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EP About this file: EP3712075

EP3712075 - LINE CAPTURE DEVICES FOR UNMANNED AIRCRAFT, AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  26.01.2024
Database last updated on 25.09.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  17.02.2023
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  03.10.2022
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  19.02.2021
FormerThe application has been published
Status updated on  21.08.2020
Most recent event   Tooltip02.08.2024Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): BE		published on 04.09.2024  [2024/36]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Insitu, Inc.
118 East Columbia River Way
Bingen, WA 98605 / US
[2020/39]
Inventor(s)01 / THOMASIAN, Craig Aram
c/o The Boeing Company
100 North Riverside Plaza
Chicago, IL 60606-2016 / US
02 / DICKSON, Matthew Robert
c/o The Boeing Company
100 North Riverside Plaza
Chicago, IL 60606-2016 / US
 [2020/39]
Representative(s)Boult Wade Tennant LLP
Salisbury Square House
8 Salisbury Square
London EC4Y 8AP / GB
[2020/39]
Application number, filing date20170621.527.09.2011
[2020/39]
Priority number, dateUS201038695610P27.09.2010         Original published format: US 38695610 P
[2020/39]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3712075
Date:23.09.2020
Language:EN
[2020/39]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3712075
Date:22.03.2023
Language:EN
[2023/12]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP21.08.2020
ClassificationIPC:B64F1/02
[2020/39]
CPC:
B64F1/029 (EP,US); B64U70/30 (EP,US); B64U80/84 (EP)
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 [2021/12]
Former [2020/39]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 
TitleGerman:LEITUNGSERFASSUNGSVORRICHTUNGEN FÜR EIN UNBEMANNTES LUFTFAHRZEUG SOWIE ENTSPRECHENDE SYSTEME UND VERFAHREN[2020/39]
English:LINE CAPTURE DEVICES FOR UNMANNED AIRCRAFT, AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS[2020/39]
French:DISPOSITIFS DE CAPTURE DE LIGNE POUR AÉRONEF SANS ÉQUIPAGE ET SYSTÈMES ET PROCÉDÉS ASSOCIÉS[2020/39]
Examination procedure11.02.2021Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
11.02.2021Examination requested  [2021/12]
11.02.2021Date on which the examining division has become responsible
04.10.2022Communication of intention to grant the patent
02.02.2023Fee for grant paid
02.02.2023Fee for publishing/printing paid
02.02.2023Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Parent application(s)   TooltipEP11831318.8  / EP2621810
Opposition(s)02.01.2024No opposition filed within time limit [2024/09]
Fees paidRenewal fee
21.04.2020Renewal fee patent year 03
21.04.2020Renewal fee patent year 04
21.04.2020Renewal fee patent year 05
21.04.2020Renewal fee patent year 06
21.04.2020Renewal fee patent year 07
21.04.2020Renewal fee patent year 08
21.04.2020Renewal fee patent year 09
28.09.2020Renewal fee patent year 10
27.09.2021Renewal fee patent year 11
27.09.2022Renewal fee patent year 12
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipAT22.03.2023
CZ22.03.2023
DK22.03.2023
EE22.03.2023
ES22.03.2023
FI22.03.2023
HR22.03.2023
IT22.03.2023
LT22.03.2023
LV22.03.2023
MC22.03.2023
NL22.03.2023
PL22.03.2023
RO22.03.2023
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SI22.03.2023
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SM22.03.2023
NO22.06.2023
GR23.06.2023
IS22.07.2023
PT24.07.2023
IE27.09.2023
LU27.09.2023
BE30.09.2023
CH30.09.2023
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 [YA]US6264140  (MCGEER BRIAN T [US], et al);
 [XY]US7059564  (DENNIS BRIAN D [US])
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