EP2984341 - SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GROUND BASED INSPECTION OF WIND TURBINE BLADES [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 04.01.2019 Database last updated on 31.05.2024 | |
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Former | Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 20.09.2017 | Most recent event Tooltip | 10.07.2020 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): IS | published on 12.08.2020 [2020/33] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states General Electric Company 1 River Road Schenectady, NY 12345 / US | [2018/51] |
Former [2016/07] | For all designated states Digital Wind Systems, Inc. One Tower Bridge Suite 900 West Conshohocken, PA 19428 / US | Inventor(s) | 01 /
NEWMAN, John, W. 27 Paper Mill Road Newtown Square, PA 19073 / US | [2016/07] | Representative(s) | Brannen, Joseph Waclaw Global Patent Operation - Europe GE International Inc. The Ark 201 Talgarth Road Hammersmith London W6 8BJ / GB | [N/P] |
Former [2016/07] | de Jong, Jean Jacques, et al Omnipat 24, place des Martyrs de la Résistance 13100 Aix en Provence / FR | Application number, filing date | 14722894.4 | 17.03.2014 | [2016/07] | WO2014US30328 | Priority number, date | US201313839908 | 15.03.2013 Original published format: US201313839908 | [2016/07] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO2014145537 | Date: | 18.09.2014 | Language: | EN | [2014/38] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP2984341 | Date: | 17.02.2016 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 18.09.2014 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [2016/07] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP2984341 | Date: | 28.02.2018 | Language: | EN | [2018/09] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | EP | 18.09.2014 | Classification | IPC: | F03D13/00, G01N25/72 | [2016/07] | CPC: |
G06T7/0004 (EP,US);
F03D17/00 (EP,US);
G01N25/72 (EP,US);
G06T2207/10016 (EP,US);
G06T2207/10048 (EP,US);
G06T2207/30164 (EP,US);
| 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 [2016/07] | Extension states | BA | Not yet paid | ME | Not yet paid | Title | German: | SYSTEM UND VERFAHREN ZUR BODENGEBUNDENEN INSPEKTION VON WINDTURBINENSCHAUFELN | [2016/07] | English: | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GROUND BASED INSPECTION OF WIND TURBINE BLADES | [2016/07] | French: | SYSTÈME ET MÉTHODE D'INSPECTION BASÉE AU SOL DE PALES DE TURBINE ÉOLIENNE | [2016/07] | Entry into regional phase | 23.09.2015 | National basic fee paid | 23.09.2015 | Designation fee(s) paid | 23.09.2015 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 23.09.2015 | Examination requested [2016/07] | 14.04.2016 | Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description) | 21.09.2017 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 16.01.2018 | Fee for grant paid | 16.01.2018 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | 16.01.2018 | 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 21.09.2017 | Opposition(s) | 29.11.2018 | No opposition filed within time limit [2019/06] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 31.03.2016 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 30.05.2017 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | Penalty fee | Additional fee for renewal fee | 31.03.2017 | 04   M06   Fee paid on   30.05.2017 |
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