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EP About this file: EP3562630

EP3562630 - ROBOT LAWN MOWER BUMPER SYSTEM [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  04.10.2019
Database last updated on 11.09.2024
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  06.07.2018
Formerunknown
Status updated on  17.11.2017
Most recent event   Tooltip19.12.2023New entry: Renewal fee paid 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
iRobot Corporation
8 Crosby Drive
Bedford, MA 01730 / US
[2019/45]
Inventor(s)01 / MORIN, Russell Walter
138 Mill Street
Burlington, MA 01803 / US
02 / PIERCE, Travis
8 Cottage Walk
Bedford, New Hampshire 03110 / US
03 / BRADLEY, Chris
8 Crosby Drive
Bedford, Massachusetts 01730 / US
 [2019/45]
Representative(s)Peterreins Schley
Patent- und Rechtsanwälte PartG mbB
Hermann-Sack-Straße 3
80331 München / DE
[N/P]
Former [2019/45]Peterreins Schley
Patent- und Rechtsanwälte
Hermann-Sack-Strasse 3
80331 München / DE
Application number, filing date16901162.430.12.2016
[2019/45]
WO2016US69530
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2018125222
Date:05.07.2018
Language:EN
[2018/27]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3562630
Date:06.11.2019
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 05.07.2018 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2019/45]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:US05.07.2018
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP03.08.2020
ClassificationIPC:B25J13/08, B25J19/02, G05D1/00, G05D3/12, G01R33/00, H01L43/00
[2019/45]
CPC:
G01R33/072 (EP); A01D34/00 (EP); G01R33/00 (EP);
G05D1/0227 (EP); H10N52/00 (EP)
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 [2019/45]
TitleGerman:ROBOTERRASENMÄHERSTOSSFÄNGERSYSTEM[2019/45]
English:ROBOT LAWN MOWER BUMPER SYSTEM[2019/45]
French:SYSTÈME DE PARE-CHOCS DE TONDEUSE À GAZON ROBOTIQUE[2019/45]
Entry into regional phase17.11.2017National basic fee paid 
17.11.2017Search fee paid 
17.11.2017Designation fee(s) paid 
17.11.2017Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure17.11.2017Examination requested  [2019/45]
26.02.2021Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
Fees paidRenewal fee
07.12.2018Renewal fee patent year 03
05.12.2019Renewal fee patent year 04
18.12.2020Renewal fee patent year 05
06.12.2021Renewal fee patent year 06
05.12.2022Renewal fee patent year 07
19.12.2023Renewal fee patent year 08
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Documents cited:Search[Y]EP0896207  (BERNINA ELECTRONIC AG [CH]) [Y] 10 * paragraphs [0015] - [0017]; figures 5, 6 *;
 [Y]US2003047016  (KLIEMANNEL WOLFGANG [DE]) [Y] 2 * paragraphs [0031] , [0 32]; figures 1, 2 *;
 [Y]US2005234612  (BOTTOMLEY IAN [GB], et al) [Y] 8,15 * paragraphs [0018] , [0 29] , [0 48] *;
 [Y]JP2013059145  (DENSO WAVE INC) [Y] 13,14* paragraph [0025]; figure 3 *;
 [IY]US2016081526  (GOTTINGER CLEMENS [AT], et al) [I] 1,3-6,9,11,12 * paragraphs [0036] , [0 37] , [0 50]; figures 1,2,5,19 * [Y] 2,7,8,10,13-15;
 [Y]WO2016150510  (HUSQVARNA AB [SE]) [Y] 7 * figure 6 with description *
International search[Y]US6810305  (KIRKPATRICK JR JAMES FREDERICK [US]) [Y] 1, 5-10, 18-20, 24-26 * ; figures 2-3; column 2, lines 39-40; column 3, lines 39-50, 63-65; column 5, lines 40-51; column 6, lines 1-27, 36-45; column 7, lines 11-24, 51-61 *;
 [A]US2010134101  (RIVA CATERINA [IT], et al) [A] 12* ; figure 2; paragraph [0027] *;
 [Y]US2011121500  (STANFORTH KYLE W [US], et al) [Y] 6 * ; figure 4; paragraph [0020] *;
 [Y]CN202243772U  (UNIV GUANGZHOU) [Y] 5, 7 * ; figure 1; paragraphs [0006], [0018] *;
 [Y]US2014067124  (WILLIAMSON MATTHEW MURRAY [US], et al) [Y] 21-22, 27 * ; figure 2; paragraphs [0023], [0026], [0028]-[0031], [0055] *;
 [Y]US2014097835  (SARTEE JARED A [US], et al) [Y] 1, 3, 5-11, 15-20, 24-26 * ; figures 1 a-b, 6; paragraphs [0056], [0064], [0069], [0095]-[0096] *;
 [Y]US2015160298  (TABATOWSKI-BUSH BENJAMIN A [US]) [Y] 11, 23 * figure 1; paragraphs [0021], [0026]-[0029] *;
 [Y]JP5799685B  (DENSO WAVE INC.) [Y] 15-17 * ; figure 1; paragraph [0025] *;
 [XY]US2016354935  (FAY VICTOR [US], et al) [X] 18-19, 24-26 * ; figures 2, 7, 8a, 25; paragraphs [0002], [0010]-[0011], [0049], [0054], [0064]-[0065], [0069], [0071]-[0072], [0082], [0118] * [Y] 1-3, 11, 15-17, 21-23, 27;
 [Y]  - GOMEZ, SC et al., "A Three-Toe Biped Foot with Hall-Effect Sensing", IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), (20150928), pages 360 - 365, XP032831619 [Y] 3 * Figures 2-3; page 3, column 2, last paragraph; page 4, column 1, first paragraph *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/IROS.2015.7353398
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