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EP About this file: EP3639330

EP3639330 - ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR SYSTEM [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusExamination is in progress
Status updated on  25.11.2022
Database last updated on 24.08.2024
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  20.03.2020
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  22.12.2018
Most recent event   Tooltip02.04.2024New entry: Renewal fee paid 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Samtec Inc.
520 Park East Boulevard
New Albany, IN 47150 / US
[2020/17]
Inventor(s)01 / BUCK, Jonathan E.
70 Laurel Ridge Road
Hershey PA 17033 / US
02 / MONGOLD, John
5915 Pinedale Lane
Todd PA 16685 / US
 [2020/17]
Representative(s)Mader, Joachim
Bardehle Pagenberg Partnerschaft mbB
Patentanwälte, Rechtsanwälte
Prinzregentenplatz 7
81675 München / DE
[2020/17]
Application number, filing date18818036.813.06.2018
[2020/17]
WO2018US37198
Priority number, dateUS201762518867P13.06.2017         Original published format: US 201762518867 P
US201762524360P23.06.2017         Original published format: US 201762524360 P
[2020/17]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2018231896
Date:20.12.2018
Language:EN
[2018/51]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3639330
Date:22.04.2020
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 20.12.2018 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2020/17]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:KR20.12.2018
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP08.02.2021
ClassificationIPC:H01R12/75, H01R13/6471
[2021/10]
CPC:
H01R13/6471 (EP,CN); H01R12/722 (CN); H01R13/6461 (CN,US);
H01R12/716 (US); H01R12/73 (US); H01R12/75 (EP);
H01R13/04 (US); H01R13/113 (US); H01R13/42 (CN);
H01R24/00 (CN); H01R24/20 (US); H01R24/28 (US);
H01R12/7023 (EP); H01R12/737 (EP); H01R2107/00 (US) (-)
Former IPC [2020/17]H01R13/514, H01R13/6471, H01R13/518
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 [2020/17]
TitleGerman:ELEKTRISCHES VERBINDERSYSTEM[2020/17]
English:ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR SYSTEM[2020/17]
French:SYSTÈME DE CONNECTEURS ÉLECTRIQUES[2020/17]
Entry into regional phase27.11.2019National basic fee paid 
27.11.2019Search fee paid 
27.11.2019Designation fee(s) paid 
27.11.2019Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure27.11.2019Examination requested  [2020/17]
02.09.2021Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
28.11.2022Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
30.05.2023Reply to a communication from the examining division
Fees paidRenewal fee
31.03.2020Renewal fee patent year 03
08.06.2021Renewal fee patent year 04
31.03.2022Renewal fee patent year 05
31.03.2023Renewal fee patent year 06
31.03.2024Renewal fee patent year 07
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Documents cited:Search[XI]US2004121633  (DAVID BRUNKER L [US], et al) [X] 1-3,15 * paragraph [0106]; figures 5,6,18 * [I] 4-14;
 [A]US2008102702  (SERCU STEFAAN HENDRIK JOZEF [BE], et al) [A] 4* figure 10 *;
 [X]US2013273781  (BUCK JONATHAN E [US], et al) [X] 1-3,15 * figures 27,28 *
International search[Y]US2009201658  (LEMKE TIMOTHY A [US], et al) [Y] 1-13, 41-44, 49-51 ,62-67, 76-78, 89-96 ,197-201 * See paragraphs [0005], [0027]-[0037], claim 1 and figures 1-18. *;
 [A]JP2009218119  (FUJITSU COMPONENT LTD) [A] 1-13, 41-44, 49-51 ,56-67, 76-78, 89-96 , 161-165, 181-186 , 197-201* See paragraphs [0015]-[0029] and figures 2-3. *;
 [XY]US2014220795  (BAI LEI [CN], et al) [X] 56-61 * See paragraphs [0017]-[0032], claims 1-3 and figures 1-2. * [Y] 1-13, 41-44, 49-51 ,62-67, 76-78, 89-96 ,161-165, 181-186 ,197-201;
 [A]US2016006150  (BACHMUTSKY ALEXANDER [US]) [A] 1-13, 41-44, 49-51 , 56-67, 76-78, 89-96 , 161-165, 181-186 ,197-201 * See paragraphs [0029]-[0040], claim 1 and figures 1-3. *;
 [Y]US2016233598  (WITTIG KLAUS [DE]) [Y] 161-165, 181-186 * See paragraphs [0055]-[0068], claim 20 and figures 1-6. *
by applicantUS2004121633
 US2013273781
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