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EP3521145 - STRUCTURE FOR VEHICLE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 26.05.2023 Database last updated on 03.09.2024
Former	The patent has been granted Status updated on 17.06.2022
Former	Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 16.02.2022
Former	Request for examination was made Status updated on 05.07.2019
Former	The international publication has been made Status updated on 07.04.2018
Most recent event Tooltip	19.07.2024	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): BG	published on 21.08.2024 [2024/34]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.) 2-4, Wakinohama-Kaigandori 2-chome Chuo-ku Kobe-shi, Hyogo 651-8585 / JP
	[2019/32]
Inventor(s)	01 / WATANABE, Kenichi c/o Kobe Corporate Research Laboratories in Kobe Steel, Ltd. 5-5, Takatsukadai 1-chome Nishi-ku Kobe-shi, Hyogo 651-2271 / JP
	02 / KATSUMA, Hideto c/o Kobe Corporate Research Laboratories in Kobe Steel, Ltd. 5-5, Takatsukadai 1-chome Nishi-ku Kobe-shi, Hyogo 651-2271 / JP
	03 / CHEN, Liang c/o Fujisawa Plant in Kobe Steel, Ltd. 100-1, Miyamae Fujisawa-shi, Kanagawa 251-8551 / JP
	[2019/32]
Representative(s)	Müller-Boré & Partner Patentanwälte PartG mbB Friedenheimer Brücke 21 80639 München / DE
	[2019/32]
Application number, filing date	17855612.2	05.09.2017
	[2019/32]
	WO2017JP31928
Priority number, date	JP20160190067	28.09.2016 Original published format: JP 2016190067
	JP20160231136	29.11.2016 Original published format: JP 2016231136
	[2019/32]
Filing language	JA
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO2018061654
	Date:	05.04.2018
	Language:	JA
	[2018/14]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP3521145
	Date:	07.08.2019
	Language:	EN
	[2019/32]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP3521145
	Date:	20.07.2022
	Language:	EN
	[2022/29]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	JP	05.04.2018
	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	23.04.2020
Classification	IPC:	B62D25/20, B62D25/02, B62D29/00	[2020/22]
	CPC:	B62D25/025 (EP,US); B62D25/20 (EP); B62D27/02 (US); B62D29/008 (EP)
	Former IPC [2019/32]	B62D25/20
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 [2019/32]
Extension states	BA	Not yet paid
	ME	Not yet paid
Validation states	MA	Not yet paid
	MD	Not yet paid
Title	German:	STRUKTUR FÜR EIN FAHRZEUG	[2019/32]
	English:	STRUCTURE FOR VEHICLE	[2019/32]
	French:	STRUCTURE POUR VÉHICULE	[2019/32]
Entry into regional phase	04.04.2019	Translation filed
	11.04.2019	National basic fee paid
	11.04.2019	Search fee paid
	11.04.2019	Designation fee(s) paid
	11.04.2019	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	11.04.2019	Examination requested [2019/32]
	19.11.2020	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	17.02.2022	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	08.06.2022	Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
	09.06.2022	Fee for grant paid
	09.06.2022	Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)	21.04.2023	No opposition filed within time limit [2023/26]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	26.09.2019	Renewal fee patent year 03
	15.09.2020	Renewal fee patent year 04
	17.09.2021	Renewal fee patent year 05
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	HU	05.09.2017
	AL	20.07.2022
	AT	20.07.2022
	BG	20.07.2022
	CY	20.07.2022
	CZ	20.07.2022
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	EE	20.07.2022
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	HR	20.07.2022
	IT	20.07.2022
	LT	20.07.2022
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	MC	20.07.2022
	MK	20.07.2022
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	SK	20.07.2022
	SM	20.07.2022
	IE	05.09.2022
	LU	05.09.2022
	BE	30.09.2022
	CH	30.09.2022
	LI	30.09.2022
	GB	20.10.2022
	NO	20.10.2022
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	PT	21.11.2022
	[2024/34]
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Documents cited:	Search	[XAI]JPH07117727 (MAZDA MOTOR) [X] 1-4 * abstract * [A] 6-8 [I] 5;
		[XAI]JP2006264476 (KOBE STEEL LTD) [X] 1-4 * abstract * [A] 6-8[I] 5;
		[XAI]EP2128004 (KOBE STEEL LTD [JP]) [X] 1,3,4,8 * paragraphs [0013] - [0098]; figure -; claim - * [A] 6,7 [I] 2,5
	International search	[A]JPH07117727 (MAZDA MOTOR) [A] 1-8 * , (Family: none) *;
		[A]JP2006248461 (KOBE STEEL LTD) [A] 1-8 * , (Family: none) *;
		[XY]JP2008240969 (KOBE STEEL LTD) [X] 1-5 * , paragraphs [0028] to [0059]; fig. 2, 5 & US 2010/0098969 A1 paragraphs [0063] to [0127]; fig. 7, 10 & WO 2008/123299 A1 & EP 2128004 A1 * [Y] 6-8;
		[A]JP2008239076 (KOBE STEEL LTD) [A] 1-8* , & US 2010/0098969 A1 & WO 2008/123299 A1 & EP 2128004 A1 *;
		[Y]JP2012214112 (KOBE STEEL LTD) [Y] 6-8 * , paragraphs [0048] to [0100]; fig. 3 to 8 (Family: none) *

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