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EP About this file: EP2873116

EP2873116 - FUEL SUPPLY MODULE WITH A MODULAR ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Former [2015/21]MODULAR ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR AND CONNECTION METHOD
[2022/10]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  22.09.2023
Database last updated on 20.12.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  14.10.2022
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  05.07.2022
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  21.06.2022
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  22.02.2022
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  12.05.2017
Most recent event   Tooltip15.11.2024Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): BG		published on 18.12.2024  [2024/51]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Robert Bosch GmbH
Postfach 30 02 20
70442 Stuttgart / DE
[2020/18]
Former [2016/03]For all designated states
Robert Bosch GmbH
Wernerstrasse 51
70469 Stuttgart / DE
Former [2015/21]For all designated states
Robert Bosch GmbH
Postfach 30 02 20
70442 Stuttgart / DE
Inventor(s)01 / SMITH, Daniel E.
6659 Berrywood Drive
Brighton, Michigan 48116 / US
02 / MASON, Paul
22501 Edison Street
Dearborn, Michigan 48124 / US
03 / TOUTANT, David
1916 Manchester Boulevard
Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan 48236 / US
 [2022/46]
Former [2015/21]01 / SMITH, Daniel E.
6659 Berrywood Drive
Brighton, Michigan 48116 / US
02 / MASON, Paul
22501 Edison Street
Dearborn, Michigan 48124 / US
03 / TOUTAN, David
1916 Manchester Boulevard
Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan 48236 / US
Representative(s)DREISS Patentanwälte PartG mbB
Postfach 10 37 62
70032 Stuttgart / DE
[2015/21]
Application number, filing date13737093.801.07.2013
[2022/46]
WO2013US48850
Priority number, dateUS201261671190P13.07.2012         Original published format: US 201261671190 P
US20131378985908.03.2013         Original published format: US201313789859
[2015/21]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2014011422
Date:16.01.2014
Language:EN
[2014/03]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP2873116
Date:20.05.2015
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 16.01.2014 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2015/21]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP2873116
Date:16.11.2022
Language:EN
[2022/46]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP16.01.2014
ClassificationIPC:H01R13/506, H01R13/436, H01R13/514, H01R13/53
[2022/10]
CPC:
H01R13/514 (EP,CN,US); H01R13/46 (US); H01R13/53 (EP,CN,US);
H01R13/4367 (EP,CN,US); H01R13/506 (EP,CN,US); H01R2201/26 (CN)
Former IPC [2015/21]H01R13/514, H01R13/53
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 [2015/21]
Extension statesBANot yet paid
MENot yet paid
TitleGerman:KRAFTSTOFFVERSORGUNGSMODUL MIT EINEM MODULAREN ELEKTRISCHEN VERBINDER[2022/46]
English:FUEL SUPPLY MODULE WITH A MODULAR ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR[2022/46]
French:MODULE D'ALIMENTATION EN CARBURANT AVEC UN CONNECTEUR ÉLECTRIQUE MODULAIRE[2022/46]
Former [2015/21]MODULARER ELEKTRISCHER VERBINDER UND VERBINDUNGSVERFAHREN
Former [2015/21]MODULAR ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR AND CONNECTION METHOD
Former [2015/21]CONNECTEUR ÉLECTRIQUE MODULAIRE ET PROCÉDÉ DE CONNEXION
Entry into regional phase13.02.2015National basic fee paid 
13.02.2015Designation fee(s) paid 
13.02.2015Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure13.02.2015Examination requested  [2015/21]
01.09.2015Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
04.05.2017Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
26.07.2017Reply to a communication from the examining division
14.02.2018Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
14.06.2018Reply to a communication from the examining division
03.01.2020Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
13.05.2020Reply to a communication from the examining division
22.10.2020Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
01.03.2021Reply to a communication from the examining division
23.02.2022Communication of intention to grant the patent
20.06.2022Disapproval of the communication of intention to grant the patent by the applicant or resumption of examination proceedings by the EPO
06.07.2022Communication of intention to grant the patent
07.10.2022Fee for grant paid
07.10.2022Fee for publishing/printing paid
07.10.2022Receipt 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  04.05.2017
Opposition(s)17.08.2023No opposition filed within time limit [2023/43]
Fees paidRenewal fee
31.07.2015Renewal fee patent year 03
01.08.2016Renewal fee patent year 04
31.07.2017Renewal fee patent year 05
31.07.2018Renewal fee patent year 06
31.07.2019Renewal fee patent year 07
31.07.2020Renewal fee patent year 08
02.08.2021Renewal fee patent year 09
01.08.2022Renewal fee patent year 10
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Cited inInternational search[A]GB2108331  (BICC PLC) [A] 1-20 * column 1, lines 38-58 *;
 [X]EP0923164  (MOLEX INC [US]) [X] 1,6 * paragraph [0013] *;
 [Y]JP2005276574  (YAZAKI CORP) [Y] 16,17 * paragraph [0033] - paragraph [0034] *;
 [XYI]EP1724880  (DEUTSCH ENGINEERED CONNECTING [US]) [X] 1,3,7,8,13,14,20 * paragraphs [0024] , [0 25] , [0027] , [0 34]; figures 1a, 1b, 3a, 3b, 4, 10 * [Y] 2,9-12,16-19 [I] 15;
 [Y]US2008020639  (ICHIO TOSHIFUMI [JP]) [Y] 8,10,11 * paragraphs [0043] , [0047] *;
 [Y]EP2023445  (SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS [JP]) [Y] 8,10,12 * paragraph [0059] *;
 [X]US2011053403  (TSURUTA SATOSHI [JP], et al) [X] 1,4,5 * paragraph [0030] *;
 [A]EP2302745  (TYCO ELECTRONICS CORP [US]) [A] 12* the whole document *;
 [Y]  - PEPPERL+FUCHS, "Engineer's Guide Pepperl+Fuchs passage", HTTP://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20061024001229/HTTP://WWW.AM.PEPPERL-FUCHS.COM/PDF/DOCUMENTS/EG06_P007-96_ENGINEER_GUIDE.PDF, (20061024), pages 1 - 90, XP002556001 [Y] 2,8,9,18,19 * page 28 *
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