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EP3339849 - ION CONCENTRATION MEASUREMENT DEVICE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 14.01.2022 Database last updated on 31.08.2024
Former	The patent has been granted Status updated on 05.02.2021
Former	Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 13.01.2021
Former	Request for examination was made Status updated on 11.12.2020
Former	Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 01.09.2020
Former	Request for examination was made Status updated on 25.05.2018
Former	The international publication has been made Status updated on 25.02.2017
Most recent event Tooltip	27.04.2024	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): MK	published on 29.05.2024 [2024/22]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Hitachi High-Tech Corporation 17-1, Toranomon 1-chome Minato-ku Tokyo 105-6409 / JP
	[2020/25]
Former [2018/26]	For all designated states Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation 24-14 Nishishimbashi 1-chome Minato-ku Tokyo 105-8717 / JP
Inventor(s)	01 / WATANABE Yoshito c/o HITACHI HIGH-TECH CORPORATION 17-1, Toranomon 1-chome Minato-ku Tokyo 105-6409 / JP
	02 / OZAWA Satoshi c/o HITACHI Ltd. 6-6 Marunouchi 1-chome Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 100-8280 / JP
	03 / ONO Tetsuyoshi c/o HITACHI HIGH-TECH CORPORATION 17-1, Toranomon 1-chome Minato-ku Tokyo 105-6409 / JP
	04 / MIYAKE Masafumi c/o HITACHI HIGH-TECH CORPORATION 17-1, Toranomon 1-chome Minato-ku Tokyo 105-6409 / JP
	[2021/10]
Former [2018/26]	01 / WATANABE Yoshito c/o HITACHI HIGH-TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 24-14 Nishi Shimbashi 1-chome Minato-ku Tokyo 105-8717 / JP
	02 / OZAWA Satoshi c/o HITACHI Ltd. 6-6 Marunouchi 1-chome Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 100-8280 / JP
	03 / ONO Tetsuyoshi c/o HITACHI HIGH-TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 24-14 Nishi Shimbashi 1-chome Minato-ku Tokyo 105-8717 / JP
	04 / MIYAKE Masafumi c/o HITACHI HIGH-TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 24-14 Nishi Shimbashi 1-chome Minato-ku Tokyo 105-8717 / JP
Representative(s)	Strehl Schübel-Hopf & Partner Maximilianstrasse 54 80538 München / DE
	[2018/26]
Application number, filing date	16836885.0	01.07.2016
	[2018/26]
	WO2016JP69617
Priority number, date	JP20150162451	20.08.2015 Original published format: JP 2015162451
	[2018/26]
Filing language	JA
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO2017029893
	Date:	23.02.2017
	Language:	JA
	[2017/08]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP3339849
	Date:	27.06.2018
	Language:	EN
	[2018/26]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP3339849
	Date:	10.03.2021
	Language:	EN
	[2021/10]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	JP	23.02.2017
	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	12.02.2019
Classification	IPC:	G01N27/333, G01N27/416, G01N27/06, // G01N35/00	[2019/11]
	CPC:	G01N27/4166 (EP,US); G01N27/4175 (US); G01N27/021 (US); G01N27/04 (US); G01N27/06 (EP,US); G01N27/4035 (US); (+) G01N27/413 (US); G01N35/00693 (US); G01N27/26 (US); G01N27/27 (US); G01N27/28 (US); G01N27/333 (EP,US); G01N27/416 (US); G01N31/00 (US) (-)
	Former IPC [2018/26]	G01N27/26, G01N27/333, G01N27/416
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 [2018/26]
Extension states	BA	Not yet paid
	ME	Not yet paid
Validation states	MA	Not yet paid
	MD	Not yet paid
Title	German:	IONENKONZENTRATIONSMESSVORRICHTUNG	[2018/26]
	English:	ION CONCENTRATION MEASUREMENT DEVICE	[2018/26]
	French:	DISPOSITIF DE MESURE DE CONCENTRATION D'IONS	[2018/26]
Entry into regional phase	13.02.2018	Translation filed
	13.02.2018	National basic fee paid
	13.02.2018	Search fee paid
	13.02.2018	Designation fee(s) paid
	13.02.2018	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	02.06.2017	Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: JP
	13.02.2018	Examination requested [2018/26]
	13.02.2018	Date on which the examining division has become responsible
	23.05.2019	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	02.09.2020	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	11.12.2020	Disapproval of the communication of intention to grant the patent by the applicant or resumption of examination proceedings by the EPO
	11.12.2020	Fee for grant paid
	11.12.2020	Fee for publishing/printing paid
	11.12.2020	Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
	21.01.2021	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	27.01.2021	Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)	13.12.2021	No opposition filed within time limit [2022/07]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	31.07.2018	Renewal fee patent year 03
	31.07.2019	Renewal fee patent year 04
	31.07.2020	Renewal fee patent year 05
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	HU	01.07.2016
	AL	10.03.2021
	AT	10.03.2021
	CY	10.03.2021
	CZ	10.03.2021
	DK	10.03.2021
	EE	10.03.2021
	ES	10.03.2021
	FI	10.03.2021
	HR	10.03.2021
	IT	10.03.2021
	LT	10.03.2021
	LV	10.03.2021
	MC	10.03.2021
	MK	10.03.2021
	NL	10.03.2021
	PL	10.03.2021
	RO	10.03.2021
	RS	10.03.2021
	SE	10.03.2021
	SI	10.03.2021
	SK	10.03.2021
	SM	10.03.2021
	BG	10.06.2021
	NO	10.06.2021
	GR	11.06.2021
	GB	01.07.2021
	IE	01.07.2021
	LU	01.07.2021
	IS	10.07.2021
	PT	12.07.2021
	BE	31.07.2021
	CH	31.07.2021
	LI	31.07.2021
	[2024/22]
Former [2023/30]	HU	01.07.2016
	AL	10.03.2021
	AT	10.03.2021
	CY	10.03.2021
	CZ	10.03.2021
	DK	10.03.2021
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	IT	10.03.2021
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	MC	10.03.2021
	NL	10.03.2021
	PL	10.03.2021
	RO	10.03.2021
	RS	10.03.2021
	SE	10.03.2021
	SI	10.03.2021
	SK	10.03.2021
	SM	10.03.2021
	BG	10.06.2021
	NO	10.06.2021
	GR	11.06.2021
	GB	01.07.2021
	IE	01.07.2021
	LU	01.07.2021
	IS	10.07.2021
	PT	12.07.2021
	BE	31.07.2021
	CH	31.07.2021
	LI	31.07.2021
Former [2023/27]	HU	01.07.2016
	AL	10.03.2021
	AT	10.03.2021
	CZ	10.03.2021
	DK	10.03.2021
	EE	10.03.2021
	ES	10.03.2021
	FI	10.03.2021
	HR	10.03.2021
	IT	10.03.2021
	LT	10.03.2021
	LV	10.03.2021
	MC	10.03.2021
	NL	10.03.2021
	PL	10.03.2021
	RO	10.03.2021
	RS	10.03.2021
	SE	10.03.2021
	SI	10.03.2021
	SK	10.03.2021
	SM	10.03.2021
	BG	10.06.2021
	NO	10.06.2021
	GR	11.06.2021
	GB	01.07.2021
	IE	01.07.2021
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	IS	10.07.2021
	PT	12.07.2021
	BE	31.07.2021
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	LI	31.07.2021
Former [2022/35]	AL	10.03.2021
	AT	10.03.2021
	CZ	10.03.2021
	DK	10.03.2021
	EE	10.03.2021
	ES	10.03.2021
	FI	10.03.2021
	HR	10.03.2021
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	NO	10.06.2021
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	GB	01.07.2021
	IE	01.07.2021
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	IS	10.07.2021
	PT	12.07.2021
	BE	31.07.2021
	CH	31.07.2021
	LI	31.07.2021
Former [2022/34]	AL	10.03.2021
	AT	10.03.2021
	CZ	10.03.2021
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	EE	10.03.2021
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	NO	10.06.2021
	GR	11.06.2021
	GB	01.07.2021
	LU	01.07.2021
	IS	10.07.2021
	PT	12.07.2021
	BE	31.07.2021
	CH	31.07.2021
	LI	31.07.2021
Former [2022/23]	AL	10.03.2021
	AT	10.03.2021
	CZ	10.03.2021
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	EE	10.03.2021
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	GB	01.07.2021
	LU	01.07.2021
	IS	10.07.2021
	PT	12.07.2021
	CH	31.07.2021
	LI	31.07.2021
Former [2022/22]	AL	10.03.2021
	AT	10.03.2021
	CZ	10.03.2021
	DK	10.03.2021
	EE	10.03.2021
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	GB	01.07.2021
	PT	12.07.2021
	CH	31.07.2021
	LI	31.07.2021
Former [2022/21]	AL	10.03.2021
	AT	10.03.2021
	CZ	10.03.2021
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	EE	10.03.2021
	ES	10.03.2021
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	NO	10.06.2021
	GR	11.06.2021
	PT	12.07.2021
	CH	31.07.2021
	LI	31.07.2021
Former [2022/18]	AL	10.03.2021
	AT	10.03.2021
	CZ	10.03.2021
	DK	10.03.2021
	EE	10.03.2021
	ES	10.03.2021
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	BG	10.06.2021
	NO	10.06.2021
	GR	11.06.2021
	PT	12.07.2021
Former [2022/13]	AL	10.03.2021
	AT	10.03.2021
	CZ	10.03.2021
	DK	10.03.2021
	EE	10.03.2021
	ES	10.03.2021
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	HR	10.03.2021
	LT	10.03.2021
	LV	10.03.2021
	NL	10.03.2021
	PL	10.03.2021
	RO	10.03.2021
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	BG	10.06.2021
	NO	10.06.2021
	GR	11.06.2021
	PT	12.07.2021
Former [2022/10]	AL	10.03.2021
	AT	10.03.2021
	CZ	10.03.2021
	DK	10.03.2021
	EE	10.03.2021
	ES	10.03.2021
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	HR	10.03.2021
	LT	10.03.2021
	LV	10.03.2021
	NL	10.03.2021
	PL	10.03.2021
	RO	10.03.2021
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	SK	10.03.2021
	SM	10.03.2021
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	NO	10.06.2021
	GR	11.06.2021
	PT	12.07.2021
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	AT	10.03.2021
	CZ	10.03.2021
	DK	10.03.2021
	EE	10.03.2021
	ES	10.03.2021
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	LT	10.03.2021
	LV	10.03.2021
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	RO	10.03.2021
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	SE	10.03.2021
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	IS	10.07.2021
	PT	12.07.2021
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	AT	10.03.2021
	CZ	10.03.2021
	EE	10.03.2021
	FI	10.03.2021
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	NL	10.03.2021
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	BG	10.06.2021
	NO	10.06.2021
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	PT	12.07.2021
Former [2021/52]	AT	10.03.2021
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	EE	10.03.2021
	FI	10.03.2021
	HR	10.03.2021
	LT	10.03.2021
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	RO	10.03.2021
	RS	10.03.2021
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	BG	10.06.2021
	NO	10.06.2021
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	PT	12.07.2021
Former [2021/51]	AT	10.03.2021
	CZ	10.03.2021
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	HR	10.03.2021
	LT	10.03.2021
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	BG	10.06.2021
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	PT	12.07.2021
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Documents cited:	Search	[A]US2004173456 (BOOS ANDREAS [DE], et al) [A] 1-20 * figure 1 * * paragraphs [0006] - [0012] - [0030] - [0034] *;
		[A]EP1783666 (HITACHI LTD [JP]) [A] 1-20 * figures 1-20 ** paragraphs [0005] - [0016] - [0020] *;
		[XAI]EP2479560 (HITACHI CHEMICAL CO LTD [JP]) [X] 1,2,4,8,12,13,16,17,19,20 * figures 1-10 * * paragraphs [0011] , [0058] , [0059] , [0063] - [0067] - [0080] - [0104] * [A] 6,7,9,10 [I] 3,5,11,14,15,18;
		[XAI]US2014132274 (FREEMAN GARY [US], et al) [X] 1,2,4,6-10,16,17,19,20 * figures 1-10 * * paragraphs [0034] , [0051] , [0052] , [0062] - [0064] - [0071] , [0077] , [0078] * [A] 12,13 [I] 3,5,11,14,15,18
	International search	[Y]JPS54119989 (HITACHI LTD) [Y] 8 * , entire text; all drawings (Family: none) *;
		[A]JP2003530135 (Endonetics, Inc.) [A] 1 * , fig. 25 & US 2004/0133089 A1 fig. 25 & EP 1175176 A1 & AU 4335700 A & CA 2366760 A1 *;
		[Y]JP2005114697 (DKK TOA CORP) [Y] 1-15 * , paragraphs [0018] to [0026], [0050] to [0051], [0077] to [0078], [0091]; fig. 8 (Family:none) *;
		[Y]WO2011034169 (HITACHI CHEMICAL CO LTD [JP], et al) [Y] 1-15 * , paragraphs [0024] to [0028], [0039] to [0042], [0059], [0064] to [0065], [0075], [0081]; fig. 1 to 6, 9 & US 2012/0177536 A1 paragraphs [0036] to [0040], [0051] to [0054], [0071], [0076] to [0077], [0087], [0093]; fig. 1 to 6, 9 & EP 2479560 A1 & CN 102597757 A *;
		[A]JP2012002504 (TOSHIBA CORP) [A] 1* , fig. 5 (Family: none) *;
		[Y]WO2014181632 (HITACHI HIGH TECH CORP [JP]) [Y] 1-15 * , paragraph [0017]; fig. 2 & US 2016/0054257 A1 paragraph [0049]; fig. 2 & DE 112014002342 T5 & CN 105164526 A *

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