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EP1364928 - HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 23.08.2019 Database last updated on 03.10.2024
Former	The patent has been granted Status updated on 14.09.2018
Former	Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 11.09.2018
Former	Examination is in progress Status updated on 30.06.2018
Former	Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 20.02.2018
Most recent event Tooltip	21.02.2020	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state	published on 25.03.2020 [2020/13]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states NGK Insulators, Ltd. 2-56, Suda-cho, Mizuho-ku Nagoya-shi, Aichi 467-8530 / JP
	[2018/42]
Former [2003/48]	For all designated states NGK INSULATORS, LTD. 2-56, Suda-cho, Mizuho-ku Nagoya-shi Aichi 467-8530 / JP
Inventor(s)	01 / MORIMOTO, Kenji, @c/o NGK INSULATORS, LTD. 2-56, Suda-cho, Mizuho-ku Nagoya-shi, Aichi 467-8530 / JP
	02 / INOUE, Katsuhiro, @c/o NGK INSULATORS, LTD. 2-56, Suda-cho, Mizuho-ku Nagoya-shi, Aichi 467-8530 / JP
	03 / KAWASAKI, Shinji, @c/o NGK INSULATORS, LTD. 2-56, Suda-cho, Mizuho-ku Nagoya-shi, Aichi 467-8530 / JP
	04 / SAKAI, Hiroaki, @c/o NGK INSULATORS, LTD. 2-56, Suda-cho, Mizuho-ku Nagoya-shi, Aichi 467-8530 / JP
	[2018/42]
Former [2003/48]	01 / MORIMOTO, Kenji, c/o NGK INSULATORS, LTD. 2-56, Suda-cho, Mizuho-ku Nagoya-shi, Aichi 467-8530 / JP
	02 / INOUE, Katsuhiro, c/o NGK INSULATORS, LTD. 2-56, Suda-cho, Mizuho-ku Nagoya-shi, Aichi 467-8530 / JP
	03 / KAWASAKI, Shinji, c/o NGK INSULATORS, LTD. 2-56, Suda-cho, Mizuho-ku Nagoya-shi, Aichi 467-8530 / JP
	04 / SAKAI, Hiroaki, c/o NGK INSULATORS, LTD. 2-56, Suda-cho, Mizuho-ku Nagoya-shi, Aichi 467-8530 / JP
Representative(s)	Mewburn Ellis LLP Aurora Building Counterslip Bristol BS1 6BX / GB
	[N/P]
Former [2018/42]	Naylor, Matthew John, et al Mewburn Ellis LLP City Tower 40 Basinghall Street London EC2V 5DE / GB
Former [2003/48]	Paget, Hugh Charles Edward MEWBURN ELLIS York House 23 Kingsway London WC2B 6HP / GB
Application number, filing date	02700750.9	25.02.2002
	[2003/48]
	WO2002JP01672
Priority number, date	JP20010057608	02.03.2001 Original published format: JP 2001057608
	[2003/48]
Filing language	JA
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO02070433
	Date:	12.09.2002
	Language:	EN
	[2002/37]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP1364928
	Date:	26.11.2003
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 12.09.2002 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2003/48]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP1364928
	Date:	17.10.2018
	Language:	EN
	[2018/42]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	JP	12.09.2002
	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	15.03.2006
Classification	IPC:	C04B35/565, C04B35/195, B01J35/04, B01D39/20, B01D53/88, B01D53/94, B01J27/224, C04B35/63, C04B35/636, C04B35/638, C04B38/00, F01N3/28, F01N3/028, B01D46/24, F01N3/022	[2018/09]
	CPC:	F01N3/2828 (EP,US); B01D39/2075 (EP,US); B01D46/2418 (EP,US); B01D53/885 (EP,US); B01D53/94 (EP,US); B01J27/224 (EP,US); (+) C04B35/195 (EP,US); C04B35/565 (EP,US); C04B35/6316 (EP,US); C04B35/6365 (EP,US); C04B35/638 (EP,US); C04B38/0006 (EP,US); F01N3/0222 (EP,US); B01J35/56 (EP,US); C04B2235/3217 (EP,US); C04B2235/3427 (EP,US); C04B2235/3445 (EP,US); C04B2235/3463 (EP,US); C04B2235/349 (EP,US); C04B2235/3873 (EP,US); C04B2235/5436 (EP,US); C04B2235/5472 (EP,US); C04B2235/668 (EP,US); C04B2235/77 (EP,US); C04B2235/80 (EP,US); C04B2235/96 (EP,US); C04B2235/9607 (EP,US); C04B2235/9684 (EP,US); F01N2330/30 (EP,US); F01N2370/22 (EP,US); Y02A50/20 (EP,US); Y02T10/12 (EP,US); Y10T428/131 (EP,US); Y10T428/24149 (EP,US); Y10T428/24744 (EP,US); Y10T428/25 (EP,US); Y10T428/252 (EP,US) (-)
	C-Set:	C04B38/0006, C04B20/0076, C04B35/195, C04B35/565 (EP,US); C04B38/0006, C04B35/195, C04B35/565 (US,EP)
	Former IPC [2003/48]	C04B35/565, C04B35/195, B01J35/04, B01D39/20
Designated contracting states	BE, DE, FR [2018/42]
Former [2003/48]	AT, BE, CH, CY, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE, TR
Title	German:	WABENFÖRMIGE STRUKTUR	[2003/48]
	English:	HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE	[2003/48]
	French:	STRUCTURE EN NID D'ABEILLES	[2003/48]
Entry into regional phase	28.10.2002	Translation filed
	12.11.2002	National basic fee paid
	12.11.2002	Search fee paid
	12.11.2002	Designation fee(s) paid
	12.11.2002	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	12.11.2002	Examination requested [2003/48]
	29.12.2009	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	30.04.2010	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	10.04.2015	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	18.08.2015	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	21.02.2018	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	29.06.2018	Disapproval of the communication of intention to grant the patent by the applicant or resumption of examination proceedings by the EPO
	29.06.2018	Fee for grant paid
	29.06.2018	Fee for publishing/printing paid
	11.09.2018	Information about intention to grant a patent
	11.09.2018	Receipt 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 29.12.2009
Opposition(s)	18.07.2019	No opposition filed within time limit [2019/39]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	24.02.2004	Renewal fee patent year 03
	23.02.2005	Renewal fee patent year 04
	22.02.2006	Renewal fee patent year 05
	22.02.2007	Renewal fee patent year 06
	22.02.2008	Renewal fee patent year 07
	17.03.2008	Renewal fee patent year 08
	23.02.2010	Renewal fee patent year 09
	21.02.2011	Renewal fee patent year 10
	20.02.2012	Renewal fee patent year 11
	20.02.2013	Renewal fee patent year 12
	24.02.2014	Renewal fee patent year 13
	24.02.2015	Renewal fee patent year 14
	24.02.2016	Renewal fee patent year 15
	27.01.2017	Renewal fee patent year 16
	13.02.2018	Renewal fee patent year 17
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	BE	28.02.2019
	FR	28.02.2019
	[2020/12]
Documents cited:	Search	[A]US1978691 (PHELPS STUART M) [A] 1 * the whole document *;
		[A]US4976760 (HELFERICH RICHARD L [US], et al) [A] 1 * example 6 *;
		[A]EP1070687 (INST FRANCAIS DU PETROLE [FR], et al) [A] 1-3 * abstract * * paragraphs [0010] - [0015] - [0024] *;
		[E]WO03051488 (CORNING INC [US]) [E] 1 * abstract * * paragraphs [0006] - [0010] - [0016] - [0020] - [0022] , [0023] , [0025] * * table II *;
		[E]EP1375454 (NGK INSULATORS LTD [JP]) [E] 1 * example 5; table 1 ** paragraph [0075] *
	International search	[Y]JPS60186462 (NGK INSULATORS LTD);
		[X]JPH05213665 (ASAHI GLASS CO LTD);
		[Y]JPH09183658 (TOSHIBA CERAMICS CO)

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