EP2692570 - IN-VEHICLE CHARGING DEVICE [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 28.05.2021 Database last updated on 09.09.2024 | |
Former | The patent has been granted Status updated on 19.06.2020 | ||
Former | Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 09.02.2020 | ||
Former | Examination is in progress Status updated on 28.06.2019 | Most recent event Tooltip | 06.09.2024 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): MT | published on 09.10.2024 [2024/41] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. 7 OBP Panasonic Tower 1-61, Shiromi 2-chome Chuo-ku Osaka-shi, Osaka 540-6207 / JP | [2020/30] |
Former [2015/13] | For all designated states Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. 7 OBP Panasonic Tower 1-61, Shiromi 2-chome Chuo-ku Osaka-shi, Osaka 540-6207 / JP | ||
Former [2015/12] | For all designated states Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. 7F OBP Panasonic Tower 1-61, Shiromi 2-chome Chuo-ku Osaka-shi, Osaka 540-6207 / JP | ||
Former [2014/06] | For all designated states Panasonic Corporation 1006 Oaza Kadoma Kadoma-shi, Osaka 571-8501 / JP | Inventor(s) | 01 /
KOBAYASHI, Norihiko c/o Panasonic Corporation Intellectual Property Center IP Development Group 7F OBP Panasonic Tower, 2-1-61, Shiromi, Chuo-ku Osaka 540-6207 / JP | 02 /
NONAKA, Tomonori c/o Panasonic Corporation Intellectual Property Center IP Development Group 7F OBP Panasonic Tower, 2-1-61, Shiromi, Chuo-ku Osaka 540-6207 / JP | [2014/06] | Representative(s) | SSM Sandmair Patentanwälte Rechtsanwalt Partnerschaft mbB Joseph-Wild-Straße 20 81829 München / DE | [2020/30] |
Former [2014/06] | Schwabe - Sandmair - Marx Patentanwälte Stuntzstraße 16 81677 München / DE | Application number, filing date | 12762866.7 | 27.03.2012 | [2020/30] | WO2012JP02109 | Priority number, date | JP20110072050 | 29.03.2011 Original published format: JP 2011072050 | [2014/06] | Filing language | JA | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO2012132405 | Date: | 04.10.2012 | Language: | JA | [2012/40] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP2692570 | Date: | 05.02.2014 | Language: | EN | [2014/06] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP2692570 | Date: | 22.07.2020 | Language: | EN | [2020/30] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | JP | 04.10.2012 | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 20.10.2015 | Classification | IPC: | B60L53/66 | [2020/04] | CPC: |
H02J7/00047 (EP);
B60L53/14 (US);
B60L1/003 (EP,US);
B60L3/0069 (EP,US);
B60L3/04 (EP,US);
B60L53/16 (EP,US);
B60L53/18 (EP,US);
B60L53/65 (EP,US);
H01M10/44 (EP,US);
H02J13/00009 (EP,US);
H02J7/00036 (EP,US);
H02J7/0031 (EP,US);
B60L2210/30 (EP,US);
B60L2240/34 (EP,US);
B60L2240/36 (EP,US);
B60L2270/145 (EP,US);
H01M2220/20 (EP,US);
Y02B90/20 (US);
Y02E60/10 (EP);
Y02T10/70 (EP,US);
Y02T10/7072 (EP,US);
Y02T10/72 (EP,US);
Y02T90/12 (EP,US);
Y02T90/14 (EP,US);
Y02T90/16 (EP,US);
Y02T90/167 (EP,US);
Y04S30/14 (EP,US);
Y04S40/121 (US)
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Former IPC [2015/47] | B60L11/18, B60L3/00, B60L3/04, H01M10/44, H01M10/48, H02J7/00, H02J13/00 | ||
Former IPC [2014/06] | B60L11/18, H01M10/44, H01M10/48, H02J7/00, H02J13/00 | 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 [2014/06] | Extension states | BA | Not yet paid | ME | Not yet paid | Title | German: | FAHRZEUGINTERNE LADEVORRICHTUNG | [2014/06] | English: | IN-VEHICLE CHARGING DEVICE | [2014/06] | French: | DISPOSITIF DE CHARGEMENT ÉLECTRIQUE EMBARQUÉ POUR VÉHICULE | [2014/06] | Entry into regional phase | 23.09.2013 | Translation filed | 23.09.2013 | National basic fee paid | 23.09.2013 | Search fee paid | 23.09.2013 | Designation fee(s) paid | 23.09.2013 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 23.09.2013 | Examination requested [2014/06] | 04.05.2016 | Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description) | 02.07.2019 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M02) | 21.08.2019 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 10.02.2020 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 10.06.2020 | Fee for grant paid | 10.06.2020 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | 10.06.2020 | 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 02.07.2019 | Opposition(s) | 23.04.2021 | No opposition filed within time limit [2021/26] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 21.03.2014 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 24.03.2015 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 25.03.2016 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 24.03.2017 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 23.03.2018 | Renewal fee patent year 07 | 26.03.2019 | Renewal fee patent year 08 | 24.03.2020 | Renewal fee patent year 09 |
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