| EP3929104 - ACUPUNCTURE NEEDLE PACKAGING CONTAINER [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 09.05.2025 Database last updated on 08.04.2026 | |
| Former | The patent has been granted Status updated on 31.05.2024 | ||
| Former | Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 07.02.2024 | ||
| Former | Examination is in progress Status updated on 21.04.2023 | ||
| Former | Request for examination was made Status updated on 25.03.2022 | ||
| Former | The application has been published Status updated on 26.11.2021 | Most recent event Tooltip | 23.01.2026 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): IE State(s) deleted from list of lapses: CH | published on 25.02.2026 [2026/09] | 23.01.2026 | Change - lapse in a contracting state | published on 25.02.2026 [2026/09] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Seirin Corporation 147 Ouchi, Shimizu-ku Shizuoka-shi Shizuoka 424-0061 / JP | [2023/32] |
| Former [2021/52] | For all designated states Seirin Corporation 1007-1, Sodeshi-cho Shimizu-ku Shizuoka-shi, Shizuoka 424-0037 / JP | Inventor(s) | 01 /
NAKANO, Ryoichi Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka-shi Shizuoka, 424-0037 / JP | 02 /
KOBAYASHI, Takuya Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka-shi Shizuoka, 424-0037 / JP | 03 /
KANEKO, Yuya Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka-shi Shizuoka, 424-0037 / JP | [2021/52] | Representative(s) | SSM Sandmair Patentanwälte Rechtsanwalt Partnerschaft mbB Joseph-Wild-Straße 20 81829 München / DE | [2021/52] | Application number, filing date | 21154627.0 | 01.02.2021 | [2021/52] | Priority number, date | JP20200109048 | 24.06.2020 Original published format: JP 2020109048 | [2021/52] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP3929104 | Date: | 29.12.2021 | Language: | EN | [2021/52] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP3929104 | Date: | 03.07.2024 | Language: | EN | [2024/27] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 22.07.2021 | Classification | IPC: | B65D85/24, A61H39/08 | [2021/52] | CPC: |
B65D85/24 (EP,CN,US);
B65D25/02 (CN);
B65D81/02 (CN)
| 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 [2022/17]
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| Former [2021/52] | 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 | Title | German: | VERPACKUNGSBEHÄLTER FÜR AKUPUNKTURNADELN | [2021/52] | English: | ACUPUNCTURE NEEDLE PACKAGING CONTAINER | [2021/52] | French: | CONTENANT D'EMBALLAGE POUR AIGUILLE D'ACUPUNCTURE | [2021/52] | Examination procedure | 21.03.2022 | Examination requested [2022/17] | 21.03.2022 | Date on which the examining division has become responsible | 29.03.2022 | Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description) | 25.04.2023 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 25.08.2023 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 08.02.2024 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 27.05.2024 | Fee for grant paid | 27.05.2024 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | 27.05.2024 | Receipt of the translation of the claim(s) | Opposition(s) | 04.04.2025 | No opposition filed within time limit [2025/24] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 28.02.2023 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 26.02.2024 | Renewal fee patent year 04 |
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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 | 03.07.2024 | ES | 03.07.2024 | HR | 03.07.2024 | MC | 03.07.2024 | SK | 03.07.2024 | SM | 03.07.2024 | NO | 03.10.2024 | RS | 03.10.2024 | GR | 04.10.2024 | IS | 03.11.2024 | IE | 01.02.2025 | [2026/09] |
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| Former [2025/08] | NO | 03.10.2024 | |
| GR | 04.10.2024 | Documents cited: | Search | [Y] US4106621 (SORENSON JAMES L et al.) | [Y] GB1407399 (MORRALL LTD ABEL et al.) [Y] 1-6 * figures 1-8 * | [Y] JP4875157 [Y] 1-6 * figures 1,2 * | [Y] US2010089784 (KANDA ZENSHO et al.) * figures 1-12 * | by applicant | JP4875157 |