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EP2971709 - METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FUEL REGULATION [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Former [2016/03]	PREVENTING FUEL REGULATION FAILURE
	[2019/40]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 07.08.2020 Database last updated on 09.09.2024
Former	The patent has been granted Status updated on 30.08.2019
Former	Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 07.04.2019
Former	Examination is in progress Status updated on 08.06.2018
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 Westport Power Inc. 1750 West 75th Avenue Suite 101 Vancouver, BC V6P 6G2 / CA
	[2016/03]
Inventor(s)	01 / TOUCHETTE, Alain M.J. 2970 West 12th Avenue Vancouver, British Columbia V6K 2R3 / CA
	02 / WALKER, James D. 19 Christ Chruch Road Malvern Worcestershire WR14 3BH / GB
	03 / HAAS, Jordan C. 193 Teralba Road Adamstown, New South Wales 2289 / AU
	[2016/03]
Representative(s)	FRKelly Waterways House Grand Canal Quay Dublin D02 PD39 / IE
	[N/P]
Former [2019/40]	FRKelly 27 Clyde Road Dublin D04 F838 / IE
Former [2016/03]	Casey, Alan Michael FRKelly 27 Clyde Road Dublin 4 / IE
Application number, filing date	14762882.0	06.03.2014
	[2016/03]
	WO2014CA50186
Priority number, date	CA20132809539	15.03.2013 Original published format: CA 2809539
	[2016/03]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO2014138955
	Date:	18.09.2014
	Language:	EN
	[2014/38]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP2971709
	Date:	20.01.2016
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 18.09.2014 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2016/03]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP2971709
	Date:	02.10.2019
	Language:	EN
	[2019/40]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	CA	18.09.2014
	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	17.10.2016
Classification	IPC:	F02D19/06, F02D19/10, F02D41/30, F02D43/00, F02M21/02, F02D41/12, F02D41/38, F02D41/00, F02D41/22, F02D19/08, F02D41/40	[2019/14]
	CPC:	F02D41/123 (EP,US); F02D41/0027 (US); F02D19/0605 (EP,US); F02D19/0623 (EP,US); F02D19/0665 (EP,US); F02D19/0678 (EP,US); (+) F02D19/0681 (EP,US); F02D19/0684 (EP,US); F02D19/0694 (EP,US); F02D19/08 (US); F02D19/10 (EP,US); F02D41/0025 (EP,US); F02D41/221 (EP,US); F02D41/30 (US); F02D41/3872 (EP,US); F02D2041/224 (EP,US); F02D2041/3881 (EP,US); F02D41/3047 (EP,US); F02D41/402 (EP,US); Y02T10/30 (EP,US) (-)
	Former IPC [2016/46]	F02D19/06, F02D19/10, F02D41/30, F02D43/00, F02M21/02, F02D41/12, F02D41/38, F02D41/00, F02D41/22, F02D19/08
	Former IPC [2016/03]	F02D19/06, F02D19/10, F02D41/30, F02D43/00, F02M21/02
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 [2016/03]
Extension states	BA	Not yet paid
	ME	Not yet paid
Title	German:	VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUR KRAFTSTOFFREGELUNG	[2019/40]
	English:	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FUEL REGULATION	[2019/40]
	French:	PROCÉDÉ ET DISPOSITIF DE RÉGULATION DE CARBURANT	[2019/40]
	Former [2016/03]	VERHINDERUNG EINES BRENNSTOFFREGELUNGSAUSFALLS
	Former [2016/03]	PREVENTING FUEL REGULATION FAILURE
	Former [2016/03]	PRÉVENTION DE LA DÉFAILLANCE DE RÉGULATION DE CARBURANT
Entry into regional phase	05.10.2015	National basic fee paid
	05.10.2015	Search fee paid
	05.10.2015	Designation fee(s) paid
	05.10.2015	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	05.10.2015	Examination requested [2016/03]
	08.05.2017	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	08.06.2018	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	04.10.2018	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	08.04.2019	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	15.08.2019	Fee for grant paid
	15.08.2019	Fee for publishing/printing paid
	15.08.2019	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 08.06.2018
Opposition(s)	03.07.2020	No opposition filed within time limit [2020/37]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	31.03.2016	Renewal fee patent year 03
	27.03.2017	Renewal fee patent year 04
	27.03.2018	Renewal fee patent year 05
	27.03.2019	Renewal fee patent year 06
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	HU	06.03.2014
	AL	02.10.2019
	AT	02.10.2019
	CY	02.10.2019
	CZ	02.10.2019
	DK	02.10.2019
	EE	02.10.2019
	ES	02.10.2019
	FI	02.10.2019
	HR	02.10.2019
	IT	02.10.2019
	LT	02.10.2019
	LV	02.10.2019
	MC	02.10.2019
	MK	02.10.2019
	MT	02.10.2019
	NL	02.10.2019
	PL	02.10.2019
	RO	02.10.2019
	RS	02.10.2019
	SE	02.10.2019
	SI	02.10.2019
	SK	02.10.2019
	SM	02.10.2019
	TR	02.10.2019
	BG	02.01.2020
	NO	02.01.2020
	GR	03.01.2020
	IS	02.02.2020
	PT	03.02.2020
	IE	06.03.2020
	LU	06.03.2020
	BE	31.03.2020
	CH	31.03.2020
	FR	31.03.2020
	LI	31.03.2020
	[2022/32]
Former [2022/27]	HU	06.03.2014
	AL	02.10.2019
	AT	02.10.2019
	CY	02.10.2019
	CZ	02.10.2019
	DK	02.10.2019
	EE	02.10.2019
	ES	02.10.2019
	FI	02.10.2019
	HR	02.10.2019
	IT	02.10.2019
	LT	02.10.2019
	LV	02.10.2019
	MC	02.10.2019
	MT	02.10.2019
	NL	02.10.2019
	PL	02.10.2019
	RO	02.10.2019
	RS	02.10.2019
	SE	02.10.2019
	SI	02.10.2019
	SK	02.10.2019
	SM	02.10.2019
	TR	02.10.2019
	BG	02.01.2020
	NO	02.01.2020
	GR	03.01.2020
	IS	02.02.2020
	PT	03.02.2020
	IE	06.03.2020
	LU	06.03.2020
	BE	31.03.2020
	CH	31.03.2020
	FR	31.03.2020
	LI	31.03.2020
Former [2021/12]	AL	02.10.2019
	AT	02.10.2019
	CZ	02.10.2019
	DK	02.10.2019
	EE	02.10.2019
	ES	02.10.2019
	FI	02.10.2019
	HR	02.10.2019
	IT	02.10.2019
	LT	02.10.2019
	LV	02.10.2019
	MC	02.10.2019
	NL	02.10.2019
	PL	02.10.2019
	RO	02.10.2019
	RS	02.10.2019
	SE	02.10.2019
	SI	02.10.2019
	SK	02.10.2019
	SM	02.10.2019
	BG	02.01.2020
	NO	02.01.2020
	GR	03.01.2020
	IS	02.02.2020
	PT	03.02.2020
	IE	06.03.2020
	LU	06.03.2020
	BE	31.03.2020
	CH	31.03.2020
	FR	31.03.2020
	LI	31.03.2020
Former [2021/07]	AL	02.10.2019
	AT	02.10.2019
	CZ	02.10.2019
	DK	02.10.2019
	EE	02.10.2019
	ES	02.10.2019
	FI	02.10.2019
	HR	02.10.2019
	IT	02.10.2019
	LT	02.10.2019
	LV	02.10.2019
	MC	02.10.2019
	NL	02.10.2019
	PL	02.10.2019
	RO	02.10.2019
	RS	02.10.2019
	SE	02.10.2019
	SI	02.10.2019
	SK	02.10.2019
	SM	02.10.2019
	BG	02.01.2020
	NO	02.01.2020
	GR	03.01.2020
	IS	02.02.2020
	PT	03.02.2020
	IE	06.03.2020
	LU	06.03.2020
	CH	31.03.2020
	FR	31.03.2020
	LI	31.03.2020
Former [2021/04]	AL	02.10.2019
	AT	02.10.2019
	CZ	02.10.2019
	DK	02.10.2019
	EE	02.10.2019
	ES	02.10.2019
	FI	02.10.2019
	HR	02.10.2019
	IT	02.10.2019
	LT	02.10.2019
	LV	02.10.2019
	MC	02.10.2019
	NL	02.10.2019
	PL	02.10.2019
	RO	02.10.2019
	RS	02.10.2019
	SE	02.10.2019
	SI	02.10.2019
	SK	02.10.2019
	SM	02.10.2019
	BG	02.01.2020
	NO	02.01.2020
	GR	03.01.2020
	IS	02.02.2020
	PT	03.02.2020
	LU	06.03.2020
Former [2020/50]	AL	02.10.2019
	AT	02.10.2019
	CZ	02.10.2019
	DK	02.10.2019
	EE	02.10.2019
	ES	02.10.2019
	FI	02.10.2019
	HR	02.10.2019
	IT	02.10.2019
	LT	02.10.2019
	LV	02.10.2019
	MC	02.10.2019
	NL	02.10.2019
	PL	02.10.2019
	RO	02.10.2019
	RS	02.10.2019
	SE	02.10.2019
	SI	02.10.2019
	SK	02.10.2019
	SM	02.10.2019
	BG	02.01.2020
	NO	02.01.2020
	GR	03.01.2020
	IS	02.02.2020
	PT	03.02.2020
Former [2020/38]	AL	02.10.2019
	AT	02.10.2019
	CZ	02.10.2019
	DK	02.10.2019
	EE	02.10.2019
	ES	02.10.2019
	FI	02.10.2019
	HR	02.10.2019
	IT	02.10.2019
	LT	02.10.2019
	LV	02.10.2019
	NL	02.10.2019
	PL	02.10.2019
	RO	02.10.2019
	RS	02.10.2019
	SE	02.10.2019
	SK	02.10.2019
	SM	02.10.2019
	BG	02.01.2020
	NO	02.01.2020
	GR	03.01.2020
	IS	02.02.2020
	PT	03.02.2020
Former [2020/37]	AL	02.10.2019
	AT	02.10.2019
	CZ	02.10.2019
	DK	02.10.2019
	EE	02.10.2019
	ES	02.10.2019
	FI	02.10.2019
	HR	02.10.2019
	LT	02.10.2019
	LV	02.10.2019
	NL	02.10.2019
	PL	02.10.2019
	RO	02.10.2019
	RS	02.10.2019
	SE	02.10.2019
	SK	02.10.2019
	SM	02.10.2019
	BG	02.01.2020
	NO	02.01.2020
	GR	03.01.2020
	IS	02.02.2020
	PT	03.02.2020
Former [2020/36]	AL	02.10.2019
	AT	02.10.2019
	CZ	02.10.2019
	DK	02.10.2019
	EE	02.10.2019
	ES	02.10.2019
	FI	02.10.2019
	HR	02.10.2019
	LT	02.10.2019
	LV	02.10.2019
	NL	02.10.2019
	PL	02.10.2019
	RO	02.10.2019
	RS	02.10.2019
	SE	02.10.2019
	BG	02.01.2020
	NO	02.01.2020
	GR	03.01.2020
	IS	02.02.2020
	PT	03.02.2020
Former [2020/35]	AL	02.10.2019
	AT	02.10.2019
	CZ	02.10.2019
	ES	02.10.2019
	FI	02.10.2019
	HR	02.10.2019
	LT	02.10.2019
	LV	02.10.2019
	NL	02.10.2019
	PL	02.10.2019
	RO	02.10.2019
	RS	02.10.2019
	SE	02.10.2019
	BG	02.01.2020
	NO	02.01.2020
	GR	03.01.2020
	PT	03.02.2020
	IS	24.02.2020
Former [2020/32]	AL	02.10.2019
	AT	02.10.2019
	CZ	02.10.2019
	ES	02.10.2019
	FI	02.10.2019
	HR	02.10.2019
	LT	02.10.2019
	LV	02.10.2019
	NL	02.10.2019
	PL	02.10.2019
	RS	02.10.2019
	SE	02.10.2019
	BG	02.01.2020
	NO	02.01.2020
	GR	03.01.2020
	PT	03.02.2020
	IS	24.02.2020
Former [2020/25]	AT	02.10.2019
	CZ	02.10.2019
	ES	02.10.2019
	FI	02.10.2019
	HR	02.10.2019
	LT	02.10.2019
	LV	02.10.2019
	NL	02.10.2019
	PL	02.10.2019
	RS	02.10.2019
	SE	02.10.2019
	BG	02.01.2020
	NO	02.01.2020
	GR	03.01.2020
	PT	03.02.2020
	IS	24.02.2020
Former [2020/24]	AT	02.10.2019
	ES	02.10.2019
	FI	02.10.2019
	LT	02.10.2019
	LV	02.10.2019
	NL	02.10.2019
	PL	02.10.2019
	SE	02.10.2019
	BG	02.01.2020
	NO	02.01.2020
	GR	03.01.2020
	PT	03.02.2020
	IS	24.02.2020
Former [2020/23]	AT	02.10.2019
	ES	02.10.2019
	FI	02.10.2019
	LT	02.10.2019
	LV	02.10.2019
	NL	02.10.2019
	PL	02.10.2019
	SE	02.10.2019
	BG	02.01.2020
	NO	02.01.2020
	GR	03.01.2020
	PT	03.02.2020
Former [2020/22]	FI	02.10.2019
	LT	02.10.2019
	NL	02.10.2019
	SE	02.10.2019
	BG	02.01.2020
	NO	02.01.2020
	PT	03.02.2020
Former [2020/21]	NL	02.10.2019
	NO	02.01.2020
Former [2020/20]	NL	02.10.2019
Documents cited:	Search	[Y]US5711274 (DRUMMER EUGEN [AT]) [Y] 5,8 * column 1, line 60 - column 2, line 18 * * column 2, line 28 - line 38 *;
		[A]US5727525 (TSUZUKI YOSHIHIRO [JP]) [A] 1-13 * figures 4,5 *;
		[A]EP1031721 (TOYOTA MOTOR CO LTD [JP]) [A] 1-13 * paragraph [0069] *;
		[Y]US6298833 (DOUVILLE BRAD [CA], et al) [Y] 1-4,6,7,9-13 * figure 3B *;
		[A]US2007144490 (SERRA GABRIELE [IT], et al) [A] 1-13 * paragraphs [0046] - [0049] *;
		[A]US2007199539 (LENNOX TIM [CA], et al) [A] 1-13* paragraphs [0023] , [0032] , [0034] , [0039] , [0049] - [0051] *;
		[Y]CA2794117 (WESTPORT POWER INC [CA]) [Y] 1-13 * paragraphs [0001] - [0006] - [0023] , [0024] *
	International search	[A]US5159911 (WILLIAMS JOHN C [US], et al);
		[A]US5408970 (BURKHARD JAMES F [US], et al);
		[A]US5441029 (HLOUSEK JAROSLAW [AT]);
		[A]US5711274 (DRUMMER EUGEN [AT])
	by applicant	US5711274
		EP1031721
		US6298833
		US2007144490
		CA2794117

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