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EP3288725 - POINT OF CONTROL REMOTE-ACTUATION APPARATUS AND METHODS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  30.04.2021
Database last updated on 29.10.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  22.05.2020
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  07.01.2020
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  02.02.2018
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  04.11.2016
Most recent event   Tooltip06.09.2024Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): MT		published on 09.10.2024  [2024/41]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Stevenson, Robert L.
2540 N. Jackrabbit Avenue
Tucson, AZ 85745 / US
[2018/10]
Inventor(s)01 / see applicant
...
 [2018/10]
Representative(s)Wilson Gunn
Blackfriars House The Parsonage
5th Floor
Manchester M3 2JA / GB
[2018/10]
Application number, filing date16787004.726.04.2016
[2018/10]
WO2016US29383
Priority number, dateUS20151469724627.04.2015         Original published format: US201514697246
[2018/10]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2016176215
Date:03.11.2016
Language:EN
[2016/44]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3288725
Date:07.03.2018
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 03.11.2016 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2018/10]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3288725
Date:24.06.2020
Language:EN
[2020/26]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:US03.11.2016
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP04.01.2019
ClassificationIPC:B25J19/06, F16M11/04, B25J9/02, B25J9/04, B25J9/12, B25J17/02, B25J18/04, B25J19/00, F16M11/16, F16M11/18, F16M11/24, F16M11/32, F16M1/00
[2020/02]
CPC:
B25J9/048 (EP,US); B25J13/085 (US); B25J13/088 (US);
B25J18/02 (US); F16M1/00 (US); F16M11/046 (EP,US);
F16M11/16 (EP,US); F16M11/18 (EP,US); F16M11/242 (EP,US);
F16M11/247 (EP,US); F16M11/32 (US); G05G7/10 (US) (-)
Former IPC [2019/04]B25J19/06, B25J9/02, B25J9/04, B25J9/12, B25J17/02, B25J18/04, B25J19/00, F16M11/16, F16M11/18, F16M11/24, F16M11/32, F16M1/00
Former IPC [2018/10]B25J19/06, B25J9/02, B25J9/04, B25J9/12, B25J17/02, B25J18/04, B25J19/00
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 [2018/10]
Extension statesBANot yet paid
MENot yet paid
Validation statesMANot yet paid
MDNot yet paid
TitleGerman:FERNBETÄTIGUNGSVORRICHTUNG UND -VERFAHREN EINES STEUERPUNKTES[2018/10]
English:POINT OF CONTROL REMOTE-ACTUATION APPARATUS AND METHODS[2018/10]
French:APPAREILS ET PROCÉDÉS D'ACTIONNEMENT À DISTANCE DE POINTS DE COMMANDE[2018/10]
Entry into regional phase24.11.2017National basic fee paid 
24.11.2017Search fee paid 
24.11.2017Designation fee(s) paid 
24.11.2017Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure24.11.2017Examination requested  [2018/10]
24.11.2017Date on which the examining division has become responsible
01.08.2019Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
08.01.2020Communication of intention to grant the patent
13.05.2020Fee for grant paid
13.05.2020Fee for publishing/printing paid
13.05.2020Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)25.03.2021No opposition filed within time limit [2021/22]
Fees paidRenewal fee
22.03.2018Renewal fee patent year 03
12.04.2019Renewal fee patent year 04
30.03.2020Renewal fee patent year 05
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipHU26.04.2016
AL24.06.2020
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