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EP3672043 - VOICE COIL MOTOR [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 17.03.2023 Database last updated on 10.07.2024
Former	The patent has been granted Status updated on 08.04.2022
Former	Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 21.11.2021
Former	Request for examination was made Status updated on 18.12.2020
Former	The application has been published Status updated on 22.05.2020
Most recent event Tooltip	31.05.2024	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): MK	published on 03.07.2024 [2024/27]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states LG INNOTEK CO., LTD. 98, Huam-ro, Jung-gu Seoul 04637 / KR
	[2022/18]
Former [2020/26]	For all designated states LG INNOTEK CO. LTD 98, Huam-ro Jung-gu Seoul 04637 / KR
Inventor(s)	01 / KIM, Seung Ki 20th Fl. Seoul Square Namdaemunno 5-ga Jung-gu 100-714 Seoul / KR
	02 / PARK, Sang Ok 20th Fl. Seoul Square Namdaemunno 5-ga Jung-gu 100-714 Seoul / KR
	03 / LEE, Seong Min 20th Fl. Seoul Square Namdaemunno 5-ga Jung-gu 100-714 Seoul / KR
	[2020/26]
Representative(s)	DREISS Patentanwälte PartG mbB Friedrichstraße 6 70174 Stuttgart / DE
	[2020/26]
Application number, filing date	20157445.6	24.10.2012
	[2020/26]
Priority number, date	KR20110108600	24.10.2011 Original published format: KR 20110108600
	[2020/26]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP3672043
	Date:	24.06.2020
	Language:	EN
	[2020/26]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP3672043
	Date:	11.05.2022
	Language:	EN
	[2022/19]
Search report(s)	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	26.05.2020
Classification	IPC:	H02K33/18, H02K41/035, G02B7/04, H02K5/10	[2020/26]
	CPC:	H02K5/10 (EP,US); H02K33/18 (KR); G02B27/0006 (EP,US); G02B7/022 (US); G02B7/04 (US); G02B7/08 (EP); (+) G03B13/34 (US); H02K41/035 (US); H02K41/0356 (EP,US) (-)
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 [2021/03]
Former [2020/26]	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
Title	German:	SCHWINGSPULENMOTOR	[2020/26]
	English:	VOICE COIL MOTOR	[2020/26]
	French:	MOTEUR À BOBINE MOBILE	[2020/26]
Examination procedure	11.12.2020	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	11.12.2020	Examination requested [2021/03]
	11.12.2020	Date on which the examining division has become responsible
	22.11.2021	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	30.03.2022	Fee for grant paid
	30.03.2022	Fee for publishing/printing paid
	30.03.2022	Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Parent application(s) Tooltip	EP12843912.2 / EP2771966
	EP18165923.6 / EP3361613
Divisional application(s)	EP22163728.3 / EP4037168
Opposition(s)	14.02.2023	No opposition filed within time limit [2023/16]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	14.02.2020	Renewal fee patent year 03
	14.02.2020	Renewal fee patent year 04
	14.02.2020	Renewal fee patent year 05
	14.02.2020	Renewal fee patent year 06
	14.02.2020	Renewal fee patent year 07
	14.02.2020	Renewal fee patent year 08
	22.10.2020	Renewal fee patent year 09
	22.10.2021	Renewal fee patent year 10
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	HU	24.10.2012
	AL	11.05.2022
	AT	11.05.2022
	CY	11.05.2022
	CZ	11.05.2022
	DK	11.05.2022
	EE	11.05.2022
	ES	11.05.2022
	FI	11.05.2022
	HR	11.05.2022
	IT	11.05.2022
	LT	11.05.2022
	LV	11.05.2022
	MC	11.05.2022
	MK	11.05.2022
	NL	11.05.2022
	PL	11.05.2022
	RO	11.05.2022
	RS	11.05.2022
	SE	11.05.2022
	SI	11.05.2022
	SK	11.05.2022
	SM	11.05.2022
	BG	11.08.2022
	NO	11.08.2022
	GR	12.08.2022
	IS	11.09.2022
	PT	12.09.2022
	IE	24.10.2022
	LU	24.10.2022
	BE	31.10.2022
	CH	31.10.2022
	LI	31.10.2022
	[2024/27]
Former [2024/21]	HU	24.10.2012
	AL	11.05.2022
	AT	11.05.2022
	CY	11.05.2022
	CZ	11.05.2022
	DK	11.05.2022
	EE	11.05.2022
	ES	11.05.2022
	FI	11.05.2022
	HR	11.05.2022
	IT	11.05.2022
	LT	11.05.2022
	LV	11.05.2022
	MC	11.05.2022
	NL	11.05.2022
	PL	11.05.2022
	RO	11.05.2022
	RS	11.05.2022
	SE	11.05.2022
	SI	11.05.2022
	SK	11.05.2022
	SM	11.05.2022
	BG	11.08.2022
	NO	11.08.2022
	GR	12.08.2022
	IS	11.09.2022
	PT	12.09.2022
	IE	24.10.2022
	LU	24.10.2022
	BE	31.10.2022
	CH	31.10.2022
	LI	31.10.2022
Former [2024/18]	HU	24.10.2012
	AL	11.05.2022
	AT	11.05.2022
	CZ	11.05.2022
	DK	11.05.2022
	EE	11.05.2022
	ES	11.05.2022
	FI	11.05.2022
	HR	11.05.2022
	IT	11.05.2022
	LT	11.05.2022
	LV	11.05.2022
	MC	11.05.2022
	NL	11.05.2022
	PL	11.05.2022
	RO	11.05.2022
	RS	11.05.2022
	SE	11.05.2022
	SI	11.05.2022
	SK	11.05.2022
	SM	11.05.2022
	BG	11.08.2022
	NO	11.08.2022
	GR	12.08.2022
	IS	11.09.2022
	PT	12.09.2022
	IE	24.10.2022
	LU	24.10.2022
	BE	31.10.2022
	CH	31.10.2022
	LI	31.10.2022
Former [2024/11]	AL	11.05.2022
	AT	11.05.2022
	CZ	11.05.2022
	DK	11.05.2022
	EE	11.05.2022
	ES	11.05.2022
	FI	11.05.2022
	HR	11.05.2022
	IT	11.05.2022
	LT	11.05.2022
	LV	11.05.2022
	MC	11.05.2022
	NL	11.05.2022
	PL	11.05.2022
	RO	11.05.2022
	RS	11.05.2022
	SE	11.05.2022
	SI	11.05.2022
	SK	11.05.2022
	SM	11.05.2022
	BG	11.08.2022
	NO	11.08.2022
	GR	12.08.2022
	IS	11.09.2022
	PT	12.09.2022
	IE	24.10.2022
	LU	24.10.2022
	BE	31.10.2022
	CH	31.10.2022
	LI	31.10.2022
Former [2023/48]	AL	11.05.2022
	AT	11.05.2022
	CZ	11.05.2022
	DK	11.05.2022
	EE	11.05.2022
	ES	11.05.2022
	FI	11.05.2022
	HR	11.05.2022
	LT	11.05.2022
	LV	11.05.2022
	MC	11.05.2022
	NL	11.05.2022
	PL	11.05.2022
	RO	11.05.2022
	RS	11.05.2022
	SE	11.05.2022
	SI	11.05.2022
	SK	11.05.2022
	SM	11.05.2022
	BG	11.08.2022
	NO	11.08.2022
	GR	12.08.2022
	IS	11.09.2022
	PT	12.09.2022
	IE	24.10.2022
	LU	24.10.2022
	BE	31.10.2022
	CH	31.10.2022
	LI	31.10.2022
Former [2023/42]	AL	11.05.2022
	AT	11.05.2022
	CZ	11.05.2022
	DK	11.05.2022
	EE	11.05.2022
	ES	11.05.2022
	FI	11.05.2022
	HR	11.05.2022
	LT	11.05.2022
	LV	11.05.2022
	MC	11.05.2022
	NL	11.05.2022
	PL	11.05.2022
	RO	11.05.2022
	RS	11.05.2022
	SE	11.05.2022
	SI	11.05.2022
	SK	11.05.2022
	SM	11.05.2022
	BG	11.08.2022
	NO	11.08.2022
	GR	12.08.2022
	IS	11.09.2022
	PT	12.09.2022
	LU	24.10.2022
	BE	31.10.2022
	CH	31.10.2022
	LI	31.10.2022
Former [2023/35]	AL	11.05.2022
	AT	11.05.2022
	CZ	11.05.2022
	DK	11.05.2022
	EE	11.05.2022
	ES	11.05.2022
	FI	11.05.2022
	HR	11.05.2022
	LT	11.05.2022
	LV	11.05.2022
	MC	11.05.2022
	NL	11.05.2022
	PL	11.05.2022
	RO	11.05.2022
	RS	11.05.2022
	SE	11.05.2022
	SI	11.05.2022
	SK	11.05.2022
	SM	11.05.2022
	BG	11.08.2022
	NO	11.08.2022
	GR	12.08.2022
	IS	11.09.2022
	PT	12.09.2022
	LU	24.10.2022
	CH	31.10.2022
	LI	31.10.2022
Former [2023/30]	AL	11.05.2022
	AT	11.05.2022
	CZ	11.05.2022
	DK	11.05.2022
	EE	11.05.2022
	ES	11.05.2022
	FI	11.05.2022
	HR	11.05.2022
	LT	11.05.2022
	LV	11.05.2022
	MC	11.05.2022
	NL	11.05.2022
	PL	11.05.2022
	RO	11.05.2022
	RS	11.05.2022
	SE	11.05.2022
	SI	11.05.2022
	SK	11.05.2022
	SM	11.05.2022
	BG	11.08.2022
	NO	11.08.2022
	GR	12.08.2022
	IS	11.09.2022
	PT	12.09.2022
	LU	24.10.2022
Former [2023/25]	AL	11.05.2022
	AT	11.05.2022
	CZ	11.05.2022
	DK	11.05.2022
	EE	11.05.2022
	ES	11.05.2022
	FI	11.05.2022
	HR	11.05.2022
	LT	11.05.2022
	LV	11.05.2022
	MC	11.05.2022
	NL	11.05.2022
	PL	11.05.2022
	RO	11.05.2022
	RS	11.05.2022
	SE	11.05.2022
	SI	11.05.2022
	SK	11.05.2022
	SM	11.05.2022
	BG	11.08.2022
	NO	11.08.2022
	GR	12.08.2022
	IS	11.09.2022
	PT	12.09.2022
Former [2023/17]	AL	11.05.2022
	AT	11.05.2022
	CZ	11.05.2022
	DK	11.05.2022
	EE	11.05.2022
	ES	11.05.2022
	FI	11.05.2022
	HR	11.05.2022
	LT	11.05.2022
	LV	11.05.2022
	NL	11.05.2022
	PL	11.05.2022
	RO	11.05.2022
	RS	11.05.2022
	SE	11.05.2022
	SK	11.05.2022
	SM	11.05.2022
	BG	11.08.2022
	NO	11.08.2022
	GR	12.08.2022
	IS	11.09.2022
	PT	12.09.2022
Former [2023/09]	AT	11.05.2022
	CZ	11.05.2022
	DK	11.05.2022
	EE	11.05.2022
	ES	11.05.2022
	FI	11.05.2022
	HR	11.05.2022
	LT	11.05.2022
	LV	11.05.2022
	NL	11.05.2022
	PL	11.05.2022
	RO	11.05.2022
	RS	11.05.2022
	SE	11.05.2022
	SK	11.05.2022
	SM	11.05.2022
	BG	11.08.2022
	NO	11.08.2022
	GR	12.08.2022
	IS	11.09.2022
	PT	12.09.2022
Former [2023/07]	AT	11.05.2022
	DK	11.05.2022
	ES	11.05.2022
	FI	11.05.2022
	HR	11.05.2022
	LT	11.05.2022
	LV	11.05.2022
	NL	11.05.2022
	PL	11.05.2022
	RS	11.05.2022
	SE	11.05.2022
	BG	11.08.2022
	NO	11.08.2022
	GR	12.08.2022
	IS	11.09.2022
	PT	12.09.2022
Former [2022/51]	AT	11.05.2022
	ES	11.05.2022
	FI	11.05.2022
	HR	11.05.2022
	LT	11.05.2022
	LV	11.05.2022
	NL	11.05.2022
	PL	11.05.2022
	RS	11.05.2022
	SE	11.05.2022
	BG	11.08.2022
	NO	11.08.2022
	GR	12.08.2022
	IS	11.09.2022
	PT	12.09.2022
Former [2022/50]	AT	11.05.2022
	ES	11.05.2022
	FI	11.05.2022
	HR	11.05.2022
	LT	11.05.2022
	LV	11.05.2022
	NL	11.05.2022
	PL	11.05.2022
	RS	11.05.2022
	SE	11.05.2022
	BG	11.08.2022
	NO	11.08.2022
	GR	12.08.2022
	PT	12.09.2022
Former [2022/49]	AT	11.05.2022
	ES	11.05.2022
	FI	11.05.2022
	HR	11.05.2022
	LT	11.05.2022
	LV	11.05.2022
	NL	11.05.2022
	SE	11.05.2022
	BG	11.08.2022
	NO	11.08.2022
	GR	12.08.2022
	PT	12.09.2022
Former [2022/48]	AT	11.05.2022
	ES	11.05.2022
	FI	11.05.2022
	LT	11.05.2022
	NL	11.05.2022
	SE	11.05.2022
	NO	11.08.2022
	PT	12.09.2022
Former [2022/47]	AT	11.05.2022
	ES	11.05.2022
	FI	11.05.2022
	LT	11.05.2022
	SE	11.05.2022
	NO	11.08.2022
	PT	12.09.2022
Documents cited:	Search	[A]US2007133110 (HUANG T C [TW]) [A] 1-15 * paragraphs [0018] , [0020] , [0021]; figure 4 *;
		[Y]JP2008122705 (MICRO UINTEKKU KK) [Y] 5,12 * figures 3,6 *;
		[A]US2008231975 (HOU JEN-CHIEH [TW], et al) [A] 1-15* paragraph [0036]; figures 3,4,6 *;
		[A]KR20100106011 (LG INNOTEK CO LTD [KR]) [A] 1-15 * Machine-translated document: [0005];; figures 1,2a,2b *;
		[XYI]US2011121666 (PARK SANGOK [KR], et al) [X] 1-4,6,9,10,13-15 * paragraphs [0047] , [0055] - [0057]; figures 1,2 * [Y] 5,12 [I] 7,8,11

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