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EP2677693 - COMMUNICATION SYSTEM [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 15.01.2021 Database last updated on 25.09.2024
Former	The patent has been granted Status updated on 07.02.2020
Former	Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 11.08.2019
Former	Examination is in progress Status updated on 04.06.2019
Most recent event Tooltip	08.07.2022	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): MK	published on 10.08.2022 [2022/32]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd. 3, Kanda Neribei-cho Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 101-0022 / JP
	[2013/52]
Inventor(s)	01 / MOCHIZUKI Yoshinori Hitachi, Ltd., Intellectual Property Group 12th Floor, Marunouchi Center Building 6-1, Marunouchi 1-chome Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 100-8220 / JP
	02 / KOIZUMI Minoru Hitachi, Ltd., Intellectual Property Group 12th Floor, Marunouchi Center Building 6-1, Marunouchi 1-chome Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 100-8220 / JP
	03 / TAKAHASHI Ichiro Hitachi, Ltd., Intellectual Property Group 12th Floor, Marunouchi Center Building 6-1, Marunouchi 1-chome Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 100-8220 / JP
	[2013/52]
Representative(s)	Mewburn Ellis LLP Aurora Building Counterslip Bristol BS1 6BX / GB
	[N/P]
Former [2020/11]	Mewburn Ellis LLP City Tower 40 Basinghall Street London EC2V 5DE / GB
Former [2013/52]	Moore, Graeme Patrick, et al Mewburn Ellis LLP 33 Gutter Lane London EC2V 8AS / GB
Application number, filing date	11858984.5	14.12.2011
	[2020/11]
	WO2011JP78901
Priority number, date	JP20110028089	14.02.2011 Original published format: JP 2011028089
	[2013/52]
Filing language	JA
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO2012111229
	Date:	23.08.2012
	Language:	JA
	[2012/34]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP2677693
	Date:	25.12.2013
	Language:	EN
	[2013/52]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP2677693
	Date:	11.03.2020
	Language:	EN
	[2020/11]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	JP	23.08.2012
	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	06.05.2015
Classification	IPC:	H04L12/40, // H04L29/12, G05B19/05	[2019/34]
	CPC:	H04L12/40 (EP); G05B19/05 (EP); H04L2012/4026 (EP); H04L61/5038 (EP)
	Former IPC [2015/23]	H04L12/40, // G05B19/05, H04L29/12
	Former IPC [2013/52]	H04L12/28, G05B19/05, H04L12/24, H04L12/56
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 [2013/52]
Extension states	BA	Not yet paid
	ME	Not yet paid
Title	German:	KOMMUNIKATIONSSYSTEM	[2013/52]
	English:	COMMUNICATION SYSTEM	[2013/52]
	French:	SYSTÈME DE COMMUNICATION	[2013/52]
Entry into regional phase	06.08.2013	Translation filed
	06.08.2013	National basic fee paid
	06.08.2013	Search fee paid
	06.08.2013	Designation fee(s) paid
	06.08.2013	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	06.08.2013	Examination requested [2013/52]
	24.11.2015	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	07.06.2019	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	10.07.2019	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	12.11.2019	Fee for grant paid
	12.11.2019	Fee for publishing/printing paid
	11.12.2019	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	30.01.2020	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 07.06.2019
Opposition(s)	14.12.2020	No opposition filed within time limit [2021/07]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	19.12.2013	Renewal fee patent year 03
	22.12.2014	Renewal fee patent year 04
	22.12.2015	Renewal fee patent year 05
	23.12.2016	Renewal fee patent year 06
	21.12.2017	Renewal fee patent year 07
	21.12.2018	Renewal fee patent year 08
	11.12.2019	Renewal fee patent year 09
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	HU	14.12.2011
	AL	11.03.2020
	AT	11.03.2020
	CY	11.03.2020
	CZ	11.03.2020
	DK	11.03.2020
	EE	11.03.2020
	ES	11.03.2020
	FI	11.03.2020
	HR	11.03.2020
	LT	11.03.2020
	LV	11.03.2020
	MC	11.03.2020
	MK	11.03.2020
	MT	11.03.2020
	PL	11.03.2020
	RO	11.03.2020
	RS	11.03.2020
	SE	11.03.2020
	SI	11.03.2020
	SK	11.03.2020
	SM	11.03.2020
	TR	11.03.2020
	BG	11.06.2020
	NO	11.06.2020
	GR	12.06.2020
	IS	11.07.2020
	PT	05.08.2020
	[2022/31]
Former [2022/30]	HU	14.12.2011
	AL	11.03.2020
	AT	11.03.2020
	CY	11.03.2020
	CZ	11.03.2020
	DK	11.03.2020
	EE	11.03.2020
	ES	11.03.2020
	FI	11.03.2020
	HR	11.03.2020
	LT	11.03.2020
	LV	11.03.2020
	MC	11.03.2020
	MT	11.03.2020
	PL	11.03.2020
	RO	11.03.2020
	RS	11.03.2020
	SE	11.03.2020
	SI	11.03.2020
	SK	11.03.2020
	SM	11.03.2020
	TR	11.03.2020
	BG	11.06.2020
	NO	11.06.2020
	GR	12.06.2020
	IS	11.07.2020
	PT	05.08.2020
Former [2022/27]	HU	14.12.2011
	AT	11.03.2020
	CY	11.03.2020
	CZ	11.03.2020
	DK	11.03.2020
	EE	11.03.2020
	ES	11.03.2020
	FI	11.03.2020
	HR	11.03.2020
	LT	11.03.2020
	LV	11.03.2020
	MC	11.03.2020
	MT	11.03.2020
	PL	11.03.2020
	RO	11.03.2020
	RS	11.03.2020
	SE	11.03.2020
	SI	11.03.2020
	SK	11.03.2020
	SM	11.03.2020
	TR	11.03.2020
	BG	11.06.2020
	NO	11.06.2020
	GR	12.06.2020
	IS	11.07.2020
	PT	05.08.2020
Former [2022/26]	AT	11.03.2020
	CZ	11.03.2020
	DK	11.03.2020
	EE	11.03.2020
	ES	11.03.2020
	FI	11.03.2020
	HR	11.03.2020
	LT	11.03.2020
	LV	11.03.2020
	MC	11.03.2020
	PL	11.03.2020
	RO	11.03.2020
	RS	11.03.2020
	SE	11.03.2020
	SI	11.03.2020
	SK	11.03.2020
	SM	11.03.2020
	TR	11.03.2020
	BG	11.06.2020
	NO	11.06.2020
	GR	12.06.2020
	IS	11.07.2020
	PT	05.08.2020
Former [2021/40]	AT	11.03.2020
	CZ	11.03.2020
	DK	11.03.2020
	EE	11.03.2020
	ES	11.03.2020
	FI	11.03.2020
	HR	11.03.2020
	LT	11.03.2020
	LV	11.03.2020
	MC	11.03.2020
	PL	11.03.2020
	RO	11.03.2020
	RS	11.03.2020
	SE	11.03.2020
	SI	11.03.2020
	SK	11.03.2020
	SM	11.03.2020
	BG	11.06.2020
	NO	11.06.2020
	GR	12.06.2020
	IS	11.07.2020
	PT	05.08.2020
Former [2021/11]	AT	11.03.2020
	CZ	11.03.2020
	DK	11.03.2020
	EE	11.03.2020
	ES	11.03.2020
	FI	11.03.2020
	HR	11.03.2020
	LT	11.03.2020
	LV	11.03.2020
	PL	11.03.2020
	RO	11.03.2020
	RS	11.03.2020
	SE	11.03.2020
	SI	11.03.2020
	SK	11.03.2020
	SM	11.03.2020
	BG	11.06.2020
	NO	11.06.2020
	GR	12.06.2020
	IS	11.07.2020
	PT	05.08.2020
Former [2021/09]	AT	11.03.2020
	CZ	11.03.2020
	DK	11.03.2020
	EE	11.03.2020
	ES	11.03.2020
	FI	11.03.2020
	HR	11.03.2020
	LT	11.03.2020
	LV	11.03.2020
	RO	11.03.2020
	RS	11.03.2020
	SE	11.03.2020
	SK	11.03.2020
	SM	11.03.2020
	BG	11.06.2020
	NO	11.06.2020
	GR	12.06.2020
	IS	11.07.2020
	PT	05.08.2020
Former [2021/08]	CZ	11.03.2020
	DK	11.03.2020
	EE	11.03.2020
	ES	11.03.2020
	FI	11.03.2020
	HR	11.03.2020
	LT	11.03.2020
	LV	11.03.2020
	RO	11.03.2020
	RS	11.03.2020
	SE	11.03.2020
	SK	11.03.2020
	SM	11.03.2020
	BG	11.06.2020
	NO	11.06.2020
	GR	12.06.2020
	IS	11.07.2020
	PT	05.08.2020
Former [2020/50]	CZ	11.03.2020
	EE	11.03.2020
	FI	11.03.2020
	HR	11.03.2020
	LT	11.03.2020
	LV	11.03.2020
	RO	11.03.2020
	RS	11.03.2020
	SE	11.03.2020
	SK	11.03.2020
	SM	11.03.2020
	BG	11.06.2020
	NO	11.06.2020
	GR	12.06.2020
	IS	11.07.2020
	PT	05.08.2020
Former [2020/49]	CZ	11.03.2020
	FI	11.03.2020
	HR	11.03.2020
	LT	11.03.2020
	LV	11.03.2020
	RO	11.03.2020
	RS	11.03.2020
	SE	11.03.2020
	SK	11.03.2020
	SM	11.03.2020
	BG	11.06.2020
	NO	11.06.2020
	GR	12.06.2020
	IS	11.07.2020
	PT	05.08.2020
Former [2020/48]	FI	11.03.2020
	HR	11.03.2020
	LT	11.03.2020
	LV	11.03.2020
	RO	11.03.2020
	RS	11.03.2020
	SE	11.03.2020
	SM	11.03.2020
	BG	11.06.2020
	NO	11.06.2020
	GR	12.06.2020
	IS	11.07.2020
	PT	05.08.2020
Former [2020/47]	FI	11.03.2020
	HR	11.03.2020
	LT	11.03.2020
	LV	11.03.2020
	RS	11.03.2020
	SE	11.03.2020
	BG	11.06.2020
	NO	11.06.2020
	GR	12.06.2020
	IS	11.07.2020
Former [2020/46]	FI	11.03.2020
	HR	11.03.2020
	LV	11.03.2020
	RS	11.03.2020
	SE	11.03.2020
	BG	11.06.2020
	NO	11.06.2020
	GR	12.06.2020
	IS	11.07.2020
Former [2020/39]	FI	11.03.2020
	HR	11.03.2020
	LV	11.03.2020
	RS	11.03.2020
	SE	11.03.2020
	BG	11.06.2020
	NO	11.06.2020
	GR	12.06.2020
Former [2020/38]	FI	11.03.2020
	HR	11.03.2020
	LV	11.03.2020
	RS	11.03.2020
	SE	11.03.2020
	NO	11.06.2020
	GR	12.06.2020
Former [2020/37]	FI	11.03.2020
	HR	11.03.2020
	LV	11.03.2020
	RS	11.03.2020
	SE	11.03.2020
	NO	11.06.2020
Former [2020/35]	FI	11.03.2020
	NO	11.06.2020
Documents cited:	Search	[A]JPH06232882 (SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO LTD) [A] 1-11 * the whole document *;
		[A]WO2005015844 (INTEL CORP [US], et al) [A] 1-11 * abstract * * paragraph [0002] * * paragraph [0013] - paragraph [0014] ** paragraph [0018] - paragraph [0021] *;
		[XI]WO2009136724 (LG ELECTRONICS INC [KR], et al) [X] 1,6,8 * abstract * * paragraph [0001] * * paragraph [0009] * * paragraph [0016] - paragraph [0018] * * paragraph [0022] - paragraph [0024] * * paragraph [0027] - paragraph [0032] * * paragraph [0064] * * paragraph [0086] * [I] 1-11
	International search	[Y]JPH066352 (KANEBO LTD);
		[Y]JPH06232882 (SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO LTD);
		[Y]JPH11285085 (TOSHIBA LIGHTING & TECHNOLOGY);
		[Y]JP2006135868 (CHUGOKU ELECTRIC POWER)
	by applicant	JP2007060400
		JP2007166043
		JP2010021866

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