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EP About this file: EP4009498

EP4009498 - ROTARY ACTUATOR [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  06.05.2022
Database last updated on 02.09.2024
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  12.02.2021
Most recent event   Tooltip22.07.2024New entry: Renewal fee paid 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Harmonic Drive Systems Inc.
25-3, Minamioi 6-chome Shinagawa-ku
Tokyo 140-0013 / JP
[2022/23]
Inventor(s)01 / TAKEDA Toru
c/o HARMONIC DRIVE SYSTEMS INC., Hotaka-kojo,
1856-1, Hotakamaki
Azumino-shi, Nagano 399-8305 / JP
 [2022/23]
Representative(s)Schmitt-Nilson Schraud Waibel Wohlfrom Patentanwälte Partnerschaft mbB
Pelkovenstraße 143
80992 München / DE
[2022/23]
Application number, filing date20850108.027.07.2020
[2022/23]
WO2020JP28629
Priority number, dateWO2019JP3043602.08.2019         Original published format: PCT/JP2019/030436
[2022/23]
Filing languageJA
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2021024825
Date:11.02.2021
Language:JA
[2021/06]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP4009498
Date:08.06.2022
Language:EN
[2022/23]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:JP11.02.2021
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP12.07.2023
ClassificationIPC:H02K7/116, H02K3/26, H02K16/00, F16H49/00, H02K21/24, // F16H57/02, F16H57/021
[2023/32]
CPC:
H02K7/116 (EP,CN,KR,US); H02K3/522 (CN); F16H35/00 (KR);
F16H49/001 (EP,KR,US); F16H57/021 (EP,KR); F16H57/023 (KR);
H02K1/27 (KR); H02K1/2793 (CN); H02K11/21 (CN);
H02K16/00 (EP); H02K21/24 (EP,US); H02K3/26 (EP,KR,US);
H02K3/34 (KR); H02K3/345 (CN); H02K5/04 (KR);
H02K7/003 (KR); H02K7/083 (KR,US); F16H2035/003 (KR);
F16H2057/02034 (EP); H02K2203/03 (US); H02K2213/12 (EP) (-)
Former IPC [2022/23]H02K7/116, H02K3/26
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 [2022/23]
TitleGerman:DREHSTELLANTRIEB[2022/23]
English:ROTARY ACTUATOR[2022/23]
French:ACTIONNEUR ROTATIF[2022/23]
Entry into regional phase18.02.2022Translation filed 
18.02.2022National basic fee paid 
18.02.2022Search fee paid 
18.02.2022Designation fee(s) paid 
18.02.2022Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure18.02.2022Examination requested  [2022/23]
31.01.2024Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
31.01.2024Date on which the examining division has become responsible
Fees paidRenewal fee
29.07.2022Renewal fee patent year 03
26.07.2023Renewal fee patent year 04
22.07.2024Renewal fee patent year 05
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Documents cited:Search[A]JPS60144769U  (YASKAWA ELECTRIC CO LTD) [A] 4 * figure 3 *;
 [A]JPH06791  (TOKICO LTD) [A] 4 * figure 1 *;
 [A]EP0696242  (BROOKS AUTOMATION INC [US]) [A] 4 * figure 2 *;
 [YA]DE112009000487T  (HARMONIC DRIVE SYSTEMS [JP]) [Y] 2,3 * paragraph [0022]; figure 2 *[A] 5;
 [XY]US2012187787  (SAITO YUTAKA [JP]) [X] 1 * paragraphs [0035] , [0053] , [0060]; figures 1,4 * [Y] 2,3;
 [I]JP2014011931  (SEIKO EPSON CORP) [I] 1-3 * paragraphs [0127] , [0131]; figures 15,16,17,24 *;
 [I]WO2018008692  (NIDEC SHIMPO CORP [JP], et al) [I] 1-3 * figures 1-4 *
International search[Y]JPS498567B  (NIPPONDENSO CO., LTD.) [Y] 2-5 * column 2, line 22 to column 4, line 43, fig. 1 *;
 [Y]JPS60144769U  (YASKAWA ELECTRIC MFG. CO., LTD.) [Y] 4-5 * fig. 3 *;
 [Y]JPH06791  (TOKICO LTD) [Y] 4-5 * fig. 1 *;
 [A]US2004100155  (SESSELMANN HELMUT [DE], et al) [A] 1-5 * paragraphs [0001]-[0094], fig. 1-11 *;
 [Y]WO2010089796  (HARMONIC DRIVE SYSTEMS [JP], et al) [Y] 5 * paragraphs [0014]-[0024], fig. 1-2 *;
 [XY]JP2012157087  (NIDEC SANKYO CORP) [X] 1 * paragraphs [0021]-[0084], fig. 1-6 * [Y] 2-5;
 [Y]JP2014011931  (SEIKO EPSON CORP) [Y] 2-5 * paragraphs [0101]-[0111], [0127]-[0131], fig. 15-17, 24 *;
 [PA]WO2020050242  (NIDEC SHIMPO CORP [JP], et al) [PA] 1-5* fig. 1-4 *
by applicantJP2001304382
 WO2010089796
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