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EP About this file: EP2610377

EP2610377 - BASE FABRIC FOR AIRBAG [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusPatent revoked
Status updated on  15.07.2022
Database last updated on 03.09.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip15.07.2022Revocation of patentpublished on 17.08.2022  [2022/33]
15.07.2022New entry: Despatch of communication that patent is revoked 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
1-105 Kanda Jinbocho Chiyoda-ku Tokyo
101-8101 / JP
[2017/24]
Former [2013/27]For all designated states
Asahi Kasei Fibers Corporation
3-23, Nakanoshima 3-chome
Kita-ku
Osaka-shi
Osaka 5308205 / JP
Inventor(s)01 / TANAKA, Takeshi
1-105, Kanda Jinbocho
Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo 1018101 / JP
02 / ISE, Fumiaki
1-105, Kanda Jinbocho
Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo 1018101 / JP
03 / OKUNO, Tokio
1-105, Kanda Jinbocho
Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo 1018101 / JP
04 / ENOKI, Masato
1-105, Kanda Jinbocho
Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo 1018101 / JP
 [2013/27]
Representative(s)D Young & Co LLP
3 Noble Street
London EC2V 7BQ / GB
[N/P]
Former [2016/06]von Kreisler Selting Werner - Partnerschaft von Patentanwälten und Rechtsanwälten mbB
Deichmannhaus am Dom
Bahnhofsvorplatz 1
50667 Köln / DE
Former [2013/27]von Kreisler Selting Werner
Deichmannhaus am Dom
Bahnhofsvorplatz 1
50667 Köln / DE
Application number, filing date11819918.123.08.2011
[2016/06]
WO2011JP68946
Priority number, dateJP2010018632323.08.2010         Original published format: JP 2010186323
[2013/27]
Filing languageJA
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2012026455
Date:01.03.2012
Language:JA
[2012/09]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP2610377
Date:03.07.2013
Language:EN
[2013/27]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP2610377
Date:10.02.2016
Language:EN
[2016/06]
Type: B9 Corrected patent specification 
No.:EP2610377
Date:02.08.2017
[2017/31]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:JP01.03.2012
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP12.02.2014
ClassificationIPC:D03D15/00, B60R21/235, D03D1/02, D06M15/643, D06N3/00
[2014/11]
CPC:
D03D1/02 (EP,KR,US); B60R21/235 (EP,KR,US); D03D15/283 (KR);
D03D15/41 (KR); D06N3/0006 (US); B60R2021/23509 (EP,US);
D10B2331/02 (KR); D10B2505/124 (KR); Y10T442/2008 (EP,US);
Y10T442/2139 (EP,US); Y10T442/3065 (EP,US) (-)
Former IPC [2013/27]D03D15/00, B60R21/235, D03D1/02, D06M15/643
Designated contracting statesAL,   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 [2013/27]
Extension statesBANot yet paid
MENot yet paid
TitleGerman:GRUNDGEWEBE FÜR AIRBAGS[2013/27]
English:BASE FABRIC FOR AIRBAG[2013/27]
French:TISSU DE BASE POUR COUSSIN DE SÉCURITÉ GONFLABLE[2013/27]
Entry into regional phase19.02.2013Translation filed 
19.02.2013National basic fee paid 
19.02.2013Search fee paid 
19.02.2013Designation fee(s) paid 
19.02.2013Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure19.02.2013Examination requested  [2013/27]
25.02.2014Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
26.06.2014Reply to a communication from the examining division
07.11.2014Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
13.03.2015Reply to a communication from the examining division
30.07.2015Communication of intention to grant the patent
03.12.2015Fee for grant paid
03.12.2015Fee for publishing/printing paid
03.12.2015Receipt 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  25.02.2014
Opposition(s)Opponent(s)01  10.11.2016  16.11.2016  ADMISSIBLE
Toyobo Co., Ltd.
2-8, Dojima Hama 2-chome
Kita-ku
Osaka-shi
Osaka 530-8230 / JP
Opponent's representative
Vossius & Partner Patentanwälte Rechtsanwälte mbB
Siebertstrasse 3
81675 München / DE
 [2016/51]
15.12.2016Invitation to proprietor to file observations on the notice of opposition
24.04.2017Reply of patent proprietor to notice(s) of opposition
16.01.2019Date of oral proceedings
22.02.2019Despatch of interlocutory decision in opposition
22.02.2019Despatch of minutes of oral proceedings
15.03.2022Legal effect of revocation of patent [2022/33]
03.06.2022Despatch of communication that the patent will be revoked
Appeal following opposition25.04.2019Appeal received No.  T1185/19
04.07.2019Statement of grounds filed
15.03.2022Result of appeal procedure: revocation of the patent
03.06.2022Despatch of the decision of the Board of Appeal
18.04.2019Appeal received No.  T1185/19
02.07.2019Statement of grounds filed
15.03.2022Result of appeal procedure: revocation of the patent
03.06.2022Despatch of the decision of the Board of Appeal
15.03.2022Date of oral proceedings
Fees paidRenewal fee
28.08.2013Renewal fee patent year 03
27.08.2014Renewal fee patent year 04
26.08.2015Renewal fee patent year 05
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipHU23.08.2011
AL10.02.2016
AT10.02.2016
BE10.02.2016
CY10.02.2016
CZ10.02.2016
DK10.02.2016
EE10.02.2016
ES10.02.2016
FI10.02.2016
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LT10.02.2016
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MC10.02.2016
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RO10.02.2016
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SK10.02.2016
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TR10.02.2016
BG10.05.2016
NO10.05.2016
GR11.05.2016
IS10.06.2016
PT13.06.2016
GB23.08.2016
IE23.08.2016
LU23.08.2016
CH31.08.2016
FR31.08.2016
LI31.08.2016
MT31.08.2016
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 [Y]EP1433672  (TOYO BOSEKI [JP]) [Y] 1-14 * paragraph [0053] - paragraph [0058] *
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OppositionUS5508073
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    - Experimental report: shrinkage force of yarns with different boiling water shrinkage depending on the treatment temperature
    - Scheme of the production and distribution chain of prior use Product A and Product B
    - Documentation concerning production and delivery of Product A-(A) including D3-1 to D3-6 and English translation
    - Documentation concerning production and delivery of Product A-(B) including D4-1 to D4-6 and English translation
    - "Cargo Receipt/Delivery Specification", Chuo Warehouse and English translation
    - Test data of airbag base fabrics (prior use Product A) including D6-1 to D6-4 and English translation
    - Photographs of fabric samples of Product A-(A) and A-(B
    - Declaration of Mr. Hiratani
    - Detailed comparison of the public prior use Product A with the claims of the opposed patent
    - Analysis of base fabric for airbags of Product A (nylon 66 fiber) and English translation
    - SEM photographs of Products A-(A) and A-(B) showing the absence of resin coating on base fabric and English translation
    - Test data and photographs of airbag module (prior use Product B) including D12-1 to D12-16 and English translation
    - Detailed comparison of the public prior use Product B with the claims of the opposed patent
    - Photos of the handle cover of Product B
    - Statement of Mr. Masataka Adachi concerning the manufacturing date of an airbag and an airbag module (Product B) including D15-1 and D15-2 and English translation
    - Statement of Mr. Takeo Kashima concerning sales and specification of airbag base fabric and its use in Mitsubishi Grandis cars and English translation
    - Ledger sheet from a computer system of Mitsubishi Motors showing reference status of parts for use in automobile manufacturing in Mitsubishi Motors and English translation
    - Statement of Mr. Takeo Kashima concerning the absence of confidentiality obligations in airbag base fabric sales contracts and common practice of reverse engineering
    - URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/Mki/Mtsubishi_Grandis
    - "Thread Drawing-out Method", Excerpt from JIS L1096- 1990, 6.21 .2 Method A
    - Statement of Mr. Yoshihiro Matsui regarding the relationship between the pullout resistance of the opposed patent and the pullout strength/drawing out strength of prior art and English translation
    - Certificate of Experimental Results regarding the correlation between Hot-Water Shrinkage and Dry-Heat Shrinkage
    - Table 2 of D27 (translation
    - Table providing comparison of data in Table 2 of D27 and in opposed patent
    - BAG et al., 98, Proceedings of the 5th Int. Akzo Nobel Symposium on Automotive Occupant Restraint Systems, (19980000), page 219
    - Partial copy from ''First Course in Fiber'' and English translation
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