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EP2848094 - LIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS AND METHODS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  27.11.2020
Database last updated on 11.09.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  20.12.2019
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  11.12.2019
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  19.11.2019
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  08.07.2019
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  01.02.2019
Most recent event   Tooltip08.07.2022Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): MK		published on 10.08.2022  [2022/32]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Chen, Chia Ming
Apt. 307 14 Concord Avenue
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138 / US
[2015/12]
Inventor(s)01 / see applicant
...
 [2015/12]
Representative(s)Müller-Boré & Partner Patentanwälte PartG mbB
Friedenheimer Brücke 21
80639 München / DE
[2015/12]
Application number, filing date13787647.006.05.2013
[2020/04]
WO2013US39666
Priority number, dateUS201261643535P07.05.2012         Original published format: US 201261643535 P
US201261684336P17.08.2012         Original published format: US 201261684336 P
US201261696518P04.09.2012         Original published format: US 201261696518 P
US201361760966P05.02.2013         Original published format: US 201361760966 P
US20131382617714.03.2013         Original published format: US201313826177
[2015/12]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2013169635
Date:14.11.2013
Language:EN
[2013/46]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP2848094
Date:18.03.2015
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 14.11.2013 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2015/12]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP2848094
Date:22.01.2020
Language:EN
[2020/04]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:KR14.11.2013
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP18.11.2016
ClassificationIPC:H05B37/02, F21V14/00, G06K9/00, G06F3/01, H04B10/116, // H05B33/08
[2016/51]
CPC:
F21V14/06 (EP,CN,US); A63F13/213 (US); A63F13/428 (US);
F21V14/02 (EP,CN,US); F21V14/04 (EP,CN,US); F21V23/0471 (EP,CN,US);
F21V5/02 (EP,CN,US); F21V5/04 (EP,CN,US); G02B6/0096 (US);
G06F3/017 (EP,US); G06V40/28 (EP,US); H04B10/116 (US);
H04N23/11 (EP,CN,US); H04N23/56 (EP,US); H05B45/10 (EP,CN,US);
A63F2300/1093 (US); A63F2300/6045 (US); F21Y2115/10 (CN,US) (-)
Former IPC [2016/28]H05B37/02, F21V14/00, G06K9/00, // H05B33/08
Former IPC [2015/12]H05B37/02, F21V14/00, G06K9/00
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Extension statesBANot yet paid
MENot yet paid
TitleGerman:FAHRZEUGSTEUERUNGSSYSTEME UND -VERFAHREN[2015/12]
English:LIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS AND METHODS[2015/12]
French:SYSTÈMES ET PROCÉDÉS DE COMMANDE DE LUMIÈRE[2015/12]
Entry into regional phase13.11.2014National basic fee paid 
13.11.2014Search fee paid 
13.11.2014Designation fee(s) paid 
13.11.2014Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure13.11.2014Examination requested  [2015/12]
13.06.2017Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
05.02.2019Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M02)
21.03.2019Reply to a communication from the examining division
09.07.2019Communication of intention to grant the patent
12.11.2019Disapproval of the communication of intention to grant the patent by the applicant or resumption of examination proceedings by the EPO
14.11.2019Fee for grant paid
14.11.2019Fee for publishing/printing paid
11.12.2019Information about intention to grant a patent
11.12.2019Receipt 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  05.02.2019
Opposition(s)23.10.2020No opposition filed within time limit [2020/53]
Fees paidRenewal fee
28.05.2015Renewal fee patent year 03
30.05.2016Renewal fee patent year 04
30.05.2017Renewal fee patent year 05
29.05.2018Renewal fee patent year 06
28.05.2019Renewal fee patent year 07
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