes
DE102016203635B4 (de) Verfahren zum Betreiben einer Druckmaschine
DE102008025927A1 (de) Rotationsdruckmaschine
DE10032432A1 (de) Flexodruckwerk
DE102007000690A1 (de) Verfahren zum Einstellen eines Abstands zwischen zwei Walzen einer Druckmaschine, eine Vorrichtung zur Durchführung des Verfahrens sowie ein Druckwerk
EP1620263A1 (fr) Presse
DE8119534U1 (de) Rollenrotationsdruckmaschine fuer endlosdruck
DE102009040057A1 (de) Feuchtwerk einer Druckmaschine
DE102013109917A1 (de) Changierende Walze einer Druckmaschine
DE102011084544A1 (de) Druckmaschine und Verfahren zum Anstellen zumindest eines Farbwerkszylinders

Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
PUAI Public reference made under article 153(3) epc to a published international application that has entered the european phase

Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009012

STAA Information on the status of an ep patent application or granted ep patent

Free format text: STATUS: THE APPLICATION HAS BEEN PUBLISHED

AK Designated contracting states

Kind code of ref document: A1

Designated state(s): 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 MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

AX Request for extension of the european patent

Extension state: BA ME

STAA Information on the status of an ep patent application or granted ep patent

Free format text: STATUS: REQUEST FOR EXAMINATION WAS MADE

17P Request for examination filed

Effective date: 20200520

RBV Designated contracting states (corrected)

Designated state(s): 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 MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

GRAP Despatch of communication of intention to grant a patent

Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: EPIDOSNIGR1

STAA Information on the status of an ep patent application or granted ep patent

Free format text: STATUS: GRANT OF PATENT IS INTENDED

INTG Intention to grant announced

Effective date: 20201221

GRAS Grant fee paid

Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: EPIDOSNIGR3

GRAA (expected) grant

Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009210

STAA Information on the status of an ep patent application or granted ep patent

Free format text: STATUS: THE PATENT HAS BEEN GRANTED

AK Designated contracting states

Kind code of ref document: B1

Designated state(s): 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 MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: GB

Ref legal event code: FG4D

Free format text: NOT ENGLISH

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: AT

Ref legal event code: REF

Ref document number: 1408181

Country of ref document: AT

Kind code of ref document: T

Effective date: 20210715

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: DE

Ref legal event code: R096

Ref document number: 502019001734

Country of ref document: DE

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: IE

Ref legal event code: FG4D

Free format text: LANGUAGE OF EP DOCUMENT: GERMAN

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: NL

Ref legal event code: FP

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: DK

Ref legal event code: T3

Effective date: 20211004

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: LT

Ref legal event code: MG9D

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: ES

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20210707

Ref country code: FI

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20210707

Ref country code: SE

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20210707

Ref country code: RS

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20210707

Ref country code: BG

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20211007

Ref country code: LT

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20210707

Ref country code: NO

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20211007

Ref country code: PT

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20211108

Ref country code: HR

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20210707

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: PL

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20210707

Ref country code: LV

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20210707

Ref country code: GR

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20211008

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: DE

Ref legal event code: R097

Ref document number: 502019001734

Country of ref document: DE

PLBE No opposition filed within time limit

Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009261

STAA Information on the status of an ep patent application or granted ep patent

Free format text: STATUS: NO OPPOSITION FILED WITHIN TIME LIMIT

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: SM

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20210707

Ref country code: SK

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20210707

Ref country code: RO

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20210707

Ref country code: EE

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20210707

Ref country code: CZ

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20210707

Ref country code: AL

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20210707

26N No opposition filed

Effective date: 20220408

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: IT

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20210707

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: BE

Ref legal event code: MM

Effective date: 20220531

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: MC

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20210707

Ref country code: LU

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES

Effective date: 20220513

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: IE

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES

Effective date: 20220513

Ref country code: FR

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES

Effective date: 20220531

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: BE

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES

Effective date: 20220531

P01 Opt-out of the competence of the unified patent court (upc) registered

Effective date: 20230520

PGFP Annual fee paid to national office [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: NL

Payment date: 20230519

Year of fee payment: 5

Ref country code: DK

Payment date: 20230522

Year of fee payment: 5

Ref country code: DE

Payment date: 20230531

Year of fee payment: 5

Ref country code: CH

Payment date: 20230605

Year of fee payment: 5

PGFP Annual fee paid to national office [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: GB

Payment date: 20230522

Year of fee payment: 5

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: HU

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT; INVALID AB INITIO

Effective date: 20190513

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: MK

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20210707

Ref country code: CY

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20210707