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EP3495244 - ELECTRIC POWER STEERING APPARATUS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 05.11.2021 Database last updated on 12.07.2024
Former	The patent has been granted Status updated on 27.11.2020
Former	Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 23.07.2020
Former	Request for examination was made Status updated on 10.05.2019
Former	The international publication has been made Status updated on 04.05.2019
Former	unknown Status updated on 19.10.2018
Most recent event Tooltip	14.06.2024	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): TR	published on 17.07.2024 [2024/29]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states NSK Ltd. 1-6-3, Ohsaki Shinagawa-Ku Tokyo 141-8560 / JP
	[2019/24]
Inventor(s)	01 / KITAZUME, Tetsuya c/o NSK LTD. 78 Toriba-Machi Maebashi-shi Gunma 371-8527 / JP
	02 / SHIMOKAWABE, Satoshi c/o NSK LTD. 78 Toriba-Machi Maebashi-shi Gunma 371-8527 / JP
	[2021/01]
Former [2019/25]	01 / KITAZUME Tetsuya c/o NSK LTD. 78 Toriba-Machi Maebashi-shi Gunma 371-8527 / JP
	02 / SHIMOKAWABE Satoshi c/o NSK LTD. 78 Toriba-Machi Maebashi-shi Gunma 371-8527 / JP
Former [2019/24]	01 / KITAUME, Tetsuya c/o NSK Ltd. 78, Toriba-Machi, Maebashi-Shi Gunma 3718527 / JP
	02 / SHIMOKAWABE, Satoshi c/o NSK Ltd. 78, Toriba-Machi, Maebashi-Shi Gunma 3718527 / JP
Representative(s)	Schmitt-Nilson Schraud Waibel Wohlfrom Patentanwälte Partnerschaft mbB Pelkovenstraße 143 80992 München / DE
	[2019/24]
Application number, filing date	17905009.1	24.10.2017
	[2019/24]
	WO2017JP38348
Filing language	JA
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO2019082271
	Date:	02.05.2019
	Language:	JA
	[2019/18]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP3495244
	Date:	12.06.2019
	Language:	EN
	[2019/24]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP3495244
	Date:	30.12.2020
	Language:	EN
	[2020/53]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	JP	02.05.2019
	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	09.12.2019
Classification	IPC:	B62D6/00, B62D5/04, B62D101/00, B62D117/00, B62D119/00	[2019/24]
	CPC:	B62D5/0466 (EP,US); B62D5/0463 (US); B62D5/0409 (US); B62D5/0472 (US); B62D6/10 (US)
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 [2019/24]
Extension states	BA	Not yet paid
	ME	Not yet paid
Validation states	MA	Not yet paid
	MD	Not yet paid
Title	German:	ELEKTRISCHE SERVOLENKUNG	[2019/24]
	English:	ELECTRIC POWER STEERING APPARATUS	[2019/24]
	French:	APPAREIL DE DIRECTION ASSISTÉE ÉLECTRIQUE	[2019/24]
Entry into regional phase	18.10.2018	Translation filed
	18.10.2018	National basic fee paid
	18.10.2018	Search fee paid
	18.10.2018	Designation fee(s) paid
	18.10.2018	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	20.03.2018	Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: JP
	18.10.2018	Examination requested [2019/24]
	20.04.2020	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	24.07.2020	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	17.11.2020	Fee for grant paid
	17.11.2020	Fee for publishing/printing paid
	19.11.2020	Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)	01.10.2021	No opposition filed within time limit [2021/49]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	15.10.2019	Renewal fee patent year 03
	14.10.2020	Renewal fee patent year 04
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	HU	24.10.2017
	AL	30.12.2020
	AT	30.12.2020
	CY	30.12.2020
	CZ	30.12.2020
	DK	30.12.2020
	EE	30.12.2020
	ES	30.12.2020
	FI	30.12.2020
	HR	30.12.2020
	IT	30.12.2020
	LT	30.12.2020
	LV	30.12.2020
	MC	30.12.2020
	MK	30.12.2020
	NL	30.12.2020
	PL	30.12.2020
	RO	30.12.2020
	RS	30.12.2020
	SE	30.12.2020
	SI	30.12.2020
	SK	30.12.2020
	SM	30.12.2020
	TR	30.12.2020
	BG	30.03.2021
	NO	30.03.2021
	GR	31.03.2021
	IS	30.04.2021
	PT	30.04.2021
	[2024/29]
Former [2024/23]	HU	24.10.2017
	AL	30.12.2020
	AT	30.12.2020
	CY	30.12.2020
	CZ	30.12.2020
	DK	30.12.2020
	EE	30.12.2020
	ES	30.12.2020
	FI	30.12.2020
	HR	30.12.2020
	IT	30.12.2020
	LT	30.12.2020
	LV	30.12.2020
	MC	30.12.2020
	MK	30.12.2020
	NL	30.12.2020
	PL	30.12.2020
	RO	30.12.2020
	RS	30.12.2020
	SE	30.12.2020
	SI	30.12.2020
	SK	30.12.2020
	SM	30.12.2020
	BG	30.03.2021
	NO	30.03.2021
	GR	31.03.2021
	IS	30.04.2021
	PT	30.04.2021
Former [2023/33]	HU	24.10.2017
	AL	30.12.2020
	AT	30.12.2020
	CY	30.12.2020
	CZ	30.12.2020
	DK	30.12.2020
	EE	30.12.2020
	ES	30.12.2020
	FI	30.12.2020
	HR	30.12.2020
	IT	30.12.2020
	LT	30.12.2020
	LV	30.12.2020
	MC	30.12.2020
	NL	30.12.2020
	PL	30.12.2020
	RO	30.12.2020
	RS	30.12.2020
	SE	30.12.2020
	SI	30.12.2020
	SK	30.12.2020
	SM	30.12.2020
	BG	30.03.2021
	NO	30.03.2021
	GR	31.03.2021
	IS	30.04.2021
	PT	30.04.2021
Former [2023/30]	AL	30.12.2020
	AT	30.12.2020
	CY	30.12.2020
	CZ	30.12.2020
	DK	30.12.2020
	EE	30.12.2020
	ES	30.12.2020
	FI	30.12.2020
	HR	30.12.2020
	IT	30.12.2020
	LT	30.12.2020
	LV	30.12.2020
	MC	30.12.2020
	NL	30.12.2020
	PL	30.12.2020
	RO	30.12.2020
	RS	30.12.2020
	SE	30.12.2020
	SI	30.12.2020
	SK	30.12.2020
	BG	30.03.2021
	NO	30.03.2021
	GR	31.03.2021
	IS	30.04.2021
	PT	30.04.2021
Former [2023/29]	AL	30.12.2020
	AT	30.12.2020
	CZ	30.12.2020
	DK	30.12.2020
	EE	30.12.2020
	ES	30.12.2020
	FI	30.12.2020
	HR	30.12.2020
	IT	30.12.2020
	LT	30.12.2020
	LV	30.12.2020
	MC	30.12.2020
	NL	30.12.2020
	PL	30.12.2020
	RO	30.12.2020
	RS	30.12.2020
	SE	30.12.2020
	SI	30.12.2020
	SK	30.12.2020
	BG	30.03.2021
	NO	30.03.2021
	GR	31.03.2021
	IS	30.04.2021
	PT	30.04.2021
Former [2022/33]	AL	30.12.2020
	AT	30.12.2020
	CZ	30.12.2020
	DK	30.12.2020
	EE	30.12.2020
	ES	30.12.2020
	FI	30.12.2020
	HR	30.12.2020
	IT	30.12.2020
	LT	30.12.2020
	LV	30.12.2020
	MC	30.12.2020
	PL	30.12.2020
	RO	30.12.2020
	RS	30.12.2020
	SE	30.12.2020
	SI	30.12.2020
	SK	30.12.2020
	BG	30.03.2021
	NO	30.03.2021
	GR	31.03.2021
	IS	30.04.2021
	PT	30.04.2021
Former [2022/23]	AL	30.12.2020
	AT	30.12.2020
	CZ	30.12.2020
	DK	30.12.2020
	EE	30.12.2020
	ES	30.12.2020
	FI	30.12.2020
	HR	30.12.2020
	IT	30.12.2020
	LT	30.12.2020
	LV	30.12.2020
	PL	30.12.2020
	RO	30.12.2020
	RS	30.12.2020
	SE	30.12.2020
	SI	30.12.2020
	SK	30.12.2020
	BG	30.03.2021
	NO	30.03.2021
	GR	31.03.2021
	IS	30.04.2021
	PT	30.04.2021
Former [2022/13]	AL	30.12.2020
	AT	30.12.2020
	CZ	30.12.2020
	DK	30.12.2020
	EE	30.12.2020
	ES	30.12.2020
	FI	30.12.2020
	HR	30.12.2020
	IT	30.12.2020
	LT	30.12.2020
	LV	30.12.2020
	PL	30.12.2020
	RO	30.12.2020
	RS	30.12.2020
	SE	30.12.2020
	SI	30.12.2020
	SK	30.12.2020
	BG	30.03.2021
	NO	30.03.2021
	GR	31.03.2021
	PT	30.04.2021
Former [2022/10]	AL	30.12.2020
	AT	30.12.2020
	CZ	30.12.2020
	DK	30.12.2020
	EE	30.12.2020
	ES	30.12.2020
	FI	30.12.2020
	HR	30.12.2020
	IT	30.12.2020
	LT	30.12.2020
	LV	30.12.2020
	PL	30.12.2020
	RO	30.12.2020
	RS	30.12.2020
	SE	30.12.2020
	SK	30.12.2020
	BG	30.03.2021
	NO	30.03.2021
	GR	31.03.2021
	PT	30.04.2021
Former [2022/08]	AL	30.12.2020
	AT	30.12.2020
	CZ	30.12.2020
	DK	30.12.2020
	EE	30.12.2020
	ES	30.12.2020
	FI	30.12.2020
	HR	30.12.2020
	IT	30.12.2020
	LT	30.12.2020
	LV	30.12.2020
	PL	30.12.2020
	RO	30.12.2020
	RS	30.12.2020
	SE	30.12.2020
	SK	30.12.2020
	BG	30.03.2021
	NO	30.03.2021
	GR	31.03.2021
	IS	30.04.2021
	PT	30.04.2021
Former [2021/49]	AL	30.12.2020
	AT	30.12.2020
	CZ	30.12.2020
	DK	30.12.2020
	EE	30.12.2020
	FI	30.12.2020
	HR	30.12.2020
	IT	30.12.2020
	LT	30.12.2020
	LV	30.12.2020
	PL	30.12.2020
	RO	30.12.2020
	RS	30.12.2020
	SE	30.12.2020
	SK	30.12.2020
	BG	30.03.2021
	NO	30.03.2021
	GR	31.03.2021
	IS	30.04.2021
	PT	30.04.2021
Former [2021/48]	AL	30.12.2020
	AT	30.12.2020
	CZ	30.12.2020
	EE	30.12.2020
	FI	30.12.2020
	HR	30.12.2020
	IT	30.12.2020
	LT	30.12.2020
	LV	30.12.2020
	PL	30.12.2020
	RO	30.12.2020
	RS	30.12.2020
	SE	30.12.2020
	SK	30.12.2020
	BG	30.03.2021
	NO	30.03.2021
	GR	31.03.2021
	IS	30.04.2021
	PT	30.04.2021
Former [2021/45]	AL	30.12.2020
	AT	30.12.2020
	CZ	30.12.2020
	EE	30.12.2020
	FI	30.12.2020
	HR	30.12.2020
	LT	30.12.2020
	LV	30.12.2020
	PL	30.12.2020
	RO	30.12.2020
	RS	30.12.2020
	SE	30.12.2020
	SK	30.12.2020
	BG	30.03.2021
	NO	30.03.2021
	GR	31.03.2021
	IS	30.04.2021
	PT	30.04.2021
Former [2021/42]	AT	30.12.2020
	CZ	30.12.2020
	EE	30.12.2020
	FI	30.12.2020
	HR	30.12.2020
	LT	30.12.2020
	LV	30.12.2020
	PL	30.12.2020
	RO	30.12.2020
	RS	30.12.2020
	SE	30.12.2020
	SK	30.12.2020
	BG	30.03.2021
	NO	30.03.2021
	GR	31.03.2021
	IS	30.04.2021
	PT	30.04.2021
Former [2021/39]	AT	30.12.2020
	CZ	30.12.2020
	EE	30.12.2020
	FI	30.12.2020
	HR	30.12.2020
	LT	30.12.2020
	LV	30.12.2020
	PL	30.12.2020
	RO	30.12.2020
	RS	30.12.2020
	SE	30.12.2020
	SK	30.12.2020
	BG	30.03.2021
	NO	30.03.2021
	GR	31.03.2021
	PT	30.04.2021
Former [2021/37]	AT	30.12.2020
	CZ	30.12.2020
	EE	30.12.2020
	FI	30.12.2020
	HR	30.12.2020
	LT	30.12.2020
	LV	30.12.2020
	RO	30.12.2020
	RS	30.12.2020
	SE	30.12.2020
	SK	30.12.2020
	BG	30.03.2021
	NO	30.03.2021
	GR	31.03.2021
	PT	30.04.2021
Former [2021/36]	CZ	30.12.2020
	EE	30.12.2020
	FI	30.12.2020
	HR	30.12.2020
	LT	30.12.2020
	LV	30.12.2020
	RO	30.12.2020
	RS	30.12.2020
	SE	30.12.2020
	SK	30.12.2020
	BG	30.03.2021
	NO	30.03.2021
	GR	31.03.2021
	PT	30.04.2021
Former [2021/35]	CZ	30.12.2020
	FI	30.12.2020
	HR	30.12.2020
	LT	30.12.2020
	LV	30.12.2020
	RO	30.12.2020
	RS	30.12.2020
	SE	30.12.2020
	SK	30.12.2020
	BG	30.03.2021
	NO	30.03.2021
	GR	31.03.2021
	PT	30.04.2021
Former [2021/33]	FI	30.12.2020
	HR	30.12.2020
	LT	30.12.2020
	LV	30.12.2020
	RS	30.12.2020
	SE	30.12.2020
	BG	30.03.2021
	NO	30.03.2021
	GR	31.03.2021
	PT	30.04.2021
Former [2021/28]	FI	30.12.2020
	HR	30.12.2020
	LV	30.12.2020
	RS	30.12.2020
	SE	30.12.2020
	BG	30.03.2021
	NO	30.03.2021
	GR	31.03.2021
Former [2021/23]	FI	30.12.2020
	LV	30.12.2020
	RS	30.12.2020
	SE	30.12.2020
	BG	30.03.2021
	NO	30.03.2021
	GR	31.03.2021
Former [2021/22]	FI	30.12.2020
	RS	30.12.2020
	NO	30.03.2021
Former [2021/20]	FI	30.12.2020
Documents cited:	Search	[AD]JP4685557B (SHOWA CORP) [AD] 1 * the whole document *;
		[A]JP5880801B (NSK LTD.);
		[AD]JP5896091B [AD] 1-9;
		[A]EP3025932 (NSK LTD [JP]) [A] 1-9 * paragraph [0040] - paragraph [0041]; figures 3,8,9 *;
		[A]EP3031701 (NSK LTD [JP]) [A] 1 * abstract *;
		[A]EP3141458 (JTEKT CORP [JP]) [A] 1 * paragraph [0019] *;
		[A]JP2017052477 (JTEKT CORP) [A] 1;
		[E]JP2018043730 (NSK LTD) [E] 1* the whole document *
	International search	[A]JP5880801B (NSK LTD.) [A] 1-9* & US 2017/0183028 A1 & WO 2016/017235 A1 & EP 3031701 A1 *;
		[YA]JP5896091B (NSK LTD.) [Y] 1-2, 7-9 * , fig. 2, 3 & US 2017/0137057 A1, fig. 2, 3 & WO 2016/017234 A1 & EP 3025932 A1 * [A] 3-6;
		[YA]JP2017052477 (JTEKT CORP) [Y] 1-2, 7-9 * , paragraphs [0005], [0046], fig. 3 & US 2017/0073001 A1, paragraphs [0007], [0049], fig. 3 & EP 3141458 A1 * [A] 3-6
	by applicant	JP4685557B
		JP5896091B

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