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EP3260271 - METHOD FOR PRODUCING MICROPOROUS PLASTIC FILM [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 09.07.2021 Database last updated on 02.11.2024
Former	The patent has been granted Status updated on 31.07.2020
Former	Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 28.04.2020
Former	Request for examination was made Status updated on 24.11.2017
Former	The international publication has been made Status updated on 05.05.2017
Most recent event Tooltip	13.09.2024	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): MT	published on 16.10.2024 [2024/42]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Toray Industries, Inc. 1-1, Nihonbashi-Muromachi 2-chome Chuo-ku Tokyo, 103-8666 / JP
	[2017/52]
Inventor(s)	01 / ICHINOMIYA, Takashi c/o Shiga Plant TORAY INDUSTRIES INC. 1-1 Sonoyama 1-chome Otsu-shi Shiga 520-8558 / JP
	02 / SUGATA, Masami c/o Tokyo Head Office, Toray Industries, Inc. 1-1, Nihonbashi-Muromachi 2-chome Chuo-ku Tokyo 1038666 / JP
	[2017/52]
Representative(s)	Mewburn Ellis LLP Aurora Building Counterslip Bristol BS1 6BX / GB
	[2020/36]
Former [2017/52]	Webster, Jeremy Mark, et al Mewburn Ellis LLP City Tower 40 Basinghall Street London EC2V 5DE / GB
Application number, filing date	16752195.4	22.01.2016
	[2017/52]
	WO2016JP51776
Priority number, date	JP20150031388	20.02.2015 Original published format: JP 2015031388
	[2017/52]
Filing language	JA
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO2016132806
	Date:	25.08.2016
	Language:	JA
	[2016/34]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP3260271
	Date:	27.12.2017
	Language:	EN
	[2017/52]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP3260271
	Date:	02.09.2020
	Language:	EN
	[2020/36]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	JP	25.08.2016
	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	08.10.2018
Classification	IPC:	B29C48/88, B29C55/18, B29C55/06, B29C48/08, // H01M2/16	[2020/20]
	CPC:	B29C48/885 (EP,US); B29C48/08 (EP,US); B29C48/305 (EP,US); B29C55/02 (EP,US); B29C55/18 (KR); B29C55/20 (KR); (+) C08J9/00 (EP,US); C08J9/28 (EP,KR,US); H01M50/443 (EP,KR,US); H01M50/489 (EP,KR,US); B29C48/91 (EP,US); B29C48/914 (EP,US); B29K2105/041 (KR); Y02E60/10 (EP) (-)
	Former IPC [2017/52]	B29C47/88, B29C47/14, B29C55/02, C08J9/00, C08J9/28, H01M2/16, B29K23/00, B29K105/04, B29L7/00
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 [2017/52]
Extension states	BA	Not yet paid
	ME	Not yet paid
Validation states	MA	Not yet paid
	MD	Not yet paid
Title	German:	VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG VON MIKROPORÖSER KUNSTSTOFFFOLIE	[2017/52]
	English:	METHOD FOR PRODUCING MICROPOROUS PLASTIC FILM	[2017/52]
	French:	PROCÉDÉ DE PRODUCTION DE FILM PLASTIQUE MICROPOREUX	[2017/52]
Entry into regional phase	25.08.2017	Translation filed
	08.09.2017	National basic fee paid
	08.09.2017	Search fee paid
	08.09.2017	Designation fee(s) paid
	08.09.2017	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	25.08.2017	Date on which the examining division has become responsible
	08.09.2017	Examination requested [2017/52]
	16.04.2019	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	11.07.2019	Observations by third parties
	29.04.2020	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	23.07.2020	Fee for grant paid
	23.07.2020	Fee for publishing/printing paid
	23.07.2020	Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)	03.06.2021	No opposition filed within time limit [2021/32]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	25.01.2018	Renewal fee patent year 03
	16.01.2019	Renewal fee patent year 04
	14.01.2020	Renewal fee patent year 05
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	IS	02.01.2021
	PT	04.01.2021
	GB	22.01.2021
	IE	22.01.2021
	LU	22.01.2021
	BE	31.01.2021
	CH	31.01.2021
	FR	31.01.2021
	LI	31.01.2021
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	BE	31.01.2021
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