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EP About this file: EP3206246

EP3206246 - ELECTROLYTE FILM FOR FUEL CELL [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  09.10.2020
Database last updated on 05.10.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  01.11.2019
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  14.07.2019
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  14.07.2017
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  04.04.2017
Most recent event   Tooltip08.07.2022Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): MK		published on 10.08.2022  [2022/32]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
W.L. Gore & Associates, Co., Ltd.
1-8-15 Konan
Minato-ku
Tokyo 108-0075 / JP
[2019/49]
Former [2017/33]For all designated states
W.L. Gore & Associates, Co., Ltd.
1-8-15 Konan
Minato-ku
Tokyo 108-0075 / JP
Inventor(s)01 / MARUYAMA, Masashi
c/o W. L. Gore & Associates Co. Ltd.
1-8-15 Konan
Minato-ku
Tokyo 108-0075 / JP
02 / YANO, Yoshikazu
c/o W. L. Gore & Associates Co. Ltd.
1-8-15 Konan
Minato-ku
Tokyo 108-0075 / JP
03 / SUZUKI, Takeyuki
c/o W. L. Gore & Associates Co. Ltd.
1-8-15 Konan
Minato-ku
Tokyo 108-0075 / JP
04 / TAKANE, Tomoyuki
c/o W. L. Gore & Associates Co. Ltd.
1-8-15 Konan
Minato-ku
Tokyo 108-0075 / JP
 [2017/33]
Representative(s)HGF
HGF Limited
1 City Walk
Leeds LS11 9DX / GB
[N/P]
Former [2019/49]HGF Limited
1 City Walk
Leeds LS11 9DX / GB
Former [2017/33]Schmitt-Nilson Schraud Waibel Wohlfrom Patentanwälte Partnerschaft mbB
Destouchesstraße 68
80796 München / DE
Application number, filing date15848372.729.09.2015
[2017/33]
WO2015JP77550
Priority number, dateJP2014020938410.10.2014         Original published format: JP 2014209384
[2017/33]
Filing languageJA
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2016056430
Date:14.04.2016
Language:JA
[2016/15]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3206246
Date:16.08.2017
Language:EN
[2017/33]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3206246
Date:04.12.2019
Language:EN
[2019/49]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:JP14.04.2016
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP07.02.2018
ClassificationIPC:H01M8/02, H01M8/10, H01M8/103, H01M8/1044, H01M8/1051, H01M8/106, H01M8/1062, H01M8/1067, C01G55/00, C08F14/26, H01M8/1018, H01M8/1039, H01M8/1081
[2018/10]
CPC:
H01M8/1039 (EP,US); H01M8/1044 (EP,KR,US); C08F14/26 (US);
H01M8/103 (EP,KR,US); H01M8/1051 (EP,KR,US); H01M8/1058 (KR);
H01M8/106 (EP,US); H01M8/1067 (EP,US); H01M8/1079 (US);
C01G55/00 (US); C08F2500/21 (US); H01M2008/1095 (EP,KR,US);
H01M8/1081 (EP,US); Y02E60/50 (EP,KR); Y02P70/50 (EP,US) (-)
Former IPC [2017/33]H01M8/02, H01M8/10
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 [2017/33]
Extension statesBANot yet paid
MENot yet paid
Validation statesMANot yet paid
TitleGerman:ELEKTROLYTFILM FÜR BRENNSTOFFZELLE[2017/33]
English:ELECTROLYTE FILM FOR FUEL CELL[2017/33]
French:FILM ÉLECTROLYTIQUE POUR PILE À COMBUSTIBLE[2017/33]
Entry into regional phase04.04.2017Translation filed 
04.04.2017National basic fee paid 
04.04.2017Search fee paid 
04.04.2017Designation fee(s) paid 
04.04.2017Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure04.04.2017Examination requested  [2017/33]
04.04.2017Date on which the examining division has become responsible
23.08.2018Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
15.07.2019Communication of intention to grant the patent
24.10.2019Fee for grant paid
24.10.2019Fee for publishing/printing paid
24.10.2019Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)07.09.2020No opposition filed within time limit [2020/46]
Fees paidRenewal fee
22.09.2017Renewal fee patent year 03
21.09.2018Renewal fee patent year 04
19.09.2019Renewal fee patent year 05
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipHU29.09.2015
AL04.12.2019
AT04.12.2019
CY04.12.2019
CZ04.12.2019
DK04.12.2019
EE04.12.2019
ES04.12.2019
FI04.12.2019
HR04.12.2019
IT04.12.2019
LT04.12.2019
LV04.12.2019
MC04.12.2019
MK04.12.2019
MT04.12.2019
NL04.12.2019
PL04.12.2019
RO04.12.2019
RS04.12.2019
SE04.12.2019
SI04.12.2019
SK04.12.2019
SM04.12.2019
TR04.12.2019
BG04.03.2020
NO04.03.2020
GR05.03.2020
IS04.04.2020
PT29.04.2020
[2022/32]
Former [2022/28]HU29.09.2015
AL04.12.2019
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CZ04.12.2019
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SM04.12.2019
TR04.12.2019
BG04.03.2020
NO04.03.2020
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PT29.04.2020
Former [2022/27]HU29.09.2015
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SM04.12.2019
TR04.12.2019
BG04.03.2020
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GR05.03.2020
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PT29.04.2020
Former [2021/10]AL04.12.2019
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NL04.12.2019
PL04.12.2019
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SI04.12.2019
SK04.12.2019
SM04.12.2019
BG04.03.2020
NO04.03.2020
GR05.03.2020
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PT29.04.2020
Former [2020/51]AL04.12.2019
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PL04.12.2019
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SM04.12.2019
BG04.03.2020
NO04.03.2020
GR05.03.2020
IS04.04.2020
PT29.04.2020
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PT29.04.2020
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NO04.03.2020
GR05.03.2020
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PT29.04.2020
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SM04.12.2019
BG04.03.2020
NO04.03.2020
GR05.03.2020
PT29.04.2020
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PT29.04.2020
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BG04.03.2020
NO04.03.2020
GR05.03.2020
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HR04.12.2019
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LV04.12.2019
NL04.12.2019
RS04.12.2019
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BG04.03.2020
NO04.03.2020
GR05.03.2020
Former [2020/26]FI04.12.2019
HR04.12.2019
LT04.12.2019
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BG04.03.2020
NO04.03.2020
GR05.03.2020
Former [2020/23]FI04.12.2019
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NO04.03.2020
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Former [2020/22]FI04.12.2019
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Former [2020/21]NO04.03.2020
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 [XY]US6242135  (MUSHIAKE NAOFUMI [JP]) [X] 1-4,6 * column 1, line 59 - line 65; examples 1,2,3,5; claims 1-32 * * column 6, line 57 - column 7, line 37 * [Y] 7,8;
 [XYI]US2001024755  (BAHAR BAMDAD [US], et al) [X] 1-4,6 * paragraphs [0006] , [0014] , [0062] - [0071] - [0081] - [0088] - [0093]; example 3; claims 1-23 * [Y] 7,8 [I] 5;
 [Y]  - DATABASE WPI, 0, Derwent World Patents Index, vol. 2011, no. 51, Database accession no. 2011-J56735, XP002777659 & JP2011146291 A 20110728 (TOYOTA JIDOSHA KK) [Y] 7,8 * abstract *
International search[A]JPH09219206  (ASAHI GLASS CO LTD) [A] 1-8 * , claims; paragraphs [0013] to [0014] (Family: none) *;
 [A]JPH11501964  (W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc.) [A] 1-8* , claims & US 5547551 A claims & WO 96/28242 A1 claims *;
 [XA]US6242135  (MUSHIAKE NAOFUMI [JP]) [X] 1-4, 7, 8 * , claims; column 5, lines 12 to 17; column 5, lines 39 to 56; column 6, line 57 to column 7, line 39; column 10, lines 44 to 53 & JP 10-92444 A claims; paragraphs [0006], [0013], [0014] & WO 98/11614 A1 claims; column 7, lines 26 to 31; column 8, line 14 to column 9, line 26 * [A] 5, 6;
 [A]JP2009543949  (DSM IP Assets B.V.) [A] 1-8 * , claims; paragraphs [0011] to [0018], [0033], [0049] to [0054] & US 2009/0325005 A1 paragraphs [0011] to [0018], [0035], [0053] to [0055] & WO 2008/009430 A1 column 2, line 22 to column 4, line 7; column 6, line 34 to column 7, line 11; column 11, line 2 to column 12, line 9 *
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