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EP3450783 - CONSTANT VELOCITY UNIVERSAL JOINT [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 24.09.2021 Database last updated on 05.10.2024
Former	The patent has been granted Status updated on 16.10.2020
Former	Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 13.07.2020
Former	Request for examination was made Status updated on 01.02.2019
Former	The international publication has been made Status updated on 04.11.2017
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 NTN Corporation 3-17, Kyomachibori 1-chome Nishi-ku Osaka-shi, Osaka 550-0003 / JP
	[2019/10]
Inventor(s)	01 / TOMOGAMI, Shin c/o NTN Corporation 1578 Higashikaizuka Iwata-shi Shizuoka 438-8510 / JP
	[2019/10]
Representative(s)	Grünecker Patent- und Rechtsanwälte PartG mbB Leopoldstraße 4 80802 München / DE
	[2019/10]
Application number, filing date	17789234.6	07.04.2017
	[2019/10]
	WO2017JP14595
Priority number, date	JP20160086961	25.04.2016 Original published format: JP 2016086961
	JP20160168141	30.08.2016 Original published format: JP 2016168141
	JP20170033370	24.02.2017 Original published format: JP 2017033370
	[2019/10]
Filing language	JA
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO2017187947
	Date:	02.11.2017
	Language:	JA
	[2017/44]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP3450783
	Date:	06.03.2019
	Language:	EN
	[2019/10]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP3450783
	Date:	18.11.2020
	Language:	EN
	[2020/47]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	JP	02.11.2017
	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	06.12.2019
Classification	IPC:	F16D1/116, F16D3/223, F16B2/16, F16B7/20, F16B21/18, F16J3/04, F16J15/52	[2020/02]
	CPC:	F16D1/116 (EP); F16D3/223 (EP,US); F16B21/165 (EP,US); F16D2003/22313 (EP,US); F16D2003/22316 (EP,US); F16D2003/22323 (EP)
	Former IPC [2019/10]	F16D1/00, F16B2/16, F16B7/20, F16B21/18, F16D3/224, F16J3/04, F16J15/52
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 [2019/10]
Extension states	BA	Not yet paid
	ME	Not yet paid
Validation states	MA	Not yet paid
	MD	Not yet paid
Title	German:	UNIVERSELLES GLEICHLAUFGELENK	[2019/10]
	English:	CONSTANT VELOCITY UNIVERSAL JOINT	[2019/10]
	French:	JOINT HOMOCINÉTIQUE	[2019/10]
Entry into regional phase	31.10.2018	Translation filed
	31.10.2018	National basic fee paid
	31.10.2018	Search fee paid
	31.10.2018	Designation fee(s) paid
	31.10.2018	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	deleted	Date on which the examining division has become responsible
	31.10.2018	Examination requested [2019/10]
	22.05.2020	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	14.07.2020	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	08.10.2020	Fee for grant paid
	08.10.2020	Fee for publishing/printing paid
	08.10.2020	Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)	19.08.2021	No opposition filed within time limit [2021/43]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	24.04.2019	Renewal fee patent year 03
	18.03.2020	Renewal fee patent year 04
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	HU	07.04.2017
	AL	18.11.2020
	AT	18.11.2020
	CY	18.11.2020
	CZ	18.11.2020
	DK	18.11.2020
	EE	18.11.2020
	ES	18.11.2020
	FI	18.11.2020
	HR	18.11.2020
	IT	18.11.2020
	LT	18.11.2020
	LV	18.11.2020
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	MK	18.11.2020
	MT	18.11.2020
	NL	18.11.2020
	PL	18.11.2020
	RO	18.11.2020
	RS	18.11.2020
	SE	18.11.2020
	SI	18.11.2020
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	SM	18.11.2020
	TR	18.11.2020
	BG	18.02.2021
	NO	18.02.2021
	GR	19.02.2021
	IS	18.03.2021
	PT	18.03.2021
	GB	07.04.2021
	IE	07.04.2021
	LU	07.04.2021
	BE	30.04.2021
	CH	30.04.2021
	LI	30.04.2021
	[2024/42]
Former [2024/29]	HU	07.04.2017
	AL	18.11.2020
	AT	18.11.2020
	CY	18.11.2020
	CZ	18.11.2020
	DK	18.11.2020
	EE	18.11.2020
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	MC	18.11.2020
	MK	18.11.2020
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	PL	18.11.2020
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	RS	18.11.2020
	SE	18.11.2020
	SI	18.11.2020
	SK	18.11.2020
	SM	18.11.2020
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	BG	18.02.2021
	NO	18.02.2021
	GR	19.02.2021
	IS	18.03.2021
	PT	18.03.2021
	GB	07.04.2021
	IE	07.04.2021
	LU	07.04.2021
	BE	30.04.2021
	CH	30.04.2021
	LI	30.04.2021
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	AL	18.11.2020
	AT	18.11.2020
	CY	18.11.2020
	CZ	18.11.2020
	DK	18.11.2020
	EE	18.11.2020
	ES	18.11.2020
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	BG	18.02.2021
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	GR	19.02.2021
	IS	18.03.2021
	PT	18.03.2021
	GB	07.04.2021
	IE	07.04.2021
	LU	07.04.2021
	BE	30.04.2021
	CH	30.04.2021
	LI	30.04.2021
Former [2023/33]	HU	07.04.2017
	AL	18.11.2020
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	CY	18.11.2020
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	BG	18.02.2021
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	GB	07.04.2021
	IE	07.04.2021
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	BE	30.04.2021
	CH	30.04.2021
	LI	30.04.2021
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	BG	18.02.2021
	NO	18.02.2021
	GR	19.02.2021
	IS	18.03.2021
	PT	18.03.2021
	GB	07.04.2021
	IE	07.04.2021
	LU	07.04.2021
	BE	30.04.2021
	CH	30.04.2021
	LI	30.04.2021
Former [2022/34]	AL	18.11.2020
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	DK	18.11.2020
	EE	18.11.2020
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	BG	18.02.2021
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	GR	19.02.2021
	IS	18.03.2021
	PT	18.03.2021
	GB	07.04.2021
	IE	07.04.2021
	LU	07.04.2021
	BE	30.04.2021
	CH	30.04.2021
	LI	30.04.2021
Former [2022/23]	AL	18.11.2020
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	BG	18.02.2021
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	IS	18.03.2021
	PT	18.03.2021
	GB	07.04.2021
	IE	07.04.2021
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	CH	30.04.2021
	LI	30.04.2021
Former [2022/21]	AL	18.11.2020
	AT	18.11.2020
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	DK	18.11.2020
	EE	18.11.2020
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	PT	18.03.2021
	GB	07.04.2021
	IE	07.04.2021
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	CH	30.04.2021
	LI	30.04.2021
Former [2022/10]	AL	18.11.2020
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	SM	18.11.2020
	BG	18.02.2021
	NO	18.02.2021
	GR	19.02.2021
	PT	18.03.2021
	GB	07.04.2021
	LU	07.04.2021
	CH	30.04.2021
	LI	30.04.2021
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	AT	18.11.2020
	CZ	18.11.2020
	DK	18.11.2020
	EE	18.11.2020
	ES	18.11.2020
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	RO	18.11.2020
	RS	18.11.2020
	SE	18.11.2020
	SI	18.11.2020
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	SM	18.11.2020
	BG	18.02.2021
	NO	18.02.2021
	GR	19.02.2021
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	GB	07.04.2021
	LU	07.04.2021
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	AT	18.11.2020
	CZ	18.11.2020
	DK	18.11.2020
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	LU	07.04.2021
Former [2021/50]	AL	18.11.2020
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	DK	18.11.2020
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Former [2021/48]	AL	18.11.2020
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	EE	18.11.2020
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	NL	18.11.2020
	PL	18.11.2020
	RO	18.11.2020
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	SE	18.11.2020
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	EE	18.11.2020
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Former [2021/36]	AT	18.11.2020
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