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EP About this file: EP2886241

EP2886241 - WELDING SYSTEM AND WELDING METHOD [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  31.12.2021
Database last updated on 23.04.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  22.01.2021
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  22.09.2020
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  21.07.2017
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  09.12.2016
Most recent event   Tooltip23.06.2023Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): CY		published on 26.07.2023  [2023/30]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
1-1 Shibaura 1-chome Minato-ku
Tokyo 105-8001 / JP
[2015/26]
Inventor(s)01 / GOTO, Yu
c/o Intellectual Property Division
Toshiba Corporation
1-1 Shibaura 1-chome
Minato-ku
Tokyo 105-8001 / JP
02 / MAKINO, Yoshinobu
c/o Intellectual Property Division
Toshiba Corporation
1-1 Shibaura 1-chome
Minato-ku
Tokyo 105-8001 / JP
03 / MINEMURA, Toshiyuki
c/o Intellectual Property Division
Toshiba Corporation
1-1 Shibaura 1-chome
Minato-ku
Tokyo 105-8001 / JP
04 / KANAHARA, Toshio
37-3, Higashihara 3-chome
Asaminami-ku
Hiroshima-shi, Hiroshima 731-0112 / JP
05 / ARAKI, Shota
c/o Intellectual Property Division
Toshiba Corporation
1-1 Shibaura 1-chome
Minato-ku
Tokyo 105-8001 / JP
 [2015/44]
Former [2015/26]01 / GOTO, Yu
c/o Intellectual Property Division
Toshiba Corporation
1-1 Shibaura 1-chome
Minato-ku
Tokyo 105-8001 / JP
02 / MAKINO, Yoshinobu
c/o Intellectual Property Division
Toshiba Corporation
1-1 Shibaura 1-chome
Minato-ku
Tokyo 105-8001 / JP
03 / MINEMURA, Toshiyuki
c/o Intellectual Property Division
Toshiba Corporation
1-1 Shibaura 1-chome
Minato-ku
Tokyo 105-8001 / JP
04 / KANAHARA, Toshio
c/o TOSHIBA INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
4 Suehiro-cho 2-chome
Tsurumi-ku
Yokohama-shi Kanagawa 230-0045 / JP
05 / ARAKI, Shota
c/o Intellectual Property Division
Toshiba Corporation
1-1 Shibaura 1-chome
Minato-ku
Tokyo 105-8001 / JP
Representative(s)Henkel & Partner mbB
Patentanwaltskanzlei, Rechtsanwaltskanzlei
Maximiliansplatz 21
80333 München / DE
[2021/08]
Former [2015/26]Henkel, Breuer & Partner
Patentanwälte
Maximiliansplatz 21
80333 München / DE
Application number, filing date13831592.416.08.2013
[2021/08]
WO2013JP04872
Priority number, dateJP2012018181520.08.2012         Original published format: JP 2012181815
[2015/26]
Filing languageJA
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2014030325
Date:27.02.2014
Language:JA
[2014/09]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP2886241
Date:24.06.2015
Language:EN
[2015/26]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP2886241
Date:24.02.2021
Language:EN
[2021/08]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:JP27.02.2014
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP02.05.2016
ClassificationIPC:B23K26/20, B23K9/127, B23K9/16, B23K9/173, B23K26/073, B23K26/14, B23K33/00, B23K26/24, B23K9/02, B23K9/025
[2016/22]
CPC:
B23K9/16 (EP); B23K26/24 (EP); B23K26/26 (EP);
B23K26/348 (EP); B23K9/02 (EP); B23K9/025 (EP);
B23K9/173 (EP) (-)
Former IPC [2015/26]B23K26/20, B23K9/127, B23K9/16, B23K9/173, B23K26/073, B23K26/14, B23K33/00
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 [2015/26]
Extension statesBANot yet paid
MENot yet paid
TitleGerman:SCHWEISSSYSTEM UND SCHWEISSVERFAHREN[2015/26]
English:WELDING SYSTEM AND WELDING METHOD[2015/26]
French:SYSTÈME DE SOUDAGE ET PROCÉDÉ DE SOUDAGE[2015/26]
Entry into regional phase18.02.2015Translation filed 
18.02.2015National basic fee paid 
18.02.2015Search fee paid 
18.02.2015Designation fee(s) paid 
18.02.2015Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure18.02.2015Examination requested  [2015/26]
30.11.2016Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
25.07.2017Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
04.12.2017Reply to a communication from the examining division
08.04.2019Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
20.08.2019Reply to a communication from the examining division
02.01.2020Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
12.05.2020Reply to a communication from the examining division
23.09.2020Communication of intention to grant the patent
12.01.2021Fee for grant paid
12.01.2021Fee for publishing/printing paid
12.01.2021Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Divisional application(s)The date of the Examining Division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued is  25.07.2017
Opposition(s)25.11.2021No opposition filed within time limit [2022/05]
Fees paidRenewal fee
28.08.2015Renewal fee patent year 03
11.08.2016Renewal fee patent year 04
14.08.2017Renewal fee patent year 05
10.08.2018Renewal fee patent year 06
15.08.2019Renewal fee patent year 07
13.08.2020Renewal fee patent year 08
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipHU16.08.2013
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