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EP About this file: EP3121916

EP3121916 - PIPE TRACER [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  23.10.2020
Database last updated on 25.09.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  15.11.2019
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  31.07.2019
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  09.02.2018
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  23.06.2017
FormerThe application has been published
Status updated on  23.12.2016
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
GRDF
6 Rue Condorcet
75009 Paris / FR
[2017/04]
Inventor(s)01 / Daval-Frerot Benoit
33bis, avenue Victor Hugo
91700 Sainte-Genevieve-des Bois / FR
 [2017/04]
Representative(s)Novagraaf Technologies
Bâtiment O2
2, rue Sarah Bernhardt
CS90017
92665 Asnières-sur-Seine Cedex / FR
[2017/04]
Application number, filing date16180713.622.07.2016
[2017/04]
Priority number, dateFR2015005696522.07.2015         Original published format: FR 1556965
[2017/04]
Filing languageFR
Procedural languageFR
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3121916
Date:25.01.2017
Language:FR
[2017/04]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3121916
Date:18.12.2019
Language:FR
[2019/51]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP30.11.2016
ClassificationIPC:F16L1/11, H02G1/08
[2018/46]
CPC:
F16L1/11 (EP); H02G1/083 (EP)
Former IPC [2017/04]H02G1/08
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 [2017/30]
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TitleGerman:TRACER FÜR KANALISATIONSSYSTEME[2017/04]
English:PIPE TRACER[2017/04]
French:TRACEUR DE CANALISATIONS[2017/04]
Examination procedure22.07.2016Date on which the examining division has become responsible
13.06.2017Examination requested  [2017/30]
15.06.2017Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
07.02.2018Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
07.06.2018Reply to a communication from the examining division
14.11.2018Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
22.02.2019Reply to a communication from the examining division
01.08.2019Communication of intention to grant the patent
07.11.2019Fee for grant paid
07.11.2019Fee for publishing/printing paid
07.11.2019Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)21.09.2020No opposition filed within time limit [2020/48]
Fees paidRenewal fee
24.07.2018Renewal fee patent year 03
22.07.2019Renewal fee patent year 04
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipHU22.07.2016
AL18.12.2019
AT18.12.2019
CY18.12.2019
CZ18.12.2019
DK18.12.2019
EE18.12.2019
FI18.12.2019
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LT18.12.2019
LV18.12.2019
MC18.12.2019
MK18.12.2019
MT18.12.2019
NL18.12.2019
PL18.12.2019
RS18.12.2019
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SK18.12.2019
SM18.12.2019
BG18.03.2020
NO18.03.2020
GR19.03.2020
IS18.04.2020
PT13.05.2020
GB22.07.2020
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Documents cited:Search[XA]US2750152  (SCHINSKE WILLIAM G) [X] 1,2,4-7 * column 4, lines 65-70; figure 2 * [A] 3;
 [XAI]US7580608  (KLUWE WOLF [DE], et al) [X] 1,2,5-7 * sentence 8, paragraph 3; figure 3 * [A] 3 [I] 4;
 [A]WO2011032953  (IMMOTHAL NVESTMENT GMBH [AT], et al) [A] 1-7* figure 1 *
by applicantUS6380743
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