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Current content: 156 978 933 patent documents

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169 914 new documents added

2 331 667 documents amended

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EP 3640417 B1 20220309 - KEY FOR A LOCK CYLINDER

Title (en)

KEY FOR A LOCK CYLINDER

Title (de)

SCHLÜSSEL FÜR EINEN SCHLIESSZYLINDER

Title (fr)

CLÉ POUR UN CYLINDRE DE SERRAGE

Publication

EP 3640417 B1 20220309 (DE)

Application

EP 18200479 A 20181015

Priority

EP 18200479 A 20181015

IPC 8 full level

E05B 19/00 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

E05B 19/00 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

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

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 3640417 A1 20200422; EP 3640417 B1 20220309; ES 2909032 T3 20220505; HR P20220403 T1 20220527; HU E058724 T2 20220928; PL 3640417 T3 20220530; PT 3640417 T 20220322; RS 63187 B1 20220630; SI 3640417 T1 20220429

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 18200479 A 20181015; ES 18200479 T 20181015; HR P20220403 T 20181015; HU E18200479 A 20181015; PL 18200479 T 20181015; PT 18200479 T 20181015; RS P20220419 A 20181015; SI 201830602 T 20181015