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EP3812758 - ACCUMULATOR LIFESPAN ESTIMATION DEVICE AND ACCUMULATOR LIFESPAN EXTENSION METHOD [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	Examination is in progress Status updated on 09.02.2024 Database last updated on 28.03.2026
Former	Request for examination was made Status updated on 26.03.2021
Former	The international publication has been made Status updated on 27.12.2019
Most recent event Tooltip	02.12.2025	New entry: Reply to examination report
Applicant(s)	For all designated states JFE Steel Corporation 2-3, Uchisaiwai-cho 2-chome Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 100-0011 / JP
	[2021/45]
Former [2021/17]	For all designated states JFE Steel Corporation 2-3, Uchisaiwai-cho 2-chome Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 100-0011 / JP
	For all designated states JFE Container Co., Ltd. 5-15 Sarugaku-cho 1-chome Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 101-0064 / JP
Inventor(s)	01 / OKANO, Hiroshi c/o JFE STEEL CORPORATION, 2-3, Uchisaiwai-cho 2- chome, Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 100-0011 / JP
	02 / NAGAO, Akihide c/o JFE STEEL CORPORATION, 2-3, Uchisaiwai-cho 2- chome, Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 100-0011 / JP
	03 / ISHIKAWA, Nobuyuki c/o JFE STEEL CORPORATION, 2-3, Uchisaiwai-cho 2- chome, Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 100-0011 / JP
	04 / MATSUBARA, Kazuki c/o JFE STEEL CORPORATION, 2-3, Uchisaiwai-cho 2- chome, Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 100-0011 / JP
	05 / TAKANO, Toshio c/o JFE Container Co., Ltd., 1-5-15, Kanda- Sarugaku-cho, Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 101-0064 / JP
	[2021/17]
Representative(s)	Hoffmann Eitle Patent- und Rechtsanwälte PartmbB Arabellastraße 30 81925 München / DE
	[2021/17]
Application number, filing date	19823505.3	21.06.2019
	[2021/17]
	WO2019JP24747
Priority number, date	JP20180118453	22.06.2018 Original published format: JP 2018118453
	[2021/17]
Filing language	JA
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO2019245035
	Date:	26.12.2019
	Language:	JA
	[2019/52]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP3812758
	Date:	28.04.2021
	Language:	EN
	[2021/17]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	JP	26.12.2019
	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	17.02.2022
Classification	IPC:	G01N29/14, G01M99/00, G01N29/48	[2021/17]
	CPC:	G01N29/043 (EP); G01N29/14 (EP,US); G01N29/48 (EP,US); G01N2291/0258 (EP,US); G01N2291/2695 (EP)
Designated contracting states	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 [2021/17]
Title	German:	VORRICHTUNG ZUR ABSCHÄTZUNG DER LEBENSDAUER EINES AKKUMULATORS UND VERFAHREN ZUR VERLÄNGERUNG DER LEBENSDAUER EINES AKKUMULATORS	[2021/17]
	English:	ACCUMULATOR LIFESPAN ESTIMATION DEVICE AND ACCUMULATOR LIFESPAN EXTENSION METHOD	[2021/17]
	French:	DISPOSITIF D'ESTIMATION DE DURÉE DE VIE D'ACCUMULATEUR ET PROCÉDÉ D'EXTENSION DE DURÉE DE VIE D'ACCUMULATEUR	[2021/17]
Entry into regional phase	21.12.2020	Translation filed
	21.12.2020	National basic fee paid
	21.12.2020	Search fee paid
	21.12.2020	Designation fee(s) paid
	21.12.2020	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	21.12.2020	Examination requested [2021/17]
	02.09.2022	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	13.02.2024	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	12.06.2024	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	23.10.2025	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	01.12.2025	Reply to a communication from the examining division
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	29.06.2021	Renewal fee patent year 03
	13.06.2022	Renewal fee patent year 04
	20.06.2023	Renewal fee patent year 05
	31.03.2024	Renewal fee patent year 06
	26.06.2025	Renewal fee patent year 07
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Documents cited:	Search	[X] EP2166348 (NAT INST OF ADVANCED IND SCIEN et al.) [X] 1,5-9 * abstract * * paragraphs [0038] - [0054] *
		[X] LIU K C ET AL: "On-stream inspection for pitting corrosion defect of pressure vessels for intelligent and safe manufacturing", THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ADVANCED MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY, SPRINGER, LONDON, vol. 91, no. 5, 29 December 2016 (2016-12-29), pages 1957 - 1966, XP036264628, ISSN: 0268-3768, [retrieved on 20161229], DOI: 10.1007/S00170-016-9888-2 [X] 1,9 * abstract; figure 5 * * page 1959, column l, paragraph 2 - page 1965, column r, paragraph 1 * DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00170-016-9888-2
		[X] CHANGHONG TONG ET AL: "Research of detection of a crack on pressure vessel based on both of acoustic emission diagnosis and ultrasonic testing", MECHANIC AUTOMATION AND CONTROL ENGINEERING (MACE), 2011 SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON, IEEE, 15 July 2011 (2011-07-15), pages 1510 - 1513, XP032031762, ISBN: 978-1-4244-9436-1, DOI: 10.1109/MACE.2011.5987235 [X] 1-3,9 * abstract * * page 1513, column l, line 1 - column r, line l * DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/MACE.2011.5987235
		[X] RAJ B ET AL: "Frontiers in NDE research nearing maturity for exploitation to ensure structural integrity of pressure retaining components", INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRESSURE VESSELS AND PIPING, ELSEVIER SCIENCE PUBLISHERS, BARKING, GB, vol. 83, no. 5, 1 May 2006 (2006-05-01), pages 322 - 335, XP027956686, ISSN: 0308-0161, [retrieved on 20060501] [X] 1,9 * abstract * * page 322, column l, line 1 - page 334, column r, paragraph l *
		[X] SCRUBY C B ET AL: "An assessment of acoustic emission for nuclear pressure vessel monitoring", PROGRESS IN NUCLEAR ENERGY, PERGAMON PRESS, OXFORD, GB, vol. 11, no. 3, 1 January 1983 (1983-01-01), pages 275 - 297, XP025414332, ISSN: 0149-1970, [retrieved on 19830101], DOI: 10.1016/0149-1970(83)90014-8 [X] 1,4,9 * abstract * * page 281, column l, line 38 - page 297, column l, line 3 * DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0149-1970(83)90014-8
	International search	[A] WO2009008515 (NAT INST OF ADVANCED IND SCIEN et al.) [A] 1-9 * & US 2010/0107765 A1 & EP 2166348 A1 & CN 101641594 A & KR 10-2010-0041696 A *
		[A] JP2017223564 (CHIYODA CORP et al.) [A] 1-9 * (Family: none) *
		[A] JP2009115795 (GEN ELECTRIC et al.) [A] 1-9 * & US 2009/0116533 A1 & DE 102008037506 A & CH 698046 A & CN 101424666 A *
		[A] JP2016509670 (シーメンスコーポレーションＳｉｅｍｅｎｓＣｏｒｐｏｒａｔｉｏｎ et al.) [A] 1-9 * & US 2014/0229149 A1 & WO 2014/107303 A1 & EP 2941640 A1 & CN 105051527 A & KR 10-2015-0103021 A *
		[A] JPS50110688 [A] 1-9 * (Family: none) *
		[A] US2008302186 (BOHSE JUERGEN et al.) [A] 1-9 * & EP 1882933 A1 & DE 102006033905 A *
		[A] WO03081228 (IMES LTD et al.) [A] 1-9 * & GB 2403540 A & AU 2003214430 A *
	by applicant	JP2012242336

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