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EP About this file: EP3650604

EP3650604 - SHOVEL [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  02.09.2022
Database last updated on 02.09.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  24.09.2021
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  10.05.2021
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  03.07.2020
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  10.04.2020
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  12.01.2019
Most recent event   Tooltip10.05.2024Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): HU		published on 12.06.2024  [2024/24]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd.
1-1 Osaki 2-chome
Shinagawa-ku
Tokyo 141-6025 / JP
[2020/20]
Inventor(s)01 / WU, Chunnan
c/o SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Yokosuka Works
19 Natsushima-cho
Yokosuka-shi Kanagawa 237-8555 / JP
02 / SANO, Yusuke
c/o SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Yokosuka Works
19 Natsushima-cho
Yokosuka-shi Kanagawa 237-8555 / JP
 [2021/42]
Former [2020/20]01 / CHUNNAN, Wu
c/o SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Yokosuka Works
19 Natsushima-cho
Yokosuka-shi Kanagawa 237-8555 / JP
02 / SANO, Yusuke
c/o SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Yokosuka Works
19 Natsushima-cho
Yokosuka-shi Kanagawa 237-8555 / JP
Representative(s)Louis Pöhlau Lohrentz
Patentanwälte
Postfach 30 55
90014 Nürnberg / DE
[2020/20]
Application number, filing date18827927.704.07.2018
[2020/20]
WO2018JP25409
Priority number, dateJP2017013203005.07.2017         Original published format: JP 2017132030
[2020/20]
Filing languageJA
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2019009341
Date:10.01.2019
Language:JA
[2019/02]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3650604
Date:13.05.2020
Language:EN
[2020/20]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3650604
Date:27.10.2021
Language:EN
[2021/43]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:JP10.01.2019
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP25.06.2020
ClassificationIPC:E02F3/43, E02F9/26
[2020/31]
CPC:
E02F9/262 (EP); E02F3/435 (KR); E02F3/439 (US);
E02F3/32 (US); E02F3/43 (EP); E02F9/2025 (KR);
E02F9/2041 (US); E02F9/26 (US) (-)
Former IPC [2020/20]E02F3/43, B60P3/00
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 [2020/20]
Extension statesBANot yet paid
MENot yet paid
Validation statesKHNot yet paid
MANot yet paid
MDNot yet paid
TNNot yet paid
TitleGerman:SCHAUFEL[2020/20]
English:SHOVEL[2020/20]
French:PELLE[2020/20]
Entry into regional phase30.12.2019Translation filed 
30.12.2019National basic fee paid 
30.12.2019Search fee paid 
30.12.2019Designation fee(s) paid 
30.12.2019Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure30.12.2019Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
30.12.2019Examination requested  [2020/20]
07.07.2020Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
13.01.2021Reply to a communication from the examining division
11.05.2021Communication of intention to grant the patent
15.09.2021Fee for grant paid
15.09.2021Fee for publishing/printing paid
15.09.2021Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)28.07.2022No opposition filed within time limit [2022/40]
Fees paidRenewal fee
16.06.2020Renewal fee patent year 03
23.06.2021Renewal fee patent year 04
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipHU04.07.2018
AL27.10.2021
AT27.10.2021
CY27.10.2021
CZ27.10.2021
DK27.10.2021
EE27.10.2021
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FI27.10.2021
HR27.10.2021
IT27.10.2021
LT27.10.2021
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MC27.10.2021
MK27.10.2021
NL27.10.2021
PL27.10.2021
RO27.10.2021
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SI27.10.2021
SK27.10.2021
SM27.10.2021
BG27.01.2022
NO27.01.2022
GR28.01.2022
IS27.02.2022
PT28.02.2022
IE04.07.2022
LU04.07.2022
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BG27.01.2022
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LU04.07.2022
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 [YD]JP2011252338  (SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES) [YD] 10-12* paragraph [0031] *
International search[A]JPH0660692U  [A] 1-12;
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