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EP3201454 - OPPOSED PISTON ENGINE WITH PISTONS HAVING CONICAL RECESSES THEREIN [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 15.01.2021 Database last updated on 24.07.2024
Former	The patent has been granted Status updated on 07.02.2020
Former	Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 22.10.2019
Former	Examination is in progress Status updated on 03.05.2019
Former	Request for examination was made Status updated on 07.07.2017
Former	The international publication has been made Status updated on 28.04.2017
Most recent event Tooltip	08.07.2022	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): MK	published on 10.08.2022 [2022/32]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Volvo Truck Corporation 405 08 Göteborg / SE
	[2020/11]
Former [2017/32]	For all designated states Volvo Truck Corporation 405 08 Göteborg / SE
Inventor(s)	01 / MORTON, Richard, Kellogg 12906 Fountain Head Road Hagerstown, MD 21742 / US
	02 / LI, Jian 13304 Keener Road Hagerstown, MD 21742 / US
	03 / BRANDT, Richard 6709 Congressional Terrace Fayetteville, PA 17222 / US
	[2017/32]
Representative(s)	Valea AB Box 1098 405 23 Göteborg / SE
	[2020/11]
Former [2017/32]	Volvo Technology Corporation Volvo Corporate Intellectual Property BF14100, M1.7 405 08 Göteborg / SE
Application number, filing date	14903198.1	29.09.2014
	[2017/32]
	WO2014US58105
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO2016053254
	Date:	07.04.2016
	Language:	EN
	[2016/14]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP3201454
	Date:	09.08.2017
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 07.04.2016 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2017/32]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP3201454
	Date:	11.03.2020
	Language:	EN
	[2020/11]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	US	07.04.2016
	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	23.05.2018
Classification	IPC:	F02B75/28, F01B7/02	[2018/25]
	CPC:	F02B75/28 (EP,US); F02B75/265 (US); F01B7/02 (EP,US); F02B23/0663 (EP,US); F02B75/24 (US); F02B75/287 (US); (+) F02B23/066 (EP,US); F02B75/16 (US); F02B75/26 (US); Y02T10/12 (EP,US) (-)
	Former IPC [2017/32]	F02B75/28
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 [2017/32]
Extension states	BA	Not yet paid
	ME	Not yet paid
Title	German:	GEGENKOLBENMOTOR MIT KOLBEN MIT KONISCHEN AUSSPARUNGEN DARIN	[2017/32]
	English:	OPPOSED PISTON ENGINE WITH PISTONS HAVING CONICAL RECESSES THEREIN	[2017/32]
	French:	MOTEUR À PISTONS OPPOSÉS COMPRENANT PISTONS DANS LESQUELS DES ÉVIDEMENTS CONIQUES SONT PRATIQUÉS	[2017/32]
Entry into regional phase	28.04.2017	National basic fee paid
	28.04.2017	Search fee paid
	28.04.2017	Designation fee(s) paid
	28.04.2017	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	28.04.2017	Examination requested [2017/32]
	28.04.2017	Date on which the examining division has become responsible
	15.11.2018	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	07.05.2019	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	09.09.2019	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	23.10.2019	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	31.01.2020	Fee for grant paid
	31.01.2020	Fee for publishing/printing paid
	31.01.2020	Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)	14.12.2020	No opposition filed within time limit [2021/07]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	28.04.2017	Renewal fee patent year 03
	19.09.2017	Renewal fee patent year 04
	22.09.2018	Renewal fee patent year 05
	18.09.2019	Renewal fee patent year 06
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	HU	29.09.2014
	AL	11.03.2020
	AT	11.03.2020
	CY	11.03.2020
	CZ	11.03.2020
	DK	11.03.2020
	EE	11.03.2020
	ES	11.03.2020
	FI	11.03.2020
	HR	11.03.2020
	IT	11.03.2020
	LT	11.03.2020
	LV	11.03.2020
	MC	11.03.2020
	MK	11.03.2020
	MT	11.03.2020
	NL	11.03.2020
	PL	11.03.2020
	RO	11.03.2020
	RS	11.03.2020
	SE	11.03.2020
	SI	11.03.2020
	SK	11.03.2020
	SM	11.03.2020
	TR	11.03.2020
	BG	11.06.2020
	NO	11.06.2020
	GR	12.06.2020
	IS	11.07.2020
	PT	05.08.2020
	GB	29.09.2020
	IE	29.09.2020
	LU	29.09.2020
	BE	30.09.2020
	CH	30.09.2020
	LI	30.09.2020
	[2022/31]
Former [2022/30]	HU	29.09.2014
	AL	11.03.2020
	AT	11.03.2020
	CY	11.03.2020
	CZ	11.03.2020
	DK	11.03.2020
	EE	11.03.2020
	ES	11.03.2020
	FI	11.03.2020
	HR	11.03.2020
	IT	11.03.2020
	LT	11.03.2020
	LV	11.03.2020
	MC	11.03.2020
	MT	11.03.2020
	NL	11.03.2020
	PL	11.03.2020
	RO	11.03.2020
	RS	11.03.2020
	SE	11.03.2020
	SI	11.03.2020
	SK	11.03.2020
	SM	11.03.2020
	TR	11.03.2020
	BG	11.06.2020
	NO	11.06.2020
	GR	12.06.2020
	IS	11.07.2020
	PT	05.08.2020
	GB	29.09.2020
	IE	29.09.2020
	LU	29.09.2020
	BE	30.09.2020
	CH	30.09.2020
	LI	30.09.2020
Former [2022/27]	HU	29.09.2014
	AT	11.03.2020
	CY	11.03.2020
	CZ	11.03.2020
	DK	11.03.2020
	EE	11.03.2020
	ES	11.03.2020
	FI	11.03.2020
	HR	11.03.2020
	IT	11.03.2020
	LT	11.03.2020
	LV	11.03.2020
	MC	11.03.2020
	MT	11.03.2020
	NL	11.03.2020
	PL	11.03.2020
	RO	11.03.2020
	RS	11.03.2020
	SE	11.03.2020
	SI	11.03.2020
	SK	11.03.2020
	SM	11.03.2020
	TR	11.03.2020
	BG	11.06.2020
	NO	11.06.2020
	GR	12.06.2020
	IS	11.07.2020
	PT	05.08.2020
	GB	29.09.2020
	IE	29.09.2020
	LU	29.09.2020
	BE	30.09.2020
	CH	30.09.2020
	LI	30.09.2020
Former [2021/38]	AT	11.03.2020
	CZ	11.03.2020
	DK	11.03.2020
	EE	11.03.2020
	ES	11.03.2020
	FI	11.03.2020
	HR	11.03.2020
	IT	11.03.2020
	LT	11.03.2020
	LV	11.03.2020
	MC	11.03.2020
	NL	11.03.2020
	PL	11.03.2020
	RO	11.03.2020
	RS	11.03.2020
	SE	11.03.2020
	SI	11.03.2020
	SK	11.03.2020
	SM	11.03.2020
	BG	11.06.2020
	NO	11.06.2020
	GR	12.06.2020
	IS	11.07.2020
	PT	05.08.2020
	GB	29.09.2020
	IE	29.09.2020
	LU	29.09.2020
	BE	30.09.2020
	CH	30.09.2020
	LI	30.09.2020
Former [2021/37]	AT	11.03.2020
	CZ	11.03.2020
	DK	11.03.2020
	EE	11.03.2020
	ES	11.03.2020
	FI	11.03.2020
	HR	11.03.2020
	IT	11.03.2020
	LT	11.03.2020
	LV	11.03.2020
	MC	11.03.2020
	NL	11.03.2020
	PL	11.03.2020
	RO	11.03.2020
	RS	11.03.2020
	SE	11.03.2020
	SI	11.03.2020
	SK	11.03.2020
	SM	11.03.2020
	BG	11.06.2020
	NO	11.06.2020
	GR	12.06.2020
	IS	11.07.2020
	PT	05.08.2020
	IE	29.09.2020
	LU	29.09.2020
	BE	30.09.2020
	CH	30.09.2020
	LI	30.09.2020
Former [2021/36]	AT	11.03.2020
	CZ	11.03.2020
	DK	11.03.2020
	EE	11.03.2020
	ES	11.03.2020
	FI	11.03.2020
	HR	11.03.2020
	IT	11.03.2020
	LT	11.03.2020
	LV	11.03.2020
	MC	11.03.2020
	NL	11.03.2020
	PL	11.03.2020
	RO	11.03.2020
	RS	11.03.2020
	SE	11.03.2020
	SI	11.03.2020
	SK	11.03.2020
	SM	11.03.2020
	BG	11.06.2020
	NO	11.06.2020
	GR	12.06.2020
	IS	11.07.2020
	PT	05.08.2020
	LU	29.09.2020
	BE	30.09.2020
Former [2021/27]	AT	11.03.2020
	CZ	11.03.2020
	DK	11.03.2020
	EE	11.03.2020
	ES	11.03.2020
	FI	11.03.2020
	HR	11.03.2020
	IT	11.03.2020
	LT	11.03.2020
	LV	11.03.2020
	MC	11.03.2020
	NL	11.03.2020
	PL	11.03.2020
	RO	11.03.2020
	RS	11.03.2020
	SE	11.03.2020
	SI	11.03.2020
	SK	11.03.2020
	SM	11.03.2020
	BG	11.06.2020
	NO	11.06.2020
	GR	12.06.2020
	IS	11.07.2020
	PT	05.08.2020
	LU	29.09.2020
Former [2021/23]	AT	11.03.2020
	CZ	11.03.2020
	DK	11.03.2020
	EE	11.03.2020
	ES	11.03.2020
	FI	11.03.2020
	HR	11.03.2020
	IT	11.03.2020
	LT	11.03.2020
	LV	11.03.2020
	MC	11.03.2020
	NL	11.03.2020
	PL	11.03.2020
	RO	11.03.2020
	RS	11.03.2020
	SE	11.03.2020
	SI	11.03.2020
	SK	11.03.2020
	SM	11.03.2020
	BG	11.06.2020
	NO	11.06.2020
	GR	12.06.2020
	IS	11.07.2020
	PT	05.08.2020
Former [2021/10]	AT	11.03.2020
	CZ	11.03.2020
	DK	11.03.2020
	EE	11.03.2020
	ES	11.03.2020
	FI	11.03.2020
	HR	11.03.2020
	IT	11.03.2020
	LT	11.03.2020
	LV	11.03.2020
	NL	11.03.2020
	PL	11.03.2020
	RO	11.03.2020
	RS	11.03.2020
	SE	11.03.2020
	SI	11.03.2020
	SK	11.03.2020
	SM	11.03.2020
	BG	11.06.2020
	NO	11.06.2020
	GR	12.06.2020
	IS	11.07.2020
	PT	05.08.2020
Former [2021/09]	AT	11.03.2020
	CZ	11.03.2020
	DK	11.03.2020
	EE	11.03.2020
	ES	11.03.2020
	FI	11.03.2020
	HR	11.03.2020
	IT	11.03.2020
	LT	11.03.2020
	LV	11.03.2020
	NL	11.03.2020
	RO	11.03.2020
	RS	11.03.2020
	SE	11.03.2020
	SK	11.03.2020
	SM	11.03.2020
	BG	11.06.2020
	NO	11.06.2020
	GR	12.06.2020
	IS	11.07.2020
	PT	05.08.2020
Former [2021/08]	CZ	11.03.2020
	DK	11.03.2020
	EE	11.03.2020
	ES	11.03.2020
	FI	11.03.2020
	HR	11.03.2020
	LT	11.03.2020
	LV	11.03.2020
	NL	11.03.2020
	RO	11.03.2020
	RS	11.03.2020
	SE	11.03.2020
	SK	11.03.2020
	SM	11.03.2020
	BG	11.06.2020
	NO	11.06.2020
	GR	12.06.2020
	IS	11.07.2020
	PT	05.08.2020
Former [2020/50]	CZ	11.03.2020
	EE	11.03.2020
	FI	11.03.2020
	HR	11.03.2020
	LT	11.03.2020
	LV	11.03.2020
	NL	11.03.2020
	RO	11.03.2020
	RS	11.03.2020
	SE	11.03.2020
	SK	11.03.2020
	SM	11.03.2020
	BG	11.06.2020
	NO	11.06.2020
	GR	12.06.2020
	IS	11.07.2020
	PT	05.08.2020
Former [2020/49]	CZ	11.03.2020
	FI	11.03.2020
	HR	11.03.2020
	LT	11.03.2020
	LV	11.03.2020
	NL	11.03.2020
	RO	11.03.2020
	RS	11.03.2020
	SE	11.03.2020
	SK	11.03.2020
	SM	11.03.2020
	BG	11.06.2020
	NO	11.06.2020
	GR	12.06.2020
	IS	11.07.2020
	PT	05.08.2020
Former [2020/48]	FI	11.03.2020
	HR	11.03.2020
	LT	11.03.2020
	LV	11.03.2020
	NL	11.03.2020
	RO	11.03.2020
	RS	11.03.2020
	SE	11.03.2020
	SM	11.03.2020
	BG	11.06.2020
	NO	11.06.2020
	GR	12.06.2020
	IS	11.07.2020
	PT	05.08.2020
Former [2020/47]	FI	11.03.2020
	HR	11.03.2020
	LT	11.03.2020
	LV	11.03.2020
	NL	11.03.2020
	RS	11.03.2020
	SE	11.03.2020
	BG	11.06.2020
	NO	11.06.2020
	GR	12.06.2020
	IS	11.07.2020
Former [2020/46]	FI	11.03.2020
	HR	11.03.2020
	LV	11.03.2020
	NL	11.03.2020
	RS	11.03.2020
	SE	11.03.2020
	BG	11.06.2020
	NO	11.06.2020
	GR	12.06.2020
	IS	11.07.2020
Former [2020/45]	FI	11.03.2020
	HR	11.03.2020
	LV	11.03.2020
	NL	11.03.2020
	RS	11.03.2020
	SE	11.03.2020
	BG	11.06.2020
	NO	11.06.2020
	GR	12.06.2020
Former [2020/39]	FI	11.03.2020
	HR	11.03.2020
	LV	11.03.2020
	RS	11.03.2020
	SE	11.03.2020
	BG	11.06.2020
	NO	11.06.2020
	GR	12.06.2020
Former [2020/38]	FI	11.03.2020
	HR	11.03.2020
	LV	11.03.2020
	RS	11.03.2020
	SE	11.03.2020
	NO	11.06.2020
	GR	12.06.2020
Former [2020/37]	FI	11.03.2020
	HR	11.03.2020
	LV	11.03.2020
	RS	11.03.2020
	SE	11.03.2020
	NO	11.06.2020
Former [2020/35]	FI	11.03.2020
	NO	11.06.2020
Documents cited:	Search	[Y]GB191309257 (AEG) [Y] 1-17* figure 3 *;
		[Y]WO2009061873 (TWO HEADS LLC [US], et al) [Y] 1-17 * figure 4 *;
		[Y]GB2493260 (ECOMOTORS INTERNAT INC [US]) [Y] 1-17 * figures 11,14,20 *
	International search	[YA]US1523453 (LANE SCOTT PHILIP) [Y] 1-3, 6-9, 11-14, 16-20 * , Fig. 1; col 2, In 80-88; col 3, In 4-16. * [A] 4-5, 10, 15;
		[Y]GB540658 (JOHN FRANCIS BUTLER, et al) [Y] 11-12 * , Fig. 1; col 2, In 95-100. *;
		[Y]GB771477 (HANS KRUG) [Y] 16-17 * , Fig. 1; col 4, In 115-122. *;
		[Y]US2007119412 (LEONE THOMAS G [US], et al) [Y] 18-20* , Fig. 2; para [0056], [0107]. *;
		[Y]US2013036999 (LEVY ROBERT [US], et al) [Y] 3 * , Fig. 6; para [0026]. *;
		[YA]US2013112175 (WAHL MICHAEL H [US], et al) [Y] 1-3, 6-9, 11-14, 16-20 * , Figs. 3, 5; para [0024], [0026]-[0028]. * [A] 4-5, 10, 15
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