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EP About this file: EP3827961

EP3827961 - INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  14.04.2023
Database last updated on 02.09.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  06.05.2022
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  21.12.2021
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  30.04.2021
Most recent event   Tooltip14.06.2024Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): TR		published on 17.07.2024  [2024/29]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd.
1-1, Osaki 2-chome
Shinagawa-ku
Tokyo 141-6025 / JP
[2021/22]
Inventor(s)01 / ISHII, Tsutomu
c/o Chiba Works, Sumitomo Heavy Industries Ltd.
731-1, Naganumahara-cho, Inage-ku
Chiba-shi, Chiba, 263-0001 / JP
02 / KIMURA, Yuichi
c/o Chiba Works, Sumitomo Heavy Industries Ltd.
731-1, Naganumahara-cho, Inage-ku
Chiba-shi, Chiba, 263-0001 / JP
 [2021/22]
Representative(s)Louis Pöhlau Lohrentz
Patentanwälte
Postfach 30 55
90014 Nürnberg / DE
[2021/22]
Application number, filing date20210173.927.11.2020
[2021/22]
Priority number, dateJP2019021708529.11.2019         Original published format: JP 2019217085
[2021/22]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3827961
Date:02.06.2021
Language:EN
[2021/22]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3827961
Date:08.06.2022
Language:EN
[2022/23]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP22.03.2021
ClassificationIPC:B29C45/72, B29C45/06, B29C45/17, B29C45/78
[2021/22]
CPC:
B29C45/72 (EP); B29C45/1761 (EP,CN); B29C45/06 (EP);
B29C45/062 (EP); B29C45/78 (EP); B29C45/83 (CN);
B29C2045/1763 (EP); B29C2045/1767 (EP); B29C2945/7604 (EP);
B29C2945/7627 (EP); B29C2945/76531 (EP); B29C2945/76749 (EP);
B29C2945/76933 (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 [2021/22]
TitleGerman:SPRITZGIESSMASCHINE[2021/22]
English:INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE[2021/22]
French:MACHINE DE MOULAGE PAR INJECTION[2021/22]
Examination procedure27.11.2020Examination requested  [2021/22]
22.03.2021Date on which the examining division has become responsible
07.04.2021Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
03.08.2021Reply to a communication from the examining division
22.12.2021Communication of intention to grant the patent
27.04.2022Fee for grant paid
27.04.2022Fee for publishing/printing paid
27.04.2022Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)10.03.2023No opposition filed within time limit [2023/20]
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Documents cited:Search[X]JPH07195473  (FANUC LTD) [X] 1-4,7,12 * abstract *;
 [Y]US6024558  (LOOIJE PETER A [CA], et al) [Y] 8-11 * column 4, line 4 - column 5, line 23; figures 1-7 *;
 [X]JP2001030323  (NISSEI PLASTICS IND CO) [X] 1-4,12 * abstract *;
 [XY]US2011293773  (HEHL KARL [DE], et al) [X] 1-6 * paragraphs [0018] - [0024]; figures 1, 2 * [Y] 8-11;
 [X]WO2014117246  (HUSKY INJECTION MOLDING [CA]) [X] 1-4 * paragraphs [0049] - [0057] - [0 78]; figures 5, 6, 14A *;
 [XP]EP3639999  (SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES [JP]) [XP] 1-4* paragraphs [0068] - [0075]; figures 3, 4 *
by applicantJPS6457B
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