EP2168185 - FUEL CELL STACKS AND METHODS [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 18.09.2020 Database last updated on 22.08.2024 | |
Former | The patent has been granted Status updated on 11.10.2019 | ||
Former | Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 27.05.2019 | Most recent event Tooltip | 24.06.2022 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): CY, HU, MT | published on 27.07.2022 [2022/30] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Ballard Unmanned Systems Inc. 153 Northboro Road Southborough, MA 01772-1034 / US | [2019/19] |
Former [2010/13] | For all designated states Protonex Technology Corporation 153 Northboro Road Southborough, MA 01772-1034 / US | Inventor(s) | 01 /
VITELLA, Thomas 1279 Pond Street Franklin, MA 02038 / US | 02 /
BALDIC, Jeff 4 Gritte Lane Milford, MA 01757 / US | 03 /
REZAC, Ronald 185 Century Mill Road Bolton, MA 01740 / US | 04 /
LAUDER, Nick 444 Lowell Av. Newtonville, MA 02460 / US | 05 /
AVIS, Seth 29 Westgate Road 2 Chestnut Hill, MA 02467 / US | 06 /
OSENAR, Paul 408 Groton Road Westford, MA 01886 / US | [2010/13] | Representative(s) | Adam, Holger Kraus & Weisert Patentanwälte PartGmbB Thomas-Wimmer-Ring 15 80539 München / DE | [2019/46] |
Former [2010/13] | Adam, Holger Kraus & Weisert Patent- und Rechtsanwälte Thomas-Wimmer-Ring 15 80539 München / DE | Application number, filing date | 08772059.5 | 26.06.2008 | [2010/13] | WO2008US68383 | Priority number, date | US20070823759 | 28.06.2007 Original published format: US 823759 | US20070823743 | 28.06.2007 Original published format: US 823743 | [2019/46] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO2009006220 | Date: | 08.01.2009 | Language: | EN | [2009/02] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP2168185 | Date: | 31.03.2010 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 08.01.2009 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [2010/13] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP2168185 | Date: | 13.11.2019 | Language: | EN | [2019/46] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | US | 08.01.2009 | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 05.11.2013 | Classification | IPC: | H01M8/0247, H01M8/241, H01M8/0258, H01M8/0271, H01M8/0273, H01M8/2465, H01M8/0202, H01M8/0267, H01M8/0284, H01M8/04089, H01M8/0276, H01M8/1018, H01M8/0297 | [2019/18] | CPC: |
H01M8/0247 (EP);
H01M8/0267 (EP,US);
H01M8/0202 (EP);
H01M8/0258 (EP);
H01M8/0263 (EP);
H01M8/0271 (EP);
H01M8/0276 (US);
H01M8/0297 (US);
H01M8/04089 (EP);
H01M8/2404 (EP);
H01M8/241 (EP);
H01M8/2465 (EP);
H01M8/2483 (EP);
H01M2008/1095 (EP);
H01M8/0273 (EP);
H01M8/0278 (EP);
H01M8/0284 (EP);
Y02E60/50 (EP);
Y02P70/50 (EP)
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Former IPC [2013/49] | H01M2/00, H01M8/24, H01M8/02, H01M8/04 | ||
Former IPC [2010/13] | H01M2/00 | Designated contracting states | AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LI, LT, LU, LV, MC, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, TR [2019/46] |
Former [2010/13] | AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LI, LT, LU, LV, MC, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, TR | Title | German: | BRENNSTOFFZELLENSTAPEL UND VERFAHREN | [2010/13] | English: | FUEL CELL STACKS AND METHODS | [2010/13] | French: | EMPILEMENTS DE PILES À COMBUSTIBLE ET PROCÉDÉS | [2010/13] | Entry into regional phase | 26.01.2010 | National basic fee paid | 26.01.2010 | Search fee paid | 26.01.2010 | Designation fee(s) paid | 26.01.2010 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 26.01.2010 | Examination requested [2010/13] | 22.05.2014 | Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description) | 24.11.2015 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 03.06.2016 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 11.03.2019 | Date of oral proceedings | 22.05.2019 | Minutes of oral proceedings despatched | 27.05.2019 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 01.10.2019 | Fee for grant paid | 01.10.2019 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | 01.10.2019 | Receipt of the translation of the claim(s) | Divisional application(s) | The date of the Examining Division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued is 24.11.2015 | Opposition(s) | 14.08.2020 | No opposition filed within time limit [2020/43] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 25.06.2010 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 27.06.2011 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 26.06.2012 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 27.06.2013 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 30.06.2014 | Renewal fee patent year 07 | 29.06.2015 | Renewal fee patent year 08 | 27.06.2016 | Renewal fee patent year 09 | 27.06.2017 | Renewal fee patent year 10 | 27.06.2018 | Renewal fee patent year 11 | 27.06.2019 | Renewal fee patent year 12 |
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Responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or quality of the data displayed under the link provided lies entirely with the Unified Patent Court. | Lapses during opposition Tooltip | HU | 26.06.2008 | AT | 13.11.2019 | CY | 13.11.2019 | CZ | 13.11.2019 | DK | 13.11.2019 | EE | 13.11.2019 | ES | 13.11.2019 | FI | 13.11.2019 | HR | 13.11.2019 | IT | 13.11.2019 | LT | 13.11.2019 | LV | 13.11.2019 | MC | 13.11.2019 | MT | 13.11.2019 | NL | 13.11.2019 | PL | 13.11.2019 | RO | 13.11.2019 | SE | 13.11.2019 | SI | 13.11.2019 | SK | 13.11.2019 | TR | 13.11.2019 | BG | 13.02.2020 | NO | 13.02.2020 | GR | 14.02.2020 | IS | 13.03.2020 | PT | 13.03.2020 | IE | 26.06.2020 | LU | 26.06.2020 | BE | 30.06.2020 | CH | 30.06.2020 | LI | 30.06.2020 | [2022/27] |
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Former [2020/21] | NO | 13.02.2020 | Documents cited: | Search | [Y]US5750281 (WASHINGTON KIRK B [CA], et al) [Y] 1-13 * column 6, line 54 - column 7, line 5 * * column 8, line 45 - column 9, line 40 *; | [Y]US2002055032 (WAKAHOI TOSHIYA [JP], et al) [Y] 1-13 * paragraph [0046] - paragraph [0048] ** paragraph [0053] *; | [XY]WO03092096 (PROTONEX TECHNOLOGY CORP [US], et al) [X] 1-13 * page 14, line 19 - page 15, line 22; figure 4 * * page 16, line 22 - page 17, line 28; figures 5,8,9 * [Y] 1-13; | [XY]US2005244703 (OSENAR PAUL [US], et al) [X] 1-13 * paragraph [0067] - paragraph [0069] * * paragraph [0076] - paragraph [0079] * [Y] 1-13 | International search | [Y]US6596427 (WOZNICZKA BOGUSLAW [CA], et al); | [Y]US6887610 (ELHAMID MAHMOUD H ABD [US], et al); | [Y]US7052796 (SABIN PAUL [US], et al) |