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EP3998509 - ADAPTER DEVICE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	The patent has been granted Status updated on 23.05.2025 Database last updated on 28.03.2026
Former	Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 23.04.2025
Former	Request for examination was made Status updated on 15.04.2022
Former	The international publication has been made Status updated on 20.08.2021
Most recent event Tooltip	06.02.2026	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): ES	published on 11.03.2026 [2026/11]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Leung, Yinling C16, 2/F, Por Mee Ind. Bldg. 500 Castle Peak Road Lai Chi Kok Kowloon, Hong Kong 999077 / HK
	[2022/19]
Inventor(s)	01 / LEUNG, Kwokfai C16, 2/F, Por Mee Ind. Bldg. 500 Castle Peak Road Lai Chi Kok, Kowloon Hong Kong 999077 / CN
	02 / LEUNG, Yinling C16, 2/F, Por Mee Ind. Bldg. 500 Castle Peak Road Lai Chi Kok, Kowloon Hong Kong 999077 / CN
	03 / RU, Weidong C16, 2/F, Por Mee Ind. Bldg. 500 Castle Peak Road Lai Chi Kok, Kowloon Hong Kong 999077 / CN
	[2022/19]
Representative(s)	Isern Patentes y Marcas S.L. Avda. Diagonal, 463 Bis, 2° 08036 Barcelona / ES
	[2022/19]
Application number, filing date	21753940.2	29.01.2021
	[2022/20]
	WO2021CN74317
Priority number, date	CN20201093868	14.02.2020 Original published format: CN202010093868
	[2022/19]
Filing language	ZH
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO2021159970
	Date:	19.08.2021
	Language:	ZH
	[2021/33]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP3998509
	Date:	18.05.2022
	Language:	EN
	[2022/20]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP3998509
	Date:	25.06.2025
	Language:	EN
	[2025/26]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	CN	19.08.2021
	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	27.06.2023
Classification	IPC:	G03B11/00, // G03B17/56, G03B17/14	[2023/30]
	CPC:	G03B17/14 (EP,CN,KR); G02B7/026 (US); G02B7/14 (US); G03B11/00 (EP); G03B17/566 (EP)
	Former IPC [2022/19]	G03B17/14
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 [2022/19]
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:	ADAPTERVORRICHTUNG	[2022/19]
	English:	ADAPTER DEVICE	[2022/19]
	French:	DISPOSITIF ADAPTATEUR	[2022/19]
Entry into regional phase	14.02.2022	Translation filed
	14.02.2022	National basic fee paid
	14.02.2022	Search fee paid
	14.02.2022	Designation fee(s) paid
	14.02.2022	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	14.02.2022	Examination requested [2022/20]
	08.11.2023	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	08.11.2023	Date on which the examining division has become responsible
	24.04.2025	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	16.05.2025	Fee for grant paid
	16.05.2025	Fee for publishing/printing paid
	16.05.2025	Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	18.11.2022	Renewal fee patent year 03
	09.11.2023	Renewal fee patent year 04
	20.01.2025	Renewal fee patent year 05
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	CZ	25.06.2025
	ES	25.06.2025
	HR	25.06.2025
	PL	25.06.2025
	SK	25.06.2025
	SM	25.06.2025
	NO	25.09.2025
	RS	25.09.2025
	GR	26.09.2025
	IS	25.10.2025
	[2026/11]
Former [2026/10]	CZ	25.06.2025
	HR	25.06.2025
	PL	25.06.2025
	SK	25.06.2025
	SM	25.06.2025
	NO	25.09.2025
	RS	25.09.2025
	GR	26.09.2025
	IS	25.10.2025
Former [2026/09]	CZ	25.06.2025
	HR	25.06.2025
	SM	25.06.2025
	NO	25.09.2025
	RS	25.09.2025
	GR	26.09.2025
	IS	25.10.2025
Former [2026/08]	HR	25.06.2025
	SM	25.06.2025
	NO	25.09.2025
	RS	25.09.2025
	GR	26.09.2025
	IS	25.10.2025
Former [2026/07]	HR	25.06.2025
	NO	25.09.2025
	RS	25.09.2025
	GR	26.09.2025
	IS	25.10.2025
Former [2025/48]	HR	25.06.2025
	NO	25.09.2025
	RS	25.09.2025
	GR	26.09.2025
Former [2025/47]	NO	25.09.2025
	GR	26.09.2025
Documents cited:	Search	[PX] CN111352286 (LIANG YANLING et al.) [PX] 1-11 * the whole document *
		[A] US10345682 (JAMISON JR RICHARD L et al.) [A] 1-11 * abstract; figures 3b, 9 *
		[A] CN110119015 (IRAY TECH CO LTD et al.) [A] 1-11 * abstract; figures 1-3 *
		[A] CN2742463 (ZHOU XIAOMING et al.) [A] 1-11 * abstract; figures 1-3 *
	International search	[PX] CN111352286 (LIANG YANLING et al.) [PX] 1-11 * claims 1-10, description paragraphs [0005]-[0060], figures 1-17 *
		[Y] CN2742463 (ZHOU XIAOMING et al.) [Y] 1-11 * description, page 1 line 17 - page 3 line 21, figures 1-5 *
		[Y] CN110119015 (IRAY TECH CO LTD et al.) [Y] 1-11 * description, paragraphs [0005]-[0036], and figures 1-3 *
		[A] CN105223672 (IRAY TECHNOLOGY CO LTD et al.) [A] 1-11 * entire document *
		[A] JP2015169750 (CANON KK et al.) [A] 1-11 * entire document *

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