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EP3098564 - SURVEYING INSTRUMENT [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  12.02.2021
Database last updated on 26.06.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  28.02.2020
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  04.11.2019
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  08.04.2019
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
TOPCON CORPORATION
75-1, Hasunuma-cho
Itabashi-ku
Tokyo 174-8580 / JP
[2016/48]
Inventor(s)01 / KUMAGAI, Kaoru
TOPCON CORPORATION
75-1, Hasunuma-cho
Itabashi-ku
Tokyo-to, Tokyo 174-8580 / JP
02 / YOSHINO, Ken-ichiro
TOPCON CORPORATION
75-1, Hasunuma-cho
Itabashi-ku
Tokyo-to, Tokyo 174-8580 / JP
 [2019/49]
Former [2016/48]01 / KUMAGAI, Kaoru
c/o TOPCON CORPORATION
75-1, Hasunuma-cho, Itabashi-ku
Tokyo-to / JP
02 / YOSHINO, Ken-ichiro
c/o TOPCON CORPORATION
75-1, Hasunuma-cho
Itabashi-ku
Tokyo-to, Tokyo / JP
Representative(s)Louis Pöhlau Lohrentz
Patentanwälte
Postfach 30 55
90014 Nürnberg / DE
[2016/48]
Application number, filing date16169403.912.05.2016
[2016/48]
Priority number, dateJP2015010859028.05.2015         Original published format: JP 2015108590
[2016/48]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3098564
Date:30.11.2016
Language:EN
[2016/48]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3098564
Date:01.04.2020
Language:EN
[2020/14]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP27.10.2016
ClassificationIPC:G01C15/00, G01S17/89, G01S17/02, G01S17/42, G01S7/481
[2019/39]
CPC:
G01C15/002 (EP,CN,US); G01B11/24 (CN); G01C15/008 (US);
G01S17/42 (EP,US); G01S17/86 (EP,US); G01S7/4813 (EP,US);
G01S7/4817 (EP,US) (-)
Former IPC [2016/48]G01C15/00, G01S17/89
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 [2017/27]
Former [2016/48]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 
TitleGerman:VERMESSUNGSINSTRUMENT[2016/48]
English:SURVEYING INSTRUMENT[2016/48]
French:INSTRUMENT D'ARPENTAGE[2019/44]
Former [2016/48]INSTRUMENT DE SURVEILLANCE
Examination procedure12.05.2016Examination requested  [2016/48]
30.05.2017Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
11.04.2019Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M02)
07.06.2019Reply to a communication from the examining division
05.11.2019Communication of intention to grant the patent
20.02.2020Fee for grant paid
20.02.2020Fee for publishing/printing paid
20.02.2020Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)12.01.2021No opposition filed within time limit [2021/11]
Fees paidRenewal fee
11.05.2018Renewal fee patent year 03
15.05.2019Renewal fee patent year 04
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipHU12.05.2016
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Documents cited:Search[Y]EP2489980  (TOPCON CORP [JP]) [Y] 4* paragraph [0015] - paragraph [0033]; figures 1-3 *;
 [XY]US2015042977  (SIERCKS KNUT [CH], et al) [X] 1-3,5-8 * paragraph [0061] - paragraph [0096]; figures 1-7 * [Y] 4
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