| EP4162174 - AN APPARATUS FOR ELIMINATING SLACK AND VIBRATIONS IN THE CHAIN OF A CHAIN DRIVE [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 28.11.2025 Database last updated on 11.04.2026 | |
| Former | The patent has been granted Status updated on 20.12.2024 | ||
| Former | Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 01.09.2024 | ||
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| Former | The international publication has been made Status updated on 17.12.2021 | Most recent event Tooltip | 28.11.2025 | No opposition filed within time limit | published on 31.12.2025 [2026/01] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Antony, Ashlyn Redlands Ashlyn Motors Plc 2/575, Madukkarai Road Malumichampatti, Coimbatore-Tamil Nadu 641050 / IN | [2023/15] | Inventor(s) | 01 /
PERINCHERY, Narayanankutty Pramod Thrissur District Kerala 680651 / IN | [2023/15] | Representative(s) | Dennemeyer & Associates S.A. Postfach 70 04 25 81304 München / DE | [2023/15] | Application number, filing date | 20940285.8 | 22.10.2020 | [2023/15] | WO2020IB59929 | Priority number, date | IN202041024165 | 09.06.2020 Original published format: IN202041024165 | [2023/15] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO2021250459 | Date: | 16.12.2021 | Language: | EN | [2021/50] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP4162174 | Date: | 12.04.2023 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 16.12.2021 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [2023/15] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP4162174 | Date: | 22.01.2025 | Language: | EN | [2025/04] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | IN | 16.12.2021 | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 29.02.2024 | Classification | IPC: | F16H7/08, F16H7/16, F16H7/06 | [2024/14] | CPC: |
F16H7/08 (EP,GB,US);
F16H7/1209 (CN);
F16H7/0834 (EP,US);
F16H57/0434 (CN);
F16H57/0489 (CN);
F16H57/05 (CN);
F16H7/06 (EP,US);
F16H7/16 (EP,GB);
F16H2007/0812 (EP,CN,US);
F16H2007/0859 (US);
F16H2007/087 (EP,CN,US);
F16H2007/0891 (EP,CN,US);
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| Former IPC [2023/15] | F16H7/08, F16H7/16 | 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 [2023/15]
| Extension states | BA | Not yet paid | ME | Not yet paid | Validation states | KH | Not yet paid | MA | Not yet paid | MD | Not yet paid | TN | Not yet paid | Title | German: | VORRICHTUNG ZUR BESEITIGUNG VON SPIEL UND SCHWINGUNGEN IN DER KETTE EINES KETTENANTRIEBS | [2023/15] | English: | AN APPARATUS FOR ELIMINATING SLACK AND VIBRATIONS IN THE CHAIN OF A CHAIN DRIVE | [2023/15] | French: | APPAREIL POUR ÉLIMINER LE MOU ET LES VIBRATIONS DE LA CHAÎNE D'UN ENTRAÎNEMENT À CHAÎNE | [2023/15] | Entry into regional phase | 30.12.2022 | National basic fee paid | 30.12.2022 | Search fee paid | 30.12.2022 | Designation fee(s) paid | 30.12.2022 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 30.12.2022 | Examination requested [2023/15] | 11.04.2024 | Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description) | 11.04.2024 | Date on which the examining division has become responsible | 02.09.2024 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 12.12.2024 | Fee for grant paid | 12.12.2024 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | 12.12.2024 | Receipt of the translation of the claim(s) | Opposition(s) | 23.10.2025 | No opposition filed within time limit [2026/01] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 30.12.2022 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 25.10.2023 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 25.10.2024 | Renewal fee patent year 05 |
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| Responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or quality of the data displayed under the link provided lies entirely with the Unified Patent Court. | Lapses during opposition Tooltip | CZ | 22.01.2025 | ES | 22.01.2025 | HR | 22.01.2025 | PL | 22.01.2025 | SK | 22.01.2025 | SM | 22.01.2025 | NO | 22.04.2025 | RS | 22.04.2025 | GR | 23.04.2025 | IS | 22.05.2025 | [2025/49] |
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| RS | 22.04.2025 | Documents cited: | Search | [A] US3647270 (ALTHAUS ERNST et al.) [A] 1-8 * figure 2 * | [A] FR985385 [A] 1-8 * the whole document * | [A] EP0063376 (NISSAN MOTOR et al.) [A] 1-8 * the whole document * | International search | [A] CN108223725 (玉环凯立汽车配件股份有限公司) [A] 1-8 * Para [0031]-[0033] as per English translation referred on Espacenet, Figure 1, 2 * | [A] CN209959815 (TIANJIN SHUNXIANG TECH DEVELOPMENT CO LTD et al.) [A] 1-8 * Para [0026] as per English translation referred on Espacenet, Figure 1 * | by applicant | US3647270 | FR985385 | EP0063376 | CN108223725 | CN209959815 |