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EP2184595 - TREATING APPARATUS, CENTER-HOLE WORKING SYSTEM, CENTER-HOLE POSITION DECIDING PROGRAM, AND CENTER-HOLE POSITION DECIDING METHOD [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  04.05.2018
Database last updated on 11.09.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  26.05.2017
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  21.03.2017
Most recent event   Tooltip29.05.2020Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): PT		published on 01.07.2020  [2020/27]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Komatsu NTC Ltd.
100 Fukuno
Nanto-City
Toyama 959-1595 / JP
[N/P]
Former [2011/32]For all designated states
Komatsu NTC Ltd.
100 Fukuno Nanto-City
Toyama 959-1595 / JP
Former [2010/19]For all designated states
Komatsu Machinery Corp.
Jigata 5 Yookaichi-machi Komatsu-shi
Ishikawa 923-0868 / JP
Inventor(s)01 / YOSHIMOTO, Akihiro
c/o KOMATSU MACHINERY CORP.
Tsu 23
Futsu-machi
Komatsu-shi Ishikawa 923-0392 / JP
 [2017/26]
Former [2010/19]01 / YOSHIMOTO, Akihiro
c/o KOMATSU MACHINERY CORP. Tsu 23 Futsu-machi
Komatsu-shi Ishikawa 923-0392 / JP
Representative(s)Flügel Preissner Schober Seidel
Patentanwälte PartG mbB
Nymphenburger Strasse 20
80335 München / DE
[N/P]
Former [2017/26]Flügel Preissner Schober Seidel
Patentanwälte PartG mbB
Nymphenburger Strasse 20a
80335 München / DE
Former [2014/42]Flügel Preissner Kastel Schober
Patentanwälte PartG mbB
Nymphenburger Strasse 20a
80335 München / DE
Former [2010/19]Kastel, Stefan, et al
Flügel Preissner Kastel Schober Nymphenburger Strasse 20a
80335 München / DE
Application number, filing date08791385.122.07.2008
[2010/19]
WO2008JP63104
Priority number, dateJP2007020132301.08.2007         Original published format: JP 2007201323
[2010/19]
Filing languageJA
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2009016988
Date:05.02.2009
Language:JA
[2009/06]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP2184595
Date:12.05.2010
Language:EN
[2010/19]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP2184595
Date:28.06.2017
Language:EN
[2017/26]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:JP05.02.2009
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP24.06.2015
ClassificationIPC:G01M1/30, B23Q17/00
[2010/19]
CPC:
G01M1/24 (EP,US); G01M1/30 (KR); B23Q17/00 (KR);
G01B21/20 (KR)
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   BG,   CH,   CY,   CZ,   DE,   DK,   EE,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   GR,   HR,   HU,   IE,   IS,   IT,   LI,   LT,   LU,   LV,   MC,   MT,   NL,   NO,   PL,   PT,   RO,   SE,   SI,   SK,   TR [2017/26]
Former [2010/19]AT,  BE,  BG,  CH,  CY,  CZ,  DE,  DK,  EE,  ES,  FI,  FR,  GB,  GR,  HR,  HU,  IE,  IS,  IT,  LI,  LT,  LU,  LV,  MC,  MT,  NL,  NO,  PL,  PT,  RO,  SE,  SI,  SK,  TR 
TitleGerman:BEARBEITUNGSVORRICHTUNG, MITTELLOCHBEARBEITUNGSSYSTEM, PROGRAMM ZUR BESTIMMUNG EINER MITTELLOCHPOSITION UND VERFAHREN ZUR BESTIMMUNG EINER MITTELLOCHPOSITION[2010/19]
English:TREATING APPARATUS, CENTER-HOLE WORKING SYSTEM, CENTER-HOLE POSITION DECIDING PROGRAM, AND CENTER-HOLE POSITION DECIDING METHOD[2010/19]
French:APPAREIL DE TRAITEMENT, SYSTÈME D'USINAGE DE TROU CENTRAL, PROGRAMME DE DÉCISION DE LA POSITION DU TROU CENTRAL, ET PROCÉDÉ DE DÉCISION DE LA POSITION DU TROU CENTRAL[2010/19]
Entry into regional phase03.12.2009Translation filed 
22.12.2009National basic fee paid 
22.12.2009Search fee paid 
22.12.2009Designation fee(s) paid 
22.12.2009Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure22.12.2009Examination requested  [2010/19]
15.10.2015Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
22.03.2017Communication of intention to grant the patent
09.05.2017Fee for grant paid
09.05.2017Fee for publishing/printing paid
09.05.2017Receipt 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  22.03.2017
Opposition(s)29.03.2018No opposition filed within time limit [2018/23]
Fees paidRenewal fee
27.07.2010Renewal fee patent year 03
22.07.2011Renewal fee patent year 04
19.07.2012Renewal fee patent year 05
15.07.2013Renewal fee patent year 06
15.07.2014Renewal fee patent year 07
22.07.2015Renewal fee patent year 08
19.07.2016Renewal fee patent year 09
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipHU22.07.2008
AT28.06.2017
CY28.06.2017
CZ28.06.2017
DK28.06.2017
EE28.06.2017
FI28.06.2017
HR28.06.2017
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MC28.06.2017
NL28.06.2017
PL28.06.2017
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SK28.06.2017
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IE22.07.2017
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BE31.07.2017
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LI31.07.2017
BG28.09.2017
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NO28.09.2017
GR29.09.2017
IS28.10.2017
[2020/27]
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 [Y]JPH05172682  (AICHI STEEL WORKS LTD) [Y] 1-9 * abstract * * paragraphs [0015] , [ 0016] *
International search[YA]JPS5246740B  (Honda Engineering Co., Ltd.) [Y] 1, 2, 4-9 * , Column 6, line 4 to column 7, line 9 (Family: none) * [A] 3;
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