EP2858160 - Manifold for plural fuel cell stacks [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 27.03.2020 Database last updated on 19.10.2024 | |
Former | The patent has been granted Status updated on 19.04.2019 | ||
Former | Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 13.12.2018 | ||
Former | Examination is in progress Status updated on 27.04.2018 | Most recent event Tooltip | 01.07.2022 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): MK | published on 03.08.2022 [2022/31] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation Four Coliseum Centre 2730 West Tyvola Road Charlotte, NC 28217 / US | [2015/15] | Inventor(s) | 01 /
O'Neill, Jonathan Daniel 125F Cliffside Drive Manchester, CT Connecticut 06042 / US | 02 /
Brousseau, Guillaume Micheal Kurczko 74 Lebanon Hill Road Woodstock, CT Connecticut 06281 / US | [2015/15] | Representative(s) | Dehns 10 Old Bailey London EC4M 7NG / GB | [N/P] |
Former [2019/21] | Dehns St. Brides House 10 Salisbury Square London EC4Y 8JD / GB | ||
Former [2015/15] | Leckey, David Herbert Dehns St Bride's House 10 Salisbury Square London EC4Y 8JD / GB | Application number, filing date | 14187400.8 | 02.10.2014 | [2015/15] | Priority number, date | US201361886107P | 03.10.2013 Original published format: US 201361886107 P | US201414171797 | 04.02.2014 Original published format: US201414171797 | [2015/15] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP2858160 | Date: | 08.04.2015 | Language: | EN | [2015/15] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP2858160 | Date: | 22.05.2019 | Language: | EN | [2019/21] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 13.01.2015 | Classification | IPC: | H01M8/249, H01M8/241, H01M8/248, H01M8/04276, H01M8/2465, H01M8/0271, H01M8/2404, H01M8/2484, H01M8/0284, H01M8/0286 | [2018/49] | CPC: |
H01M8/0286 (EP,US);
H01M8/0271 (US);
H01M8/04276 (US);
H01M8/2404 (US);
H01M8/2465 (US);
H01M8/248 (EP,US);
H01M8/2484 (EP,US);
H01M8/249 (EP,US);
H01M8/0284 (EP,US);
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Former IPC [2015/15] | H01M8/24, H01M8/02 | Designated contracting states | AL, 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 [2015/46] |
Former [2015/15] | AL, 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 | Title | German: | Verteiler für mehrere Brennstoffzellenstapel | [2015/15] | English: | Manifold for plural fuel cell stacks | [2015/15] | French: | Collecteur destiné à plusieurs empilements de piles à combustible | [2015/15] | Examination procedure | 05.10.2015 | Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description) | 05.10.2015 | Examination requested [2015/46] | 03.05.2018 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M02) | 10.07.2018 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 14.12.2018 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 11.04.2019 | Fee for grant paid | 11.04.2019 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | 11.04.2019 | Receipt of the translation of the claim(s) | Opposition(s) | 25.02.2020 | No opposition filed within time limit [2020/18] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 25.10.2016 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 23.10.2017 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 26.10.2018 | Renewal fee patent year 05 |
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