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EP3532804 - WEAR TOLERANT HYDRAULIC / PNEUMATIC PISTON POSITION SENSING USING OPTICAL SENSORS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusExamination is in progress
Status updated on  05.11.2021
Database last updated on 02.11.2024
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  02.08.2019
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  05.05.2018
Most recent event   Tooltip30.10.2024New entry: Renewal fee paid 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Webster, Timothy
705-1331 Homer Street
Vancouver, BC V6B 5M5 / CA
[2019/36]
Inventor(s)01 / see applicant
...
 [2019/36]
Representative(s)LLR
2, rue Jean Lantier
75001 Paris / FR
[N/P]
Former [2019/36]LLR
11, boulevard de Sébastopol
75001 Paris / FR
Application number, filing date17865836.530.10.2017
[2019/36]
WO2017CA51287
Priority number, dateUS201662414806P31.10.2016         Original published format: US 201662414806 P
[2019/36]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2018076120
Date:03.05.2018
Language:EN
[2018/18]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3532804
Date:04.09.2019
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 03.05.2018 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2019/36]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:CA03.05.2018
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP01.04.2020
ClassificationIPC:G01B11/00, G01D5/30, G01D18/00, F15B15/28, G01S17/46, G06K9/32, G06T3/40
[2020/18]
CPC:
G01S17/46 (EP,KR,US); G01B11/14 (KR,US); G01B11/002 (EP,KR,US);
G01D18/006 (EP,KR,US); G01D18/008 (EP,KR,US); G01D5/30 (EP,KR,US);
G06V10/245 (EP,US); F15B15/2846 (EP); F15B15/2876 (EP);
F15B19/002 (EP); G01B2210/52 (EP) (-)
Former IPC [2019/36]G01D18/00
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 [2019/36]
TitleGerman:POSITIONSERFASSUNG EINES VERSCHLEISSTOLERANTEN HYDRAULISCHEN / PNEUMATISCHEN KOLBENS MIT OPTISCHEN SENSOREN[2019/36]
English:WEAR TOLERANT HYDRAULIC / PNEUMATIC PISTON POSITION SENSING USING OPTICAL SENSORS[2019/36]
French:DÉTECTION DE POSITION DE PISTON HYDRAULIQUE/PNEUMATIQUE TOLÉRANT À L'USURE À L'AIDE DE CAPTEURS OPTIQUES[2019/36]
Entry into regional phase28.05.2019National basic fee paid 
28.05.2019Search fee paid 
28.05.2019Designation fee(s) paid 
28.05.2019Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure07.05.2018Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: CA
28.05.2019Examination requested  [2019/36]
21.10.2020Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
08.11.2021Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
02.03.2022Reply to a communication from the examining division
13.07.2023Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
08.11.2023Reply to a communication from the examining division
Fees paidRenewal fee
31.10.2019Renewal fee patent year 03
31.10.2020Renewal fee patent year 04
31.10.2021Renewal fee patent year 05
28.10.2022Renewal fee patent year 06
31.10.2023Renewal fee patent year 07
30.10.2024Renewal fee patent year 08
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Documents cited:Search[Y]US2005258345  (LEHOTY DAVID A [US], et al) [Y] 9 * abstract ** paragraphs [0100] , [0101]; figure 18 *;
 [XY]US2007051884  (ROMANOV NIKOLAI L [US], et al) [X] 1,2,8,9 * paragraphs [0002] - [0005] - [0026] - [0057] - [0081] , [0086]; figures 1-7 * [Y] 2,9;
 [XYI]WO2009112895  (WEBSTER TIMOTHY [CA], et al) [X] 1,3-8,10,11,15 * paragraphs [0001] - [0004] - [0082] - [0092]; figures 1-6 * * amended claims 1-20 (pages 24-34) * * page 35 * [Y] 2,9 [I] 12-14;
 [XY]  - PARIS RENE ET AL, "Vision-based probabilistic absolute position sensor", 2015 IEEE INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTATION AND MEASUREMENT TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE (I2MTC) PROCEEDINGS, IEEE, (20150511), doi:10.1109/I2MTC.2015.7151601, pages 2066 - 2071, XP033171365 [X] 1,2,8,9 * the whole document * [Y] 2,9

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/I2MTC.2015.7151601
International search[Y]US2004135078  (MANDRO MARC A [US], et al) [Y] 1 to 19* Whole document *;
 [X]WO2009112895  (WEBSTER TIMOTHY [CA], et al) [X] 1 to 19 * Claim 1 and 18 *
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