EP3722780 - PARTICLE SIZE MEASURING APPARATUS AND MEASURING METHOD [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 20.01.2023 Database last updated on 12.11.2024 | |
Former | The patent has been granted Status updated on 11.02.2022 | ||
Former | Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 11.10.2021 | ||
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Former | Request for examination was made Status updated on 11.09.2020 | Most recent event Tooltip | 27.09.2024 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): MT | published on 30.10.2024 [2024/44] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Hitachi, Ltd. 6-6, Marunouchi 1-chome Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 100-8280 / JP | [2020/42] | Inventor(s) | 01 /
MISAWA, Tomonari c/o Hitachi, Ltd., 6-6, Marunouchi 1-chome Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8280 / JP | [2020/42] | Representative(s) | Mewburn Ellis LLP Aurora Building Counterslip Bristol BS1 6BX / GB | [2022/11] |
Former [2020/42] | Mewburn Ellis LLP Aurora Building Counterslip Bristol BS1 6BX / GB | Application number, filing date | 20168854.6 | 08.04.2020 | [2020/42] | Priority number, date | JP20190074181 | 09.04.2019 Original published format: JP 2019074181 | JP20190203451 | 08.11.2019 Original published format: JP 2019203451 | [2020/42] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A2 Application without search report | No.: | EP3722780 | Date: | 14.10.2020 | Language: | EN | [2020/42] | Type: | A3 Search report | No.: | EP3722780 | Date: | 23.12.2020 | Language: | EN | [2020/52] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP3722780 | Date: | 16.03.2022 | Language: | EN | [2022/11] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 25.11.2020 | Classification | IPC: | G01N15/02, G01N15/14 | [2020/42] | CPC: |
G01N15/0211 (EP,CN,KR,US);
G01N15/0227 (EP,KR,US);
G01N15/10 (KR);
G01N15/1433 (EP);
G01N15/147 (EP);
G01N21/47 (KR);
G01N2015/0038 (EP);
G01N2015/0294 (US);
G01N2015/1029 (KR);
G01N2015/1493 (EP)
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Former [2020/42] | 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: | TEILCHENGRÖSSENMESSVORRICHTUNG UND -VERFAHREN | [2020/42] | English: | PARTICLE SIZE MEASURING APPARATUS AND MEASURING METHOD | [2020/42] | French: | APPAREIL DE MESURE DE LA TAILLE DE PARTICULES ET PROCÉDÉ DE MESURE | [2020/42] | Examination procedure | 08.04.2020 | Examination requested [2020/42] | 20.01.2021 | Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description) | 17.05.2021 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M03) | 05.07.2021 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 29.10.2021 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 04.02.2022 | Fee for grant paid | 04.02.2022 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | 04.02.2022 | Receipt of the translation of the claim(s) | Opposition(s) | 19.12.2022 | No opposition filed within time limit [2023/08] |
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