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EP3149327 - BUNDLE HOLDER FOR USE IN AN ENERGY RECOVERY DEVICE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 17.07.2020 Database last updated on 10.03.2026
Former	The patent has been granted Status updated on 09.08.2019
Former	Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 05.04.2019
Former	Examination is in progress Status updated on 27.04.2018
Former	Request for examination was made Status updated on 03.03.2017
Former	The international publication has been made Status updated on 02.12.2016
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 Exergyn Ltd. DCU Cleantech Innovation Campus Old Finglas Road Glasnevin Dublin 11 / IE
	[2017/14]
Inventor(s)	01 / CULLEN, Barry c/o Exergyn Limited DCU Cleantech Innovation Campus Old Finglas Road Dublin 11 / IE
	02 / O'TOOLE, Kevin c/o Exergyn Limited DCU Cleantech Innovation Campus Old Finglas Road Dublin 11 / IE
	03 / TIRCA-DRAGOMIRESCU, Geogiana c/o Exergyn Limited DCU Cleantech Innovation Campus Old Finglas Road Dublin 11 / IE
	04 / WARREN, Keith c/o Exergyn Limited DCU Cleantech Innovation Campus Old Finglas Road Dublin 11 / IE
	05 / BEIRNE, Rory c/o Exergyn Limited DCU Cleantech Innovation Campus Old Finglas Road Dublin 11 / IE
	[2017/14]
Representative(s)	Purdylucey Intellectual Property 23 Ely Place Dublin 2 D02 N285 / IE
	[N/P]
Former [2019/37]	Purdylucey Intellectual Property 6-7 Harcourt Terrace D02 FH73 Dublin 2 / IE
Former [2017/14]	Lucey, Michael PurdyLucey Intellectual Property 6-7 Harcourt Terrace D2 Dublin / IE
Application number, filing date	15731858.5	29.05.2015
	[2017/14]
	WO2015EP62047
Priority number, date	GB20140009679	30.05.2014 Original published format: GB 201409679
	[2017/14]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A2 Application without search report
	No.:	WO2015181388
	Date:	03.12.2015
	Language:	EN
	[2015/48]
	Type:	A2 Application without search report
	No.:	EP3149327
	Date:	05.04.2017
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 03.12.2015 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2017/14]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP3149327
	Date:	11.09.2019
	Language:	EN
	[2019/37]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	EP	21.01.2016
Classification	IPC:	F03G7/06	[2017/14]
	CPC:	F03G7/06143 (EP,US); F03G7/0641 (EP); F03G7/06114 (EP); F03G7/0612 (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 [2017/14]
Extension states	BA	Not yet paid
	ME	Not yet paid
Validation states	MA	Not yet paid
Title	German:	BÜNDELHALTER FÜR EINE ENERGIERÜCKGEWINNUNGSVORRICHTUNG	[2017/14]
	English:	BUNDLE HOLDER FOR USE IN AN ENERGY RECOVERY DEVICE	[2017/14]
	French:	SUPPORT DE FAISCEAU DESTINÉ À ÊTRE UTILISÉ DANS UN DISPOSITIF DE RÉCUPÉRATION D'ÉNERGIE	[2017/14]
Entry into regional phase	29.12.2016	National basic fee paid
	29.12.2016	Designation fee(s) paid
	29.12.2016	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	25.03.2016	Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
	02.12.2016	Date on which the examining division has become responsible
	29.12.2016	Examination requested [2017/14]
	02.05.2018	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	11.09.2018	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	26.09.2018	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	05.02.2019	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	05.04.2019	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	30.07.2019	Fee for grant paid
	30.07.2019	Fee for publishing/printing paid
	30.07.2019	Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)	15.06.2020	No opposition filed within time limit [2020/34]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	31.05.2017	Renewal fee patent year 03
	31.05.2018	Renewal fee patent year 04
	30.05.2019	Renewal fee patent year 05
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	HU	29.05.2015
	AL	11.09.2019
	AT	11.09.2019
	CY	11.09.2019
	CZ	11.09.2019
	DK	11.09.2019
	EE	11.09.2019
	ES	11.09.2019
	FI	11.09.2019
	HR	11.09.2019
	IT	11.09.2019
	LT	11.09.2019
	LV	11.09.2019
	MC	11.09.2019
	MK	11.09.2019
	MT	11.09.2019
	NL	11.09.2019
	PL	11.09.2019
	RO	11.09.2019
	RS	11.09.2019
	SE	11.09.2019
	SI	11.09.2019
	SK	11.09.2019
	SM	11.09.2019
	TR	11.09.2019
	BG	11.12.2019
	NO	11.12.2019
	GR	12.12.2019
	IS	12.01.2020
	PT	13.01.2020
	LU	29.05.2020
	BE	31.05.2020
	CH	31.05.2020
	LI	31.05.2020
	[2022/32]
Former [2022/27]	HU	29.05.2015
	AL	11.09.2019
	AT	11.09.2019
	CY	11.09.2019
	CZ	11.09.2019
	DK	11.09.2019
	EE	11.09.2019
	ES	11.09.2019
	FI	11.09.2019
	HR	11.09.2019
	IT	11.09.2019
	LT	11.09.2019
	LV	11.09.2019
	MC	11.09.2019
	MT	11.09.2019
	NL	11.09.2019
	PL	11.09.2019
	RO	11.09.2019
	RS	11.09.2019
	SE	11.09.2019
	SI	11.09.2019
	SK	11.09.2019
	SM	11.09.2019
	TR	11.09.2019
	BG	11.12.2019
	NO	11.12.2019
	GR	12.12.2019
	IS	12.01.2020
	PT	13.01.2020
	LU	29.05.2020
	BE	31.05.2020
	CH	31.05.2020
	LI	31.05.2020
Former [2021/24]	AL	11.09.2019
	AT	11.09.2019
	CZ	11.09.2019
	DK	11.09.2019
	EE	11.09.2019
	ES	11.09.2019
	FI	11.09.2019
	HR	11.09.2019
	IT	11.09.2019
	LT	11.09.2019
	LV	11.09.2019
	MC	11.09.2019
	NL	11.09.2019
	PL	11.09.2019
	RO	11.09.2019
	RS	11.09.2019
	SE	11.09.2019
	SI	11.09.2019
	SK	11.09.2019
	SM	11.09.2019
	BG	11.12.2019
	NO	11.12.2019
	GR	12.12.2019
	IS	12.01.2020
	PT	13.01.2020
	LU	29.05.2020
	BE	31.05.2020
	CH	31.05.2020
	LI	31.05.2020
Former [2021/15]	AL	11.09.2019
	AT	11.09.2019
	CZ	11.09.2019
	DK	11.09.2019
	EE	11.09.2019
	ES	11.09.2019
	FI	11.09.2019
	HR	11.09.2019
	IT	11.09.2019
	LT	11.09.2019
	LV	11.09.2019
	MC	11.09.2019
	NL	11.09.2019
	PL	11.09.2019
	RO	11.09.2019
	RS	11.09.2019
	SE	11.09.2019
	SI	11.09.2019
	SK	11.09.2019
	SM	11.09.2019
	BG	11.12.2019
	NO	11.12.2019
	GR	12.12.2019
	IS	12.01.2020
	PT	13.01.2020
	LU	29.05.2020
	CH	31.05.2020
	LI	31.05.2020
Former [2021/12]	AL	11.09.2019
	AT	11.09.2019
	CZ	11.09.2019
	DK	11.09.2019
	EE	11.09.2019
	ES	11.09.2019
	FI	11.09.2019
	HR	11.09.2019
	IT	11.09.2019
	LT	11.09.2019
	LV	11.09.2019
	MC	11.09.2019
	NL	11.09.2019
	PL	11.09.2019
	RO	11.09.2019
	RS	11.09.2019
	SE	11.09.2019
	SI	11.09.2019
	SK	11.09.2019
	SM	11.09.2019
	BG	11.12.2019
	NO	11.12.2019
	GR	12.12.2019
	IS	12.01.2020
	PT	13.01.2020
	CH	31.05.2020
	LI	31.05.2020
Former [2021/07]	AL	11.09.2019
	AT	11.09.2019
	CZ	11.09.2019
	DK	11.09.2019
	EE	11.09.2019
	ES	11.09.2019
	FI	11.09.2019
	HR	11.09.2019
	IT	11.09.2019
	LT	11.09.2019
	LV	11.09.2019
	NL	11.09.2019
	PL	11.09.2019
	RO	11.09.2019
	RS	11.09.2019
	SE	11.09.2019
	SI	11.09.2019
	SK	11.09.2019
	SM	11.09.2019
	BG	11.12.2019
	NO	11.12.2019
	GR	12.12.2019
	IS	12.01.2020
	PT	13.01.2020
	CH	31.05.2020
	LI	31.05.2020
Former [2020/37]	AL	11.09.2019
	AT	11.09.2019
	CZ	11.09.2019
	DK	11.09.2019
	EE	11.09.2019
	ES	11.09.2019
	FI	11.09.2019
	HR	11.09.2019
	IT	11.09.2019
	LT	11.09.2019
	LV	11.09.2019
	NL	11.09.2019
	PL	11.09.2019
	RO	11.09.2019
	RS	11.09.2019
	SE	11.09.2019
	SI	11.09.2019
	SK	11.09.2019
	SM	11.09.2019
	BG	11.12.2019
	NO	11.12.2019
	GR	12.12.2019
	IS	12.01.2020
	PT	13.01.2020
Former [2020/36]	AL	11.09.2019
	AT	11.09.2019
	CZ	11.09.2019
	DK	11.09.2019
	EE	11.09.2019
	ES	11.09.2019
	FI	11.09.2019
	HR	11.09.2019
	IT	11.09.2019
	LT	11.09.2019
	LV	11.09.2019
	NL	11.09.2019
	PL	11.09.2019
	RO	11.09.2019
	RS	11.09.2019
	SE	11.09.2019
	SK	11.09.2019
	SM	11.09.2019
	BG	11.12.2019
	NO	11.12.2019
	GR	12.12.2019
	IS	12.01.2020
	PT	13.01.2020
Former [2020/27]	AL	11.09.2019
	AT	11.09.2019
	CZ	11.09.2019
	EE	11.09.2019
	ES	11.09.2019
	FI	11.09.2019
	HR	11.09.2019
	IT	11.09.2019
	LT	11.09.2019
	LV	11.09.2019
	NL	11.09.2019
	PL	11.09.2019
	RO	11.09.2019
	RS	11.09.2019
	SE	11.09.2019
	SK	11.09.2019
	SM	11.09.2019
	BG	11.12.2019
	NO	11.12.2019
	GR	12.12.2019
	PT	13.01.2020
	IS	24.02.2020
Former [2020/25]	AL	11.09.2019
	AT	11.09.2019
	CZ	11.09.2019
	EE	11.09.2019
	ES	11.09.2019
	FI	11.09.2019
	HR	11.09.2019
	IT	11.09.2019
	LT	11.09.2019
	LV	11.09.2019
	NL	11.09.2019
	PL	11.09.2019
	RO	11.09.2019
	RS	11.09.2019
	SE	11.09.2019
	SK	11.09.2019
	BG	11.12.2019
	NO	11.12.2019
	GR	12.12.2019
	PT	13.01.2020
	IS	24.02.2020
Former [2020/24]	AL	11.09.2019
	AT	11.09.2019
	EE	11.09.2019
	ES	11.09.2019
	FI	11.09.2019
	HR	11.09.2019
	IT	11.09.2019
	LT	11.09.2019
	LV	11.09.2019
	NL	11.09.2019
	PL	11.09.2019
	RO	11.09.2019
	RS	11.09.2019
	SE	11.09.2019
	BG	11.12.2019
	NO	11.12.2019
	GR	12.12.2019
	PT	13.01.2020
	IS	24.02.2020
Former [2020/23]	AL	11.09.2019
	AT	11.09.2019
	EE	11.09.2019
	ES	11.09.2019
	FI	11.09.2019
	HR	11.09.2019
	IT	11.09.2019
	LT	11.09.2019
	LV	11.09.2019
	NL	11.09.2019
	PL	11.09.2019
	RO	11.09.2019
	RS	11.09.2019
	SE	11.09.2019
	BG	11.12.2019
	NO	11.12.2019
	GR	12.12.2019
	PT	13.01.2020
Former [2020/22]	AL	11.09.2019
	EE	11.09.2019
	ES	11.09.2019
	FI	11.09.2019
	HR	11.09.2019
	LT	11.09.2019
	LV	11.09.2019
	NL	11.09.2019
	RS	11.09.2019
	SE	11.09.2019
	BG	11.12.2019
	NO	11.12.2019
	GR	12.12.2019
	PT	13.01.2020
Former [2020/20]	AL	11.09.2019
	ES	11.09.2019
	FI	11.09.2019
	HR	11.09.2019
	LT	11.09.2019
	LV	11.09.2019
	NL	11.09.2019
	RS	11.09.2019
	SE	11.09.2019
	BG	11.12.2019
	NO	11.12.2019
	GR	12.12.2019
Former [2020/15]	AL	11.09.2019
	ES	11.09.2019
	FI	11.09.2019
	HR	11.09.2019
	LT	11.09.2019
	LV	11.09.2019
	RS	11.09.2019
	SE	11.09.2019
	BG	11.12.2019
	NO	11.12.2019
	GR	12.12.2019
Former [2020/11]	ES	11.09.2019
	FI	11.09.2019
	HR	11.09.2019
	LT	11.09.2019
	LV	11.09.2019
	RS	11.09.2019
	SE	11.09.2019
	BG	11.12.2019
	NO	11.12.2019
	GR	12.12.2019
Former [2020/10]	FI	11.09.2019
	LT	11.09.2019
	SE	11.09.2019
	BG	11.12.2019
	NO	11.12.2019
Former [2020/09]	FI	11.09.2019
	LT	11.09.2019
	NO	11.12.2019
Former [2020/08]	LT	11.09.2019
	NO	11.12.2019
Cited in	International search	[XI] US2011120113 (ALEXANDER PAUL W et al.) [X] 1,9 * abstract * * figures 2-7 * * paragraph [0040] * * paragraph [0044] *[I] 2-8,10
		[XI] JPS6022079 (NHK SPRING CO LTD et al.) [X] 1,9 * the whole document *[I] 2-8,10
		[XI] US4027479 (CORY JOHN S et al.) [X] 1,9 * abstract * * figures 9,10 * * line 17 - column 9, line 40 *[I] 2-8,10
		[A] US4010612 (SANDOVAL DANTE J et al.) [A] 1-10 * the whole document *
		[A] GB2497542 (DUBLIN INST OF TECHNOLOGY et al.) [A] 1-10 * the whole document *
	Examination	US2006101807

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