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EP2926033 - SERIES HYBRID TRANSMISSION AND GEAR-SHIFTING METHOD FOR A SERIES HYBRID TRANSMISSION [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusThe application has been refused
Status updated on  10.07.2020
Database last updated on 07.10.2024
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  14.09.2018
Most recent event   Tooltip10.07.2020Refusal of applicationpublished on 12.08.2020  [2020/33]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Mack Trucks, Inc.
7900 National Service Road
Greensboro, NC 27409 / US
[2015/41]
Inventor(s)01 / JERWICK, John
14032 Poplar Grove Road
Hagerstown, MD 21742 / US
 [2015/41]
Representative(s)Valea AB
Box 1098
405 23 Göteborg / SE
[N/P]
Former [2015/41]Volvo Technology Corporation
Volvo Corporate Intellectual Property
BF14100, M1.7
405 08 Göteborg / SE
Application number, filing date12889179.329.11.2012
[2015/41]
WO2012US67008
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2014084827
Date:05.06.2014
Language:EN
[2014/23]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP2926033
Date:07.10.2015
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 05.06.2014 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2015/41]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:US05.06.2014
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP07.07.2016
ClassificationIPC:F16H37/06
[2015/41]
CPC:
B60W20/15 (EP,US); B60K6/46 (EP,CN,US); B60K6/547 (EP,CN,US);
B60W10/02 (EP,US); B60W10/08 (EP,US); B60W10/113 (EP,US);
B60W30/19 (EP,US); F16H37/065 (EP,CN,US); F16H61/0403 (US);
F16H2061/0422 (US); Y02T10/62 (EP,US); Y10S903/93 (EP,US) (-)
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 [2015/41]
TitleGerman:SERIELLES HYBRIDGETRIEBE UND GANGSCHALTVERFAHREN FÜR EIN SERIELLES HYBRIDGETRIEBE[2015/41]
English:SERIES HYBRID TRANSMISSION AND GEAR-SHIFTING METHOD FOR A SERIES HYBRID TRANSMISSION[2015/41]
French:TRANSMISSION HYBRIDE À CONFIGURATION EN SÉRIE ET PROCÉDÉ DE CHANGEMENT DE VITESSE POUR UNE TRANSMISSION HYBRIDE À CONFIGURATION EN SÉRIE[2015/41]
Entry into regional phase29.06.2015National basic fee paid 
29.06.2015Search fee paid 
29.06.2015Designation fee(s) paid 
29.06.2015Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure14.03.2014Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: US
29.06.2015Examination requested  [2015/41]
06.02.2017Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
12.09.2018Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
04.01.2019Reply to a communication from the examining division
06.12.2019Application refused, date of legal effect [2020/33]
06.12.2019Date of oral proceedings
02.01.2020Minutes of oral proceedings despatched
13.01.2020Despatch of communication that the application is refused, reason: substantive examination [2020/33]
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  12.09.2018
Fees paidRenewal fee
29.06.2015Renewal fee patent year 03
24.11.2015Renewal fee patent year 04
10.11.2016Renewal fee patent year 05
17.11.2017Renewal fee patent year 06
27.11.2018Renewal fee patent year 07
15.11.2019Renewal fee patent year 08
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Documents cited:Search[XY]EP2450597  (UNIV DARMSTADT TECH [DE]) [X] 1,2,13-15 * paragraphs [0011] - [0023] - [0028]; figures 1,3,5 * [Y] 3-12;
 [XY]US2009019967  (HIMMELMANN RICHARD A [US]) [X] 1-6,13,14 * paragraphs [0018] - [0038]; figures 6,7A-7D; claims 1-11 * [Y] 7-12;
 [XI]JP2011033077  (TOYOTA MOTOR CORP) [X] 1-9,13-15 * paragraphs [0031] - [0044]; figures 8,9 * [I] 10-12;
 [Y]EP1270301  (HITACHI LTD [JP]) [Y] 3-12 * paragraphs [0029] , [0030]; figures 5,7 *
International search[Y]US3377876  (ERNST-GUNTER FINKE, et al);
 [Y]US6328122  (YAMADA YOSHIAKI [JP], et al);
 [Y]US2011290072  (XIE SHIBIN [CN], et al)
by applicantEP2450597
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