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EP3477276 - HARDNESS TESTER AND TANGIBLE, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Former [2019/18]HARDNESS TESTER AND PROGRAM
[2019/25]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  30.10.2020
Database last updated on 19.10.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  22.11.2019
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  23.07.2019
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  10.05.2019
FormerThe application has been published
Status updated on  29.03.2019
Most recent event   Tooltip15.07.2022Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): MK		published on 17.08.2022  [2022/33]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Mitutoyo Corporation
20-1 Sakado 1-chome
Takatsu-ku
Kawasaki
Kanagawa-ken 213-8533 / JP
[2019/34]
Former [2019/18]For all designated states
Mitutoyo Corporation
20-1, Sakado 1-chome
Takatsu-ku
Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 213-8533 / JP
Inventor(s)01 / Sadahiro, Shinichi
c/o Mitutoyo Corporation
11th Floor, SE-Sankyo Bldg
1-2 Nishi 1-chome
Kita 7-jyo, Kita-ku
Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-0807 / JP
 [2019/18]
Representative(s)Gill Jennings & Every LLP
The Broadgate Tower
20 Primrose Street
London EC2A 2ES / GB
[2019/18]
Application number, filing date18203148.429.10.2018
[2019/18]
Priority number, dateJP2017020920130.10.2017         Original published format: JP 2017209201
[2019/18]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3477276
Date:01.05.2019
Language:EN
[2019/18]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3477276
Date:25.12.2019
Language:EN
[2019/52]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP20.03.2019
ClassificationIPC:G01N3/06, G01N3/42
[2019/18]
CPC:
G01N3/42 (EP,US); G01N3/068 (EP,US); G01N2203/008 (US);
G01N2203/0647 (EP,US); G01N2203/0682 (EP,US)
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TitleGerman:HÄRTETESTER UND GREIFBARES, NICHT-TRANSITORISCHES COMPUTERLESBARES MEDIUM[2019/25]
English:HARDNESS TESTER AND TANGIBLE, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM[2019/25]
French:TESTEUR DE DURETÉ ET SUPPORT TANGIBLE, NON-TRANSITOIRE ET LISIBLE PAR ORDINATEUR[2019/25]
Former [2019/18]HÄRTETESTER UND PROGRAMM
Former [2019/18]HARDNESS TESTER AND PROGRAM
Former [2019/18]TESTEUR DE DURETÉ ET PROGRAMME
Examination procedure29.04.2019Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
29.04.2019Examination requested  [2019/24]
29.04.2019Date on which the examining division has become responsible
24.07.2019Communication of intention to grant the patent
12.11.2019Fee for grant paid
12.11.2019Fee for publishing/printing paid
12.11.2019Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)28.09.2020No opposition filed within time limit [2020/49]
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipHU29.10.2018
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Documents cited:Search[A]EP2594918  (MITUTOYO CORP [JP]) [A] 1-13 * paragraph [0014] - paragraph [0018] * * paragraph [0033] - paragraph [0044] * * figures 1-7 *;
 [A]  - GADERMAYR M ET AL, "Algorithms for microindentation measurement in automated Vickers hardness testing", TENTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON QUALITY CONTROL BY ARTIFICIAL VISION, SPIE, 1000 20TH ST. BELLINGHAM WA 98225-6705 USA, (20110628), vol. 8000, no. 1, doi:10.1117/12.890894, pages 1 - 10, XP060015538 [A] 1-13 * Abstract * * 3. Experiments *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.890894
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