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EP3450046 - METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING CYLINDRICAL RING MEMBER, BEARING, CLUTCH, VEHICLE, AND MACHINE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 24.09.2021 Database last updated on 14.03.2026
Former	The patent has been granted Status updated on 16.10.2020
Former	Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 03.06.2020
Former	Request for examination was made Status updated on 01.02.2019
Former	The international publication has been made Status updated on 26.01.2018
Most recent event Tooltip	19.12.2025	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): TR	published on 21.01.2026 [2026/04]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states NSK Ltd. 6-3 Ohsaki 1-chome Shinagawa-ku Tokyo 141-8560 / JP
	[2019/10]
Inventor(s)	01 / MORI, Kouhei c/o NSK Ltd. 5-50 Kugenumashinmei 1-chome Fujisawa-shi Kanagawa 251-8501 / JP
	02 / KARASAWA, Shunichi c/o NSK-WARNER K.K. 2345 Aino Fukuroi-shi Shizuoka 437-8545 / JP
	03 / WATANABE, Mizuki c/o NSK Ltd. 5-50 Kugenumashinmei 1-chome Fujisawa-shi Kanagawa 251-8501 / JP
	04 / KOBAYASHI, Kazuto c/o NSK Ltd. 5-50 Kugenumashinmei 1-chome Fujisawa-shi Kanagawa 251-8501 / JP
	[2019/10]
Representative(s)	Grünecker Patent- und Rechtsanwälte PartG mbB Leopoldstraße 4 80802 München / DE
	[2019/10]
Application number, filing date	17831004.1	18.07.2017
	[2019/10]
	WO2017JP25975
Priority number, date	JP20160141062	19.07.2016 Original published format: JP 2016141062
	[2019/10]
Filing language	JA
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO2018016488
	Date:	25.01.2018
	Language:	JA
	[2018/04]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP3450046
	Date:	06.03.2019
	Language:	EN
	[2019/10]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP3450046
	Date:	18.11.2020
	Language:	EN
	[2020/47]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	JP	25.01.2018
	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	27.05.2019
Classification	IPC:	B21K21/08, B21K1/04, F16C19/06, F16C33/64	[2019/10]
	CPC:	B21K1/04 (EP,KR,US); B21J13/02 (EP,KR,US); B21K21/08 (EP,KR,US); F16C19/06 (EP,KR,US); F16C33/64 (EP,KR,US); B21J5/008 (EP,US); (+) B21J5/025 (US); B21K21/12 (US); B23P15/003 (EP,US); F16C2220/46 (EP,US) (-)
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:	VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG EINES ZYLINDRISCHEN RINGELEMENTS, LAGER, KUPPLUNG, FAHRZEUG UND MASCHINE	[2019/10]
	English:	METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING CYLINDRICAL RING MEMBER, BEARING, CLUTCH, VEHICLE, AND MACHINE	[2019/10]
	French:	PROCÉDÉ DE FABRICATION D'UN ÉLÉMENT ANNULAIRE CYLINDRIQUE, PALIER, EMBRAYAGE, VÉHICULE ET MACHINE	[2019/10]
Entry into regional phase	05.09.2018	Translation filed
	05.09.2018	National basic fee paid
	05.09.2018	Search fee paid
	05.09.2018	Designation fee(s) paid
	05.09.2018	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	deleted	Date on which the examining division has become responsible
	05.09.2018	Examination requested [2019/10]
	06.08.2019	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	04.06.2020	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	05.10.2020	Fee for grant paid
	05.10.2020	Fee for publishing/printing paid
	05.10.2020	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
	15.07.2019	Renewal fee patent year 03
	14.07.2020	Renewal fee patent year 04
Opt-out from the exclusive Tooltip competence of the Unified Patent Court	See the Register of the Unified Patent Court for opt-out data
	Responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or quality of the data displayed under the link provided lies entirely with the Unified Patent Court.
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