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EP About this file: EP3730896

EP3730896 - MEASUREMENT METHOD [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  23.02.2024
Database last updated on 25.09.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  17.03.2023
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  07.12.2022
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  30.04.2021
FormerThe application has been published
Status updated on  28.09.2020
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
Renishaw PLC
New Mills
Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire GL12 8JR / GB
[2020/44]
Inventor(s)01 / Grzesiak, Jean-Louis
15 rue Albert Einstein
Champs sur Marne 77447 Marne la Vallée / FR
 [2020/44]
Representative(s)Rolfe, Edward William, et al
Patent Department Renishaw plc New Mills Wotton-under-Edge
Gloucestershire GL12 8JR / GB
[2020/44]
Application number, filing date20173553.729.10.2009
[2020/44]
Priority number, dateGB2008001982829.10.2008         Original published format: GB 0819828
GB2008001982629.10.2008         Original published format: GB 0819826
[2020/44]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3730896
Date:28.10.2020
Language:EN
[2020/44]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3730896
Date:19.04.2023
Language:EN
[2023/16]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP30.09.2020
ClassificationIPC:G01B5/008, G01B5/20, G01B21/04, G01B21/20, G01B5/00
[2022/51]
CPC:
G01B5/008 (EP,US); G01B21/04 (EP); G01B21/042 (US);
G01B21/20 (EP); G01B5/0032 (EP); G01B5/20 (EP,US)
Former IPC [2020/44]G01B5/008, G01B5/20, G01B21/04, G01B21/20
Designated contracting statesAT,   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,   SE,   SI,   SK,   SM,   TR [2021/22]
Former [2020/44]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,  SE,  SI,  SK,  SM,  TR 
TitleGerman:MESSVERFAHREN[2020/44]
English:MEASUREMENT METHOD[2020/44]
French:PROCÉDÉ DE MESURE[2020/44]
Examination procedure23.04.2021Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
23.04.2021Examination requested  [2021/22]
23.04.2021Date on which the examining division has become responsible
08.12.2022Communication of intention to grant the patent
09.03.2023Fee for grant paid
09.03.2023Fee for publishing/printing paid
09.03.2023Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Parent application(s)   TooltipEP09749174.0  / EP2364427
Opposition(s)22.01.2024No opposition filed within time limit [2024/13]
Fees paidRenewal fee
07.05.2020Renewal fee patent year 03
07.05.2020Renewal fee patent year 04
07.05.2020Renewal fee patent year 05
07.05.2020Renewal fee patent year 06
07.05.2020Renewal fee patent year 07
07.05.2020Renewal fee patent year 08
07.05.2020Renewal fee patent year 09
07.05.2020Renewal fee patent year 10
07.05.2020Renewal fee patent year 11
28.10.2020Renewal fee patent year 12
26.10.2021Renewal fee patent year 13
25.10.2022Renewal fee patent year 14
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipAT19.04.2023
CZ19.04.2023
DK19.04.2023
EE19.04.2023
ES19.04.2023
FI19.04.2023
HR19.04.2023
LT19.04.2023
LV19.04.2023
MC19.04.2023
NL19.04.2023
PL19.04.2023
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NO19.07.2023
GR20.07.2023
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PT21.08.2023
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DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00170-003-2040-0
by applicantGB1551218
 WO9007097
 EP0402440
 WO9520747
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