EP3140188 - VERTICAL TAKEOFF AND LANDING (VTOL) UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE (UAV) [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 25.10.2019 Database last updated on 03.06.2024 | |
Former | The patent has been granted Status updated on 16.11.2018 | ||
Former | Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 11.07.2018 | ||
Former | Examination is in progress Status updated on 15.12.2017 | ||
Former | Request for examination was made Status updated on 10.02.2017 | ||
Former | The international publication has been made Status updated on 09.11.2016 | 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 Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation 2980 Fairview Park Drive Falls Church, VA 22042-4511 / US | [2017/11] | Inventor(s) | 01 /
CREASMAN, Son F. 629 Edgewater Drive San Marcos, California 92078 / US | [2017/11] | Representative(s) | Schmidt, Steffen J. Wuesthoff & Wuesthoff Patentanwälte und Rechtsanwalt PartG mbB Schweigerstrasse 2 81541 München / DE | [N/P] |
Former [2017/11] | Schmidt, Steffen J. Wuesthoff & Wuesthoff Patentanwälte PartG mbB Schweigerstrasse 2 81541 München / DE | Application number, filing date | 15784502.5 | 24.04.2015 | [2017/11] | WO2015US27565 | Priority number, date | US201461990416P | 08.05.2014 Original published format: US 201461990416 P | [2017/11] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A2 Application without search report | No.: | WO2016003530 | Date: | 07.01.2016 | Language: | EN | [2016/01] | Type: | A2 Application without search report | No.: | EP3140188 | Date: | 15.03.2017 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 07.01.2016 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [2017/11] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP3140188 | Date: | 19.12.2018 | Language: | EN | [2018/51] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | EP | 10.03.2016 | Classification | IPC: | B64C3/56, B64C25/04, B64C29/02, B64C3/54, B64C29/00 | [2017/11] | CPC: |
B64C3/546 (EP,US);
G05D1/102 (US);
B64C11/48 (US);
B64C25/04 (EP,US);
B64C29/02 (EP,US);
B64C3/56 (US);
B64C39/024 (US);
B64C9/00 (US);
B64F1/007 (US);
B64U30/12 (EP,US);
B64U30/20 (EP,US);
B64U60/70 (EP);
| 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 [2017/11] | Extension states | BA | Not yet paid | ME | Not yet paid | Validation states | MA | Not yet paid | Title | German: | UNBEMANNTES LUFTFAHRZEUG (UAV) MIT VERTIKALEM TAKEOFF UND LANDUNG (VTOL) | [2017/11] | English: | VERTICAL TAKEOFF AND LANDING (VTOL) UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE (UAV) | [2017/11] | French: | VÉHICULE AÉRIEN SANS PILOTE (UAV) DE TYPE À DÉCOLLAGE ET ATTERRISSAGE VERTICAUX (ADAV) | [2017/11] | Entry into regional phase | 18.10.2016 | National basic fee paid | 18.10.2016 | Designation fee(s) paid | 18.10.2016 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 18.10.2016 | Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description) | 18.10.2016 | Examination requested [2017/11] | 18.10.2016 | Date on which the examining division has become responsible | 21.12.2017 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 12.04.2018 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 12.07.2018 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 07.11.2018 | Fee for grant paid | 07.11.2018 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | 07.11.2018 | Receipt of the translation of the claim(s) | Opposition(s) | 20.09.2019 | No opposition filed within time limit [2019/48] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 21.04.2017 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 23.04.2018 | Renewal fee patent year 04 |
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