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EP About this file: EP3040508

EP3040508 - Zone passage control in worksite [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  03.06.2022
Database last updated on 28.03.2026
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  25.06.2021
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  21.02.2021
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  07.09.2018
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  20.01.2017
Most recent event   Tooltip19.12.2025Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): TR		published on 21.01.2026  [2026/04]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Sandvik Mining and Construction Oy
Pihtisulunkatu 9
33330 Tampere / FI
[2016/27]
Inventor(s)01 / Ruokojärvi, Jarkko
Sandvik Mining and Construction Oy
Pihtisulunkatu 9
33330 TAMPERE / FI
02 / Lehtinen, Antti
Sandvik Mining and Construction Oy
Pihtisulunkatu 9
33330 TAMPERE / FI
03 / Kallio, Janne
Sandvik Mining and Construction Oy
Pihtisulunkatu 9
33330 TAMPERE / FI
 [2016/27]
Representative(s)Sandvik
Sandvik Intellectual Property AB
811 81 Sandviken / SE
[2021/30]
Application number, filing date14200373.029.12.2014
[2016/27]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3040508
Date:06.07.2016
Language:EN
[2016/27]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3040508
Date:28.07.2021
Language:EN
[2021/30]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP12.06.2015
ClassificationIPC:E21F17/18, F16P3/08
[2016/27]
CPC:
G05D1/0289 (EP); F16P3/08 (CN); G05D1/0246 (US);
E21F17/18 (EP,CN,US); F16P3/142 (EP,CN,US); G05D1/0287 (US)
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,   MK,   MT,   NL,   NO,   PL,   PT,   RO,   RS,   SE,   SI,   SK,   SM,   TR [2017/08]
Former [2016/27]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 
TitleGerman:Zonendurchgangskontrolle an Arbeitsplatz[2016/27]
English:Zone passage control in worksite[2016/27]
French:Contrôle de passage dans une zone de travail[2016/27]
Examination procedure29.12.2014Date on which the examining division has become responsible
30.12.2016Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
09.01.2017Examination requested  [2017/08]
11.09.2018Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
19.03.2019Reply to a communication from the examining division
19.06.2019Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
31.12.2019Reply to a communication from the examining division
19.01.2021Date of oral proceedings
11.02.2021Minutes of oral proceedings despatched
22.02.2021Communication of intention to grant the patent
18.06.2021Fee for grant paid
18.06.2021Fee for publishing/printing paid
18.06.2021Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)29.04.2022No opposition filed within time limit [2022/27]
Fees paidRenewal fee
02.01.2017Renewal fee patent year 03
02.01.2018Renewal fee patent year 04
02.01.2019Renewal fee patent year 05
02.01.2020Renewal fee patent year 06
11.01.2021Renewal fee patent year 07
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Documents cited:Search[XYI] US4722574  (BARHAM DEREK K et al.) [X] 1,2,5-9,12-14 * column 1, line 5 - line 23 * * column 1, line 58 - line 62 * * column 2, line 19 - line 66 * * column 4, line 1 - line 19 * * figures 1-4 *[Y] 4,11 [I] 3,10
 [YA] WO03091956  (HERMOS INFORMATIK GMBH et al.) [Y] 4,11 * abstract * * page 2, line 1 - page 3, line 23 *[A] 3,10
 [A] WO2011051558  (SANDVIK MINING & CONSTR OY et al.) [A] 1,2,6-9,13,14 * paragraph [0011] - paragraph [0025] * * paragraph [0033]; figure - *
 [A] WO2004088092  (SANDVIK TAMROCK OY et al.) [A] 1,3,6-8,10,13,14 * paragraph [0001] * * paragraph [0006] - paragraph [0007] * * paragraph [0014] - paragraph [0021] * * figure 1 *
 [A] EP2282106  (SICK AG et al.) [A] 1,2,6-9,13,14 * abstract * * paragraph [0022] - paragraph [0029] * * paragraph [0040] - paragraph [0045] * * figures 1,5,6 *
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