EP2634867 - CONNECTOR STRUCTURE FOR DEVICE CONNECTION [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 01.02.2019 Database last updated on 01.01.2025 | |
Former | The patent has been granted Status updated on 23.02.2018 | ||
Former | Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 24.11.2017 | ||
Former | Examination is in progress Status updated on 27.10.2017 | Most recent event Tooltip | 10.07.2020 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): IS | published on 12.08.2020 [2020/33] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Yazaki Corporation 4-28, Mita 1-chome Minato-ku Tokyo 108-8333 / JP | [2013/36] | Inventor(s) | 01 /
TANAKA, Masahiro c/o Yazaki Parts Co., Ltd. 206-1, Nunohikibara Makinohara-shi Shizuoka 421-0407 / JP | 02 /
KATO, Hajime c/o Yazaki Parts Co., Ltd. 206-1, Nunohikibara Makinohara-shi Shizuoka 421-0407 / JP | [2017/52] |
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TANAKA Masahiro c/o Yazaki Parts Co. Ltd. 206-1, Nunohikibara Makinohara-shi Shizuoka 421-0407 / JP | ||
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KATO, Hajime c/o Yazaki Parts Co. Ltd. 206-1, Nunohikibara Makinohara-shi Shizuoka 421-0407 / JP | Representative(s) | Grünecker Patent- und Rechtsanwälte PartG mbB Leopoldstraße 4 80802 München / DE | [2018/13] |
Former [2013/36] | Grünecker, Kinkeldey, Stockmair & Schwanhäusser Leopoldstrasse 4 80802 München / DE | Application number, filing date | 11836048.6 | 14.10.2011 | [2018/13] | WO2011JP73734 | Priority number, date | JP20100238223 | 25.10.2010 Original published format: JP 2010238223 | [2013/36] | Filing language | JA | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO2012056909 | Date: | 03.05.2012 | Language: | JA | [2012/18] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP2634867 | Date: | 04.09.2013 | Language: | EN | [2013/36] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP2634867 | Date: | 28.03.2018 | Language: | EN | [2018/13] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | JP | 03.05.2012 | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 20.02.2014 | Classification | IPC: | H01R13/24, H01R24/68, H01R24/76, B60L3/00, // H01R105/00 | [2017/33] | CPC: |
H01R13/2414 (EP,US);
B60L3/0069 (EP,US);
H01R24/68 (EP,US);
H01R24/76 (EP,US);
H01R2105/00 (EP,US);
H01R2201/26 (EP,US)
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Former IPC [2014/13] | H01R13/24, H01R24/68, H01R24/76 | ||
Former IPC [2013/36] | H01R13/22 | 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 [2013/36] | Extension states | BA | Not yet paid | ME | Not yet paid | Title | German: | STECKVERBINDERSTRUKTUR ZUR GERÄTEVERBINDUNG | [2013/36] | English: | CONNECTOR STRUCTURE FOR DEVICE CONNECTION | [2013/36] | French: | STRUCTURE DE CONNECTEUR POUR CONNEXION DE DISPOSITIFS | [2013/36] | Entry into regional phase | 31.10.2012 | Translation filed | 31.10.2012 | National basic fee paid | 31.10.2012 | Search fee paid | 31.10.2012 | Designation fee(s) paid | 31.10.2012 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 31.10.2012 | Examination requested [2013/36] | 22.09.2014 | Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description) | 23.03.2015 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 03.08.2015 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 15.04.2016 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 13.07.2016 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 29.11.2017 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 16.02.2018 | Fee for grant paid | 16.02.2018 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | 16.02.2018 | 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 23.03.2015 | Opposition(s) | 03.01.2019 | No opposition filed within time limit [2019/10] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 28.10.2013 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 28.10.2014 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 27.10.2015 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 27.10.2016 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 27.10.2017 | Renewal fee patent year 07 |
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