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EP About this file: EP3604838

EP3604838 - BALL JOINT MANUFACTURING METHOD AND STABILIZER LINK MANUFACTURING METHOD [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  27.10.2023
Database last updated on 05.10.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  18.11.2022
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  14.09.2022
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  21.01.2022
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  03.01.2020
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  06.10.2018
Most recent event   Tooltip24.05.2024Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): IT		published on 26.06.2024  [2024/26]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
NHK Spring Co., Ltd.
3-10, Fukuura Kanazawa-ku
Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa 236-0004 / JP
[2020/06]
Inventor(s)01 / KURODA, Shigeru
c/o NHK SPRING Co., Ltd.
3-10 Fukuura
Kanazawa-ku
Yokohama-shi Kanagawa 236-0004 / JP
 [2020/06]
Representative(s)V.O.
P.O. Box 87930
2508 DH Den Haag / NL
[2020/06]
Application number, filing date18776249.723.03.2018
[2020/06]
WO2018JP11746
Priority number, dateJP2017007167831.03.2017         Original published format: JP 2017071678
[2020/06]
Filing languageJA
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2018181010
Date:04.10.2018
Language:JA
[2018/40]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3604838
Date:05.02.2020
Language:EN
[2020/06]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3604838
Date:21.12.2022
Language:EN
[2022/51]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:JP04.10.2018
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP05.02.2021
ClassificationIPC:F16C11/06, B60G21/055
[2020/06]
CPC:
F16C11/0685 (EP,KR,US); B60G21/055 (EP,KR,US); F16C11/0647 (EP);
F16C11/0657 (EP); F16C11/0671 (EP); F16C11/0695 (EP);
F16C2220/06 (EP,KR,US); F16C2326/05 (EP,KR,US) (-)
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 [2020/06]
Extension statesBANot yet paid
MENot yet paid
Validation statesKHNot yet paid
MANot yet paid
MDNot yet paid
TNNot yet paid
TitleGerman:KUGELGELENKHERSTELLUNGSVERFAHREN UND STABILISATORVERBINDUNGHERSTELLUNGSVERFAHREN[2020/06]
English:BALL JOINT MANUFACTURING METHOD AND STABILIZER LINK MANUFACTURING METHOD[2020/06]
French:PROCÉDÉ DE FABRICATION DE JOINT À ROTULE ET PROCÉDÉ DE FABRICATION DE LIAISON DE STABILISATEUR[2020/06]
Entry into regional phase02.10.2019Translation filed 
02.10.2019National basic fee paid 
02.10.2019Search fee paid 
02.10.2019Designation fee(s) paid 
02.10.2019Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure02.10.2019Examination requested  [2020/06]
03.09.2021Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
21.01.2022Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
13.05.2022Reply to a communication from the examining division
15.09.2022Communication of intention to grant the patent
11.11.2022Fee for grant paid
11.11.2022Fee for publishing/printing paid
11.11.2022Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)22.09.2023No opposition filed within time limit [2023/48]
Fees paidRenewal fee
18.02.2020Renewal fee patent year 03
19.01.2021Renewal fee patent year 04
18.01.2022Renewal fee patent year 05
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipAL21.12.2022
AT21.12.2022
CZ21.12.2022
DK21.12.2022
EE21.12.2022
FI21.12.2022
HR21.12.2022
IT21.12.2022
LT21.12.2022
LV21.12.2022
MC21.12.2022
NL21.12.2022
PL21.12.2022
RO21.12.2022
RS21.12.2022
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SI21.12.2022
SK21.12.2022
SM21.12.2022
NO21.03.2023
GR22.03.2023
IE23.03.2023
LU23.03.2023
BE31.03.2023
CH31.03.2023
LI31.03.2023
IS21.04.2023
PT21.04.2023
[2024/26]
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PT21.04.2023
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NO21.03.2023
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IE23.03.2023
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CH31.03.2023
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IS21.04.2023
PT21.04.2023
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NO21.03.2023
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IS21.04.2023
PT21.04.2023
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Documents cited:Search[A]US2006150416  (MICHIOKA HIDEKAZU [JP], et al) [A] 1-4* figures 1-9 *;
 [Y]US2012025416  (KIM SEONG-ROK [KR]) [Y] 1-4 * paragraph [0003] - paragraph [0042]; figures 1-6 *;
 [A]DE112012001492T  (MUSASHI SEIMITSU INDUSTRY CO [JP]) [A] 1-4 * figures 1-8; claims 1-7 *;
 [Y]DE102014225313  (ZAHNRADFABRIK FRIEDRICHSHAFEN [DE]) [Y] 1-4 * paragraph [0001] - paragraph [0027]; figures 1-3; claims 1-10 *
International search[A]JPS6288815  (MUSASHI SEIMITSU KOGYO KK) [A] 1-4* (Family: none) *;
 [YA]JP2003148447  (ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS) [Y] 1-2, 4 * , paragraphs [0002]-[0003], [0010]-[0026], fig. 1-4 & US 2003/0086753 A1, paragraphs [0002]-[0003], [0017]-[0033], fig. 1-4 & EP 1310344 A1 & CN 1416983 A * [A] 3;
 [YA]JP2004316771  (THK CO LTD) [Y] 1-2, 4 * , paragraphs [0034], [0043], [0046], fig. 7, 9 & US 2006/0150416 A1, paragraphs [0047], [0057], [0060], fig. 7, 9 & WO 2004/092598 A1 & EP 1614910 A1 & KR 10-2005-0115946 A & CN 1723351 A * [A] 3;
 [A]JP2008002601  (NISSAN MOTOR) [A] 1-4 * (Family: none) *;
 [A]WO2012133643  (MUSASHI SEIMITSU INDUSTRY CO LTD [JP], et al) [A] 1-4 * & DE 112012001492 T5 & CN 103459864 A *
by applicantJP2011247338
 JP2017071678
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