EP2686491 - AUTOMATIC BLADE SLOPE CONTROL SYSTEM FOR AN EARTH MOVING MACHINE [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 16.03.2018 Database last updated on 09.09.2024 | |
Former | The patent has been granted Status updated on 07.04.2017 | ||
Former | Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 25.01.2017 | Most recent event Tooltip | 17.07.2020 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): AL | published on 19.08.2020 [2020/34] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Topcon Positioning Systems, Inc. 7400 National Drive Livermore, CA 94551 / US | [2014/04] | Inventor(s) | 01 /
KONNO, Hiroyuki 1435 Columbine Way Livermore, CA 94551 / US | 02 /
BRABEC, Vernon, Joseph 3115 Belmont Court Livermore, CA 94550 / US | 03 /
GRAHAM, Renard, Tomas 5317 Summerfield Drive Antioch, CA 94531 / US | [2014/18] |
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KONNO, Hiroyuki 680 Junction Avenue Apartment 202 Livermore, CA 94551 / US | ||
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BRABEC, Vernon, Joseph 3115 Belmont Court Livermore, CA 94550 / US | |||
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GRAHAM, Renard, Tomas 5317 Summerfield Drive Antioch, CA 94531 / US | Representative(s) | Kuhnen & Wacker Patent- und Rechtsanwaltsbüro PartG mbB Prinz-Ludwig-Straße 40A 85354 Freising / DE | [N/P] |
Former [2014/04] | Kuhnen & Wacker Patent- und Rechtsanwaltsbüro Prinz-Ludwig-Straße 40A 85354 Freising / DE | Application number, filing date | 11746053.5 | 12.08.2011 | [2017/19] | WO2011US01423 | Priority number, date | US201161453256P | 16.03.2011 Original published format: US 201161453256 P | US201113187831 | 21.07.2011 Original published format: US201113187831 | [2014/04] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO2012125134 | Date: | 20.09.2012 | Language: | EN | [2012/38] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP2686491 | Date: | 22.01.2014 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 20.09.2012 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [2014/04] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP2686491 | Date: | 10.05.2017 | Language: | EN | [2017/19] | Type: | B9 Corrected patent specification | No.: | EP2686491 | Date: | 27.09.2017 | [2017/39] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | EP | 20.09.2012 | Classification | IPC: | E02F3/84, E01C19/00 | [2014/04] | CPC: |
E02F3/845 (EP,US);
E01C19/004 (EP,US)
| Designated contracting states | 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 [2014/04] | Extension states | BA | Not yet paid | ME | Not yet paid | Title | German: | AUTOMATISCHES SCHAUFELNEIGUNGSSTEUERUNGSSYSTEM FÜR EINE ERDBEWEGUNGSMASCHINE | [2014/04] | English: | AUTOMATIC BLADE SLOPE CONTROL SYSTEM FOR AN EARTH MOVING MACHINE | [2014/04] | French: | SYSTÈME DE COMMANDE AUTOMATIQUE DE PENTE DE LAME POUR UNE MACHINE DE TERRASSEMENT | [2014/04] | Entry into regional phase | 15.10.2013 | National basic fee paid | 15.10.2013 | Designation fee(s) paid | 15.10.2013 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 15.10.2013 | Examination requested [2014/04] | 23.06.2014 | Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description) | 02.09.2014 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 12.01.2015 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 03.06.2015 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 13.10.2015 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 18.03.2016 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 28.09.2016 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 26.01.2017 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 24.03.2017 | Fee for grant paid | 24.03.2017 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | 24.03.2017 | 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 02.09.2014 | Opposition(s) | 13.02.2018 | No opposition filed within time limit [2018/16] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 15.10.2013 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 13.08.2014 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 10.08.2015 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 09.08.2016 | Renewal fee patent year 06 |
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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 | 12.08.2011 | AL | 10.05.2017 | AT | 10.05.2017 | CY | 10.05.2017 | CZ | 10.05.2017 | EE | 10.05.2017 | HR | 10.05.2017 | LT | 10.05.2017 | LV | 10.05.2017 | MC | 10.05.2017 | MK | 10.05.2017 | NL | 10.05.2017 | PL | 10.05.2017 | PT | 10.05.2017 | RO | 10.05.2017 | RS | 10.05.2017 | SI | 10.05.2017 | SK | 10.05.2017 | SM | 10.05.2017 | TR | 10.05.2017 | BG | 10.08.2017 | NO | 10.08.2017 | GR | 11.08.2017 | IE | 12.08.2017 | LU | 12.08.2017 | MT | 12.08.2017 | BE | 31.08.2017 | CH | 31.08.2017 | LI | 31.08.2017 | IS | 10.09.2017 | [2020/34] |
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