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EP3376181 - POWDERY MATERIAL FEEDING DEVICE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  18.10.2021
Database last updated on 04.11.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  06.11.2020
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  25.06.2020
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  11.05.2020
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  09.03.2020
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  11.06.2019
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  01.03.2019
FormerThe application has been published
Status updated on  17.08.2018
Most recent event   Tooltip13.09.2024Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): MT		published on 16.10.2024  [2024/42]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Kikusui Seisakusho Ltd.
104 Minamikamiai-cho Nishinokyo Nakagyo-ku Kyoto-shi
Kyoto 604-8483 / JP
[2018/38]
Inventor(s)01 / FUSHIMI, Shinsuke
c/o KIKUSUI SEISAKUSHO LTD.
104, Minamikamiai-cho, Nishinokyo, Nakagyo-ku
Kyoto-shi, Kyoto 604-8483 / JP
02 / KITAMURA, Naoshige
c/o KIKUSUI SEISAKUSHO LTD.
104, Minamikamiai-cho, Nishinokyo, Nakagyo-ku
Kyoto-shi, Kyoto 604-8483 / JP
03 / NISHIMURA, Hideyuki
c/o KIKUSUI SEISAKUSHO LTD.
104, Minamikamiai-cho, Nishinokyo, Nakagyo-ku
Kyoto-shi, Kyoto 604-8483 / JP
04 / MURAKOSHI, Masaoki
c/o Daiichi Sankyo company, Limited
3-5-1, Nihonbashi Honcho
Chuo-ku, Tokyo, 103-8426 / JP
 [2020/11]
Former [2018/38]01 / FUSHIMI, Shinsuke
c/o KIKUSUI SEISAKUSHO LTD.
104, Minamikamiai-cho, Nishinokyo, Nakagyo-ku
Kyoto-shi, Kyoto 604-8483 / JP
02 / KITAMURA, Naoshige
c/o KIKUSUI SEISAKUSHO LTD.
104, Minamikamiai-cho, Nishinokyo, Nakagyo-ku
Kyoto-shi, Kyoto 604-8483 / JP
03 / NISHIMURA, Hideyuki
c/o KIKUSUI SEISAKUSHO LTD.
104, Minamikamiai-cho, Nishinokyo, Nakagyo-ku
Kyoto-shi, Kyoto 604-8483 / JP
Representative(s)TBK
Bavariaring 4-6
80336 München / DE
[2018/38]
Application number, filing date18151012.410.01.2018
[2018/38]
Priority number, dateJP2017005155616.03.2017         Original published format: JP 2017051556
[2018/38]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3376181
Date:19.09.2018
Language:EN
[2018/38]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3376181
Date:09.12.2020
Language:EN
[2020/50]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP17.07.2018
ClassificationIPC:G01F13/00, G01G11/08
[2018/38]
CPC:
G01G11/08 (EP,US); B05B7/144 (US); B05B12/008 (US);
B05B12/081 (US); B05B12/087 (US); B05B7/12 (US);
B05B7/1486 (US); B30B15/302 (EP); G01F13/001 (EP,US);
B30B11/08 (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 [2019/14]
Former [2018/38]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 
TitleGerman:VORRICHTUNG ZUR ZUFÜHRUNG VON PULVERFÖRMIGEM MATERIAL[2018/38]
English:POWDERY MATERIAL FEEDING DEVICE[2018/38]
French:DISPOSITIF D'ALIMENTATION EN MATÉRIAU PULVÉRULENT[2018/38]
Examination procedure22.02.2019Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
22.02.2019Examination requested  [2019/14]
22.02.2019Date on which the examining division has become responsible
14.06.2019Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
08.10.2019Reply to a communication from the examining division
10.03.2020Communication of intention to grant the patent
08.05.2020Disapproval of the communication of intention to grant the patent by the applicant or resumption of examination proceedings by the EPO
26.06.2020Communication of intention to grant the patent
30.10.2020Fee for grant paid
30.10.2020Fee for publishing/printing paid
30.10.2020Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)10.09.2021No opposition filed within time limit [2021/46]
Fees paidRenewal fee
30.01.2020Renewal fee patent year 03
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