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Status updated on  04.07.2025
Database last updated on 28.03.2026
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  06.04.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip05.12.2025Change: Validation statespublished on 07.01.2026  [2026/02]
05.12.2025Change - extension statespublished on 07.01.2026  [2026/02]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Osaka Umeda Twin Towers South
1-13-1, Umeda
Kita-ku
Osaka-shi, Osaka 530-0001 / JP
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Inventor(s)01 / TOYOYAMA, Kiyotaka
Osaka-shi, Osaka 530-0001 / JP
02 / ORITANI, Yoshio
Osaka-shi, Osaka 530-0001 / JP
03 / OKUNO, Aya
Osaka-shi, Osaka 530-0001 / JP
04 / SAKAMAKI, Tomohiko
Osaka-shi, Osaka 530-0001 / JP
05 / SEKIYA, Masahito
Osaka-shi, Osaka 530-0001 / JP
06 / ODA, Takaya
Osaka-shi, Osaka 530-0001 / JP
07 / TSUTSUMI, Yoshihiro
Osaka-shi, Osaka 530-0001 / JP
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Representative(s)Hoffmann Eitle
Patent- und Rechtsanwälte PartmbB
Arabellastraße 30
81925 München / DE
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Application number, filing date23872248.225.09.2023
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WO2023JP34695
Priority number, dateJP2022015784030.09.2022         Original published format: JP 2022157840
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Filing languageJA
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2024071025
Date:04.04.2024
Language:JA
[2024/14]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP4597019
Date:06.08.2025
Language:EN
[2025/32]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:JP04.04.2024
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP26.11.2025
ClassificationIPC:F28F1/32, F24F1/0067
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CPC:
F28D1/05391 (EP); F28F1/24 (US); F24F1/0067 (EP);
F28D1/0435 (EP); F28F1/325 (EP); F28F17/005 (EP);
F28F3/08 (US); F25B13/00 (EP); F25B39/02 (EP);
F25B39/04 (EP); F28F21/084 (EP); F28F2215/04 (EP);
F28F2215/10 (US); F28F2215/12 (EP) (-)
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,   ME,   MK,   MT,   NL,   NO,   PL,   PT,   RO,   RS,   SE,   SI,   SK,   SM,   TR [2025/32]
TitleGerman:WÄRMETAUSCHER[2025/32]
English:HEAT EXCHANGER[2025/32]
French:ÉCHANGEUR DE CHALEUR[2025/32]
Entry into regional phase02.04.2025Translation filed 
02.04.2025National basic fee paid 
02.04.2025Search fee paid 
02.04.2025Designation fee(s) paid 
02.04.2025Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure02.04.2025Examination requested  [2025/32]
Fees paidRenewal fee
26.09.2025Renewal fee patent year 03
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