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] |
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WATANABE Yoshito c/o HITACHI HIGH-TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 24-14 Nishi Shimbashi 1-chome Minato-ku Tokyo 105-8717 / JP | ||
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OZAWA Satoshi c/o HITACHI Ltd. 6-6 Marunouchi 1-chome Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 100-8280 / JP | |||
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ONO Tetsuyoshi c/o HITACHI HIGH-TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 24-14 Nishi Shimbashi 1-chome Minato-ku Tokyo 105-8717 / JP | |||
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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);
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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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