According to the attached notification of the European Patent Office, the
above-mentioned patent application will be published on November 6, 2019
together with the European Search Report. The European Publication Number
is 3563693.
The provisional protection under Article 67 EPC becomes effective in the
claimed contracting states with the publication. That means that a compensation
may be enforceable against those who make use of the invention as it will
be defined in the patent claims of the subsequently granted patent. This claim
for compensation is in the individual contracting states only valid, if the
claims are present in the respective official language. For this reason, translations
of the claims may have to be filed for certain contracting states if you are
interested in the provisional protection under Article 67 EPC.
With the publication of the European Search Report, the payment of the designation
fee becomes due. Since the designation fee has not yet been paid for
the present application, it now has to be paid by
May 6, 2020
at the latest.
If the designation fee is not paid on or before this deadline, the application will
lapse. In addition, extension and/or validation fees may be paid within the
afore-mentioned deadline.