EP3120004 - ACTUATION ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF OPERATING AN ACTUATOR [Right-click to bookmark this link] | |||
Former [2017/04] | ACTUATION METHOD AND EFFICIENCY | ||
[2019/12] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 03.07.2020 Database last updated on 19.10.2024 | |
Former | The patent has been granted Status updated on 05.07.2019 | ||
Former | Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 06.03.2019 | ||
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Former | The international publication has been made Status updated on 04.11.2016 | 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 Eaton Corporation 1000 Eaton Boulevard Cleveland, OH 44122 / US | [2017/04] | Inventor(s) | 01 /
NYZEN, Robert 18982 Claridon Troy Road Hiram, OH 44234 / US | 02 /
CLEMENTS, Martin, A. 6581 Devonshire Drive North Royalton, OH 44133 / US | [2017/04] | Representative(s) | Schwan Schorer & Partner mbB Patentanwälte Bauerstraße 22 80796 München / DE | [N/P] |
Former [2017/04] | Schwan Schorer & Partner mbB Patentanwälte Bauerstrasse 22 80796 München / DE | Application number, filing date | 15802430.7 | 17.03.2015 | [2017/04] | WO2015US20897 | Priority number, date | US201461954484P | 17.03.2014 Original published format: US 201461954484 P | [2017/04] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A2 Application without search report | No.: | WO2015187230 | Date: | 10.12.2015 | Language: | EN | [2015/49] | Type: | A2 Application without search report | No.: | EP3120004 | Date: | 25.01.2017 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 10.12.2015 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [2017/04] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP3120004 | Date: | 07.08.2019 | Language: | EN | [2019/32] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | US | 07.04.2016 | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 10.11.2017 | Classification | IPC: | F02C7/232, F02C7/236, F04C14/02 | [2017/50] | CPC: |
F04C14/02 (EP,US);
F04D15/0005 (US);
B64D37/005 (US);
F02C7/236 (EP,US);
F04C2/084 (US);
F04D1/06 (US);
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Former IPC [2017/04] | F02C9/52, F02C9/38, F02C7/232 | 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 [2017/04] | Extension states | BA | Not yet paid | ME | Not yet paid | Validation states | MA | Not yet paid | Title | German: | BETÄTIGUNGSANORDNUNG UND VERFAHREN ZUM BETREIBEN EINER BETÄTIGUNGSANORDNUNG | [2019/12] | English: | ACTUATION ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF OPERATING AN ACTUATOR | [2019/12] | French: | ENSEMBLE D'ACTIONNEMENT ET PROCÉDÉ DE FONCTIONNEMENT D'UN ACTIONNEUR | [2019/12] |
Former [2017/04] | BETÄTIGUNGSVERFAHREN UND EFFIZIENZ | ||
Former [2017/04] | ACTUATION METHOD AND EFFICIENCY | ||
Former [2017/04] | PROCÉDÉ D'ACTIONNEMENT ET RENDEMENT | Entry into regional phase | 12.10.2016 | National basic fee paid | 12.10.2016 | Search fee paid | 12.10.2016 | Designation fee(s) paid | 12.10.2016 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 12.10.2016 | Examination requested [2017/04] | 12.10.2016 | Date on which the examining division has become responsible | 04.06.2018 | Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description) | 07.03.2019 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 27.06.2019 | Fee for grant paid | 27.06.2019 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | 27.06.2019 | Receipt of the translation of the claim(s) | Opposition(s) | 03.06.2020 | No opposition filed within time limit [2020/32] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 07.03.2017 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 23.03.2018 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 22.03.2019 | Renewal fee patent year 05 |
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