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EP About this file: EP3550059

EP3550059 - ELECTROSPINNING APPARATUS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusExamination is in progress
Status updated on  01.12.2023
Database last updated on 02.09.2024
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  06.09.2019
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  18.05.2018
Formerunknown
Status updated on  13.03.2018
Most recent event   Tooltip12.07.2024New entry: Renewal fee paid 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
1-1, Shibaura 1-chome
Minato-ku
Tokyo
105-8001 / JP
[2019/41]
Inventor(s)01 / UCHIDA, Kenya
c/o IP Div. Toshiba Corp. (K. K. TOSHIBA)
1-1 Shibaura 1-chome
Minato-ku
Tokyo 105-8001 / JP
02 / UEMATSU, Ikuo
c/o IP Div. Toshiba Corp. (K. K. TOSHIBA)
1-1 Shibaura 1-chome
Minato-ku
Tokyo 105-8001 / JP
03 / NAKA, Tomomichi
c/o IP Div. Toshiba Corp. (K. K. TOSHIBA)
1-1 Shibaura 1-chome
Minato-ku
Tokyo 105-8001 / JP
04 / TOKUNO, Yoko
c/o IP Div. Toshiba Corp. (K. K. TOSHIBA)
1-1 Shibaura 1-chome
Minato-ku
Tokyo 105-8001 / JP
05 / KIKUCHI, Yuma
c/o IP Div. Toshiba Corp. (K. K. TOSHIBA)
1-1 Shibaura 1-chome
Minato-ku
Tokyo 105-8001 / JP
 [2019/41]
Representative(s)Marks & Clerk LLP
15 Fetter Lane
London EC4A 1BW / GB
[N/P]
Former [2019/41]Moreland, David
Marks & Clerk LLP
Aurora
120 Bothwell Street
Glasgow G2 7JS / GB
Application number, filing date17847719.608.09.2017
[2019/41]
WO2017JP32478
Priority number, dateJP2016022129914.11.2016         Original published format: JP 2016221299
[2019/41]
Filing languageJA
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2018088014
Date:17.05.2018
Language:JA
[2018/20]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3550059
Date:09.10.2019
Language:EN
[2019/41]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:JP17.05.2018
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP23.07.2020
ClassificationIPC:D01D5/00
[2020/35]
CPC:
D01D5/0061 (EP); D01D5/0069 (KR,US); D01D4/04 (US);
D01D5/0076 (EP,KR,US); D04H1/728 (EP,US); D01D5/0038 (EP,US);
D01D5/0084 (EP); D04H1/4242 (US); D04H1/55 (US) (-)
Former IPC [2019/41]D01D5/04
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 [2019/41]
TitleGerman:ELEKTROSPINNINGVORRICHTUNG[2019/41]
English:ELECTROSPINNING APPARATUS[2019/41]
French:APPAREIL D'ÉLECTRO-FILAGE[2019/41]
Entry into regional phase13.03.2018Translation filed 
13.03.2018National basic fee paid 
13.03.2018Search fee paid 
13.03.2018Designation fee(s) paid 
13.03.2018Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure13.03.2018Examination requested  [2019/41]
21.02.2021Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
01.12.2023Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
28.03.2024Reply to a communication from the examining division
Fees paidRenewal fee
13.09.2019Renewal fee patent year 03
14.09.2020Renewal fee patent year 04
11.09.2021Renewal fee patent year 05
18.07.2022Renewal fee patent year 06
13.07.2023Renewal fee patent year 07
11.07.2024Renewal fee patent year 08
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Documents cited:Search[T]US2158416  (ANTON FORMHALS) [T] 13* figure 5 *;
 [XAI]US2004080083  (CZADO WOLFGANG [DE]) [X] 1,4,14 * examples 1-3 * * paragraph [0006] * * claim 1 * [A] 12,13 [I] 2,3,5-11;
 [XAI]KR20040108525  (SAMSHIN CREATION CO LTD) [X] 1,3,14 * figure 2 * * examples 3-6 * [A] 12 [I] 2,4,6-11,13;
 [XAI]US2010330419  (CUI YI [US], et al) [X] 1,2,14 * figure 2B * * paragraphs [0037] - [0041] * [A] 3,4,12 [I] 5-11,13;
 [XAI]US2012141656  (ORR DAVID E [US], et al) [X] 1,4,13,14 * figures 3,3a,4 * * claims 1-20 * [A] 12 [I] 2,3,5-11;
 [XA]JP2012164584  (UNIV SHINSHU, et al) [X] 1,2,5-11,13,14 * figures 1,2(a),2(b),5,6,7,8,9 * * paragraph [0061] * [A] 3,4,12;
 [XI]US2016047075  (FOLEY MARCUS [US], et al) [X] 1-12,14 * figures 1,2,4,7 * * paragraphs [0044] , [0054] , [0092] , [0095] * [I] 13
International search[X]JP2008078476  (HITACHI CABLE, et al) [X] 1-4, 7, 10 * , claims; paragraphs [0040] to [0094]; fig. 6, 7 & US 2008/0085387 A1 claims; paragraphs [0062], [0123]; fig. 6, 7 *;
 [Y]JP2008231623  (MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC IND CO LTD) [Y] 5, 6, 8, 9 * , paragraphs [0032] to [0037]; fig. 2 (Family: none) *;
 [XY]JP2010031426  (UNIV SHINSHU, et al) [X] 1-4, 7, 10 * , claims; paragraphs [0067], [0068]; fig. 9 (Family: none) * [Y] 5, 6, 8, 9;
 [XY]JP2013251078  (PANASONIC CORP) [X] 1-4, 7, 10 * , claims; paragraphs [0103] to [0142]; fig. 4, 6 (Family: none) * [Y] 5, 6, 8, 9;
 [Y]EP3040462  (UNIV TIANJIN POLYTECHNIC [CN]) [Y] 5, 6, 8, 9* , paragraph [0023]; fig. 9 & WO 2015/027769 A1 & CN 103541149 A *
by applicantJP2007092213
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