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EP2878944 - Gas detector [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 18.08.2023 Database last updated on 30.10.2024
Former	The patent has been granted Status updated on 09.09.2022
Former	Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 02.05.2022
Former	Examination is in progress Status updated on 16.08.2019
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 NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd. 14-18, Takatsuji-cho Mizuho-ku Nagoya-shi Aichi 4678525 / JP
	[2015/23]
Inventor(s)	01 / Watanabe, Masaya c/o NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd., 14-18 Takatsuji-cho, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya-shi Aichi, 4678525 / JP
	02 / Kitanoya, Shoji c/o NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd., 14-18 Takatsuji-cho, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya-shi Aichi, 4678525 / JP
	03 / Ichikawa, Daisuke c/o NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd., 14-18 Takatsuji-cho, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya-shi Aichi, 4678525 / JP
	04 / Yamashita, Masahiro c/o NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd., 14-18 Takatsuji-cho, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya-shi Aichi, 4678525 / JP
	05 / Matsukura, Yusuke c/o NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd., 14-18 Takatsuji-cho, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya-shi Aichi, 4678525 / JP
	[2015/23]
Representative(s)	Zimmermann & Partner Patentanwälte mbB Postfach 330 920 80069 München / DE
	[2015/23]
Application number, filing date	14195207.7	27.11.2014
	[2015/23]
Priority number, date	JP20130247812	29.11.2013 Original published format: JP 2013247812
	JP20140166941	19.08.2014 Original published format: JP 2014166941
	JP20140224762	04.11.2014 Original published format: JP 2014224762
	[2015/23]
Filing language	JA
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP2878944
	Date:	03.06.2015
	Language:	EN
	[2015/23]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP2878944
	Date:	12.10.2022
	Language:	EN
	[2022/41]
Search report(s)	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	31.03.2015
Classification	IPC:	G01N25/18, G01N27/18	[2015/23]
	CPC:	G01N25/18 (EP,US); G01N27/16 (US); G01N27/18 (EP,US); Y02E60/50 (EP)
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 [2015/23]
Title	German:	Gasdetektor	[2015/23]
	English:	Gas detector	[2015/23]
	French:	Détecteur de gaz	[2015/23]
Examination procedure	09.02.2015	Examination requested [2015/23]
	03.12.2015	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	20.08.2019	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	09.12.2019	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	12.08.2020	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	10.12.2020	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	03.05.2022	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	02.09.2022	Fee for grant paid
	02.09.2022	Fee for publishing/printing paid
	02.09.2022	Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)	13.07.2023	No opposition filed within time limit [2023/38]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	10.11.2016	Renewal fee patent year 03
	13.11.2017	Renewal fee patent year 04
	14.11.2018	Renewal fee patent year 05
	14.11.2019	Renewal fee patent year 06
	13.11.2020	Renewal fee patent year 07
	30.11.2021	Renewal fee patent year 08
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	HU	27.11.2014
	AL	12.10.2022
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	FR	12.12.2022
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Documents cited:	Search	[X]US5652443 (KASAI FUMIO [JP]) [X] 1-9 * column 5, lines 23-27;; figure 7; claims 1, 7 *;
		[XD]JP2005164570 (NGK SPARK PLUG CO) [XD] 1-9* paragraph [0094] - paragraph [0095] *
	Examination	US5851678
	by applicant	JP2005156364
		JP2005164570
		JP2010096727

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