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EP4085006 - FUEL TANK [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	Examination is in progress Status updated on 22.12.2023 Database last updated on 28.03.2026
Former	Request for examination was made Status updated on 07.10.2022
Former	The international publication has been made Status updated on 10.07.2021
Former	unknown Status updated on 22.12.2020
Most recent event Tooltip	18.12.2025	New entry: Renewal fee paid
Applicant(s)	For all designated states BAE SYSTEMS plc 6 Carlton Gardens London SW1Y 5AD / GB
	[2022/45]
Inventor(s)	01 / EARL, Simeon Jonathan BAE SYSTEMS Warton Aerodrome Warton Lancashire PR4 1AX / GB
	02 / GALLAGHER, Sean BAE SYSTEMS Warton Aerodrome Warton Lancashire PR4 1AX / GB
	03 / JONES, Christopher Charles Rawlinaon BAE SYSTEMS Warton Aerodrome Warton Lancashire PR4 1AX / GB
	[2022/45]
Representative(s)	BAE SYSTEMS plc Group IP Department Warwick House P.O. Box 87 Farnborough Aerospace Centre Farnborough Hampshire GU14 6YU / GB
	[2022/45]
Application number, filing date	20824321.2	10.12.2020
	[2022/45]
	WO2020GB53158
Priority number, date	EP20200275001	03.01.2020 Original published format: EP 20275001
	GB20200000055	03.01.2020 Original published format: GB 202000055
	[2022/45]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO2021136922
	Date:	08.07.2021
	Language:	EN
	[2021/27]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP4085006
	Date:	09.11.2022
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 08.07.2021 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2022/45]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	EP	08.07.2021
Classification	IPC:	B64D37/32, A62C3/04, A62C3/06, A62C3/08, B60K15/03, B60K15/077	[2022/45]
	CPC:	B64D37/32 (EP,US); A62C3/065 (EP,US); A62C3/08 (EP,US); B33Y80/00 (US); B60K15/03 (EP); B60K15/077 (EP); (+) B64D37/04 (US); B64D37/08 (US); B60K2015/03328 (EP); B60K2015/03375 (EP); B60K2015/03381 (EP) (-)
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 [2022/45]
Title	German:	KRAFTSTOFFTANK	[2022/45]
	English:	FUEL TANK	[2022/45]
	French:	RÉSERVOIR DE CARBURANT	[2022/45]
Entry into regional phase	24.06.2022	National basic fee paid
	24.06.2022	Designation fee(s) paid
	24.06.2022	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	24.06.2022	Examination requested [2022/45]
	24.06.2022	Date on which the examining division has become responsible
	01.02.2023	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	22.12.2023	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	18.03.2024	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	06.02.2025	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	08.05.2025	Reply to a communication from the examining division
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	20.12.2022	Renewal fee patent year 03
	19.12.2023	Renewal fee patent year 04
	19.12.2024	Renewal fee patent year 05
	17.12.2025	Renewal fee patent year 06
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Cited in	International search	[XI] US4141460 (STANISTREET HAROLD P et al.) [X] 1,2,4,9,13-15 * column 2, line 5 - line 23 *[I] 4,6-8,10-12
		[XI] EP2256067 (HUANG XIAODONG et al.) [X] 1-5,9,13,14 * paragraphs [0010] - [0012] - [0024] , [0030] , [0036] , [0039]; figures 1,11-13,18,21 *[I] 6-8,10-12
		[X] GB1341693 (SECR DEFENCE et al.) [X] 1,2,9,13,14 * page 1, line 77 - page 2, line 97; figure 1 *
		[X] GB1453836 (SECR DEFENCE et al.) [X] 1,2,4,5,9,11,13,15 * page 1, line 23 - page 3, line 4; claim 1 *
		[X] GB1380420 (SECR DEFENCE et al.) [X] 1,2,5,11,15 * figure 1 *
		[X] US2012273239 (BRENNAN SUSAN et al.) [X] 1,3,15 * figures 1,9 *
		[X] US4013190 (WIGGINS EDWIN W et al.) [X] 1,6,15 * figure 1.3.4 *
		[X] US3650431 (STEWART DAN F et al.) [X] 1,4,6 * figure 1 *
		[X] CA736802 (SZEGO JOSEPH et al.) [X] 1,7 * figures 1,2,5 *
		[X] GB531610 (WILLIAM HELMORE et al.) [X] 1,5,10 * page 1, line 40 - line 89; figure 1 *
		[X] CA705745 (NEMETH GYULA et al.) [X] 1,3,15 * figures 1,2,5,5,7,8 *
		[X] US2018297714 (WILLIAMS MICHAEL D et al.) [X] 1 * abstract; figures 1,7 *
		[X] CN108099589 (NO 62025 ARMY PEOPLES LIBERATION ARMY OF CHINA et al.) [X] 1-3,5,6,8-10,12-15 * abstract; figure 2 *
		[X] JPH07257493 (MITSUBISHI HEAVY IND LTD et al.) [X] 1-3,5,6,8,11,15 * abstract; figure 2 *
		[X] EP1413514 (BOEING CO et al.) [X] 1-3,5,6,8-15 * paragraph [0024]; figures 2,3 *
	Examination	EP2256067
		EP3120900

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