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EP About this file: EP3059042

EP3059042 - LASER WELDING METHOD AND LASER WELDING DEVICE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Former [2016/34]LASER WELDING METHOD, LASER WELDING DEVICE, AND CYLINDRICAL BODY
[2022/22]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  01.09.2023
Database last updated on 19.07.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  23.09.2022
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  12.06.2022
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  05.07.2019
Most recent event   Tooltip14.06.2024Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): MC		published on 17.07.2024  [2024/29]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
16-5, Konan 2-chome Minato-ku
Tokyo 108-8215 / JP
[2016/34]
Inventor(s)01 / KAMITANI, Keisuke
c/o MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
16-5 Konan 2-chome
Minato-ku
Tokyo 108-8215 / JP
02 / TSUBOTA, Shuho
c/o MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
16-5 Konan 2-chome
Minato-ku
Tokyo 108-8215 / JP
03 / AOYAMA, Takafumi
c/o MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
16-5 Konan 2-chome
Minato-ku
Tokyo 108-8215 / JP
04 / FUJIYA, Yasuyuki
c/o MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
16-5 Konan 2-chome
Minato-ku
Tokyo 108-8215 / JP
 [2022/27]
Former [2016/34]01 / KAMITANI, Keisuke
c/o MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD.
16-5 Konan 2-chome
Minato-ku
Tokyo 108-8215 / JP
02 / TSUBOTA, Shuho
c/o MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD.
16-5 Konan 2-chome
Minato-ku
Tokyo 108-8215 / JP
03 / AOYAMA, Takafumi
c/o MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD.
16-5 Konan 2-chome
Minato-ku
Tokyo 108-8215 / JP
04 / FUJIYA, Yasuyuki
c/o MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD.
16-5 Konan 2-chome
Minato-ku
Tokyo 108-8215 / JP
Representative(s)Cabinet Beau de Loménie
158, rue de l'Université
75340 Paris Cedex 07 / FR
[2022/43]
Former [2016/34]Intès, Didier Gérard André, et al
Cabinet Beau de Loménie
158, rue de l'Université
75340 Paris Cedex 07 / FR
Application number, filing date14853681.629.01.2014
[2016/34]
WO2014JP51968
Priority number, dateJP2013021506315.10.2013         Original published format: JP 2013215063
[2016/34]
Filing languageJA
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2015056453
Date:23.04.2015
Language:JA
[2015/16]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3059042
Date:24.08.2016
Language:EN
[2016/34]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3059042
Date:26.10.2022
Language:EN
[2022/43]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:JP23.04.2015
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP11.04.2017
ClassificationIPC:B23K26/282, B23K26/352, C21D9/50, B23K26/08, B23K37/053, // B23K101/06
[2017/19]
CPC:
B23K26/282 (EP,US); B23K26/062 (US); B23K26/0823 (EP,US);
B23K26/352 (EP,US); B23K26/702 (US); B23K33/006 (US);
B23K37/0538 (EP,US); C21D9/08 (EP,US); C21D9/50 (EP,US);
F16L9/02 (US); B23K2101/06 (EP,US) (-)
Former IPC [2016/34]B23K26/21
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 [2016/34]
Extension statesBANot yet paid
MENot yet paid
TitleGerman:LASERSCHWEISSVERFAHREN UND LASERSCHWEISSVORRICHTUNG[2022/22]
English:LASER WELDING METHOD AND LASER WELDING DEVICE[2022/22]
French:PROCÉDÉ DE SOUDAGE AU LASER ET DISPOSITIF DE SOUDAGE AU LASER[2022/22]
Former [2016/34]LASERSCHWEISSVERFAHREN, LASERSCHWEISSVORRICHTUNG UND ZYLINDRISCHER KÖRPER
Former [2016/34]LASER WELDING METHOD, LASER WELDING DEVICE, AND CYLINDRICAL BODY
Former [2016/34]PROCÉDÉ DE SOUDAGE AU LASER, DISPOSITIF DE SOUDAGE AU LASER, ET CORPS CYLINDRIQUE
Entry into regional phase17.03.2016Translation filed 
17.03.2016National basic fee paid 
17.03.2016Search fee paid 
17.03.2016Designation fee(s) paid 
17.03.2016Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure17.03.2016Examination requested  [2016/34]
02.11.2017Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
10.07.2019Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
23.10.2019Reply to a communication from the examining division
13.06.2022Communication of intention to grant the patent
19.09.2022Fee for grant paid
19.09.2022Fee for publishing/printing paid
19.09.2022Receipt 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  10.07.2019
Opposition(s)27.07.2023No opposition filed within time limit [2023/40]
Fees paidRenewal fee
17.03.2016Renewal fee patent year 03
02.12.2016Renewal fee patent year 04
13.12.2017Renewal fee patent year 05
05.12.2018Renewal fee patent year 06
19.12.2019Renewal fee patent year 07
07.12.2020Renewal fee patent year 08
02.12.2021Renewal fee patent year 09
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Documents cited:Search[Y]US2004188394  (BECKER WOLFGANG [DE], et al) [Y] 1-12* paragraphs [0007] , [0014] - [0018] - [0 28] *;
 [Y]US2012061357  (RAMSAYER REINER [DE], et al) [Y] 1-12 * paragraphs [0008] , [0009] , [0013] , [0014] , [0015] , [0025] - [0028] - [0035] , [0037]; figures 3,4A; claims 1-19 *
International search[Y]JPH03285786  (TOSHIBA CORP);
 [Y]JPH10272586  (NIPPON STEEL CORP);
 [Y]US2012061357  (RAMSAYER REINER [DE], et al)
by applicantJPH09216057
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