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EP About this file: EP3745079

EP3745079 - ESTIMATION OF GAP BETWEEN A PROXIMITY SENSOR AND TARGET [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  17.05.2024
Database last updated on 19.10.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  09.06.2023
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  31.01.2023
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  04.06.2021
FormerThe application has been published
Status updated on  30.10.2020
Most recent event   Tooltip18.10.2024Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): BE		published on 20.11.2024 [2024/47]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Simmonds Precision Products, Inc.
100 Panton Road
Vergennes, VT 05491 / US
[2020/49]
Inventor(s)01 / DION, Bernard
595 Hollow Road
Monkton, VT 05473 / US
02 / DEWIND, Eric
230 C Shelburne Road
Burlington, VT 05401 / US
 [2020/49]
Representative(s)Dehns
10 Old Bailey
London EC4M 7NG / GB
[N/P]
Former [2020/49]Dehns
St. Bride's House
10 Salisbury Square
London EC4Y 8JD / GB
Application number, filing date19216232.913.12.2019
[2020/49]
Priority number, dateUS20191642833131.05.2019         Original published format: US201916428331
[2020/49]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3745079
Date:02.12.2020
Language:EN
[2020/49]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3745079
Date:12.07.2023
Language:EN
[2023/28]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP28.05.2020
ClassificationIPC:G01B7/02, G01B7/14
[2020/49]
CPC:
G01B7/023 (EP); H03K17/952 (US); G01B7/14 (EP);
H03K17/9502 (US); H03K17/9505 (US)
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 [2021/27]
Former [2020/49]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:SCHÄTZUNG DES SPALTS ZWISCHEN EINEM NÄHERUNGSSENSOR UND EINEM ZIEL[2020/49]
English:ESTIMATION OF GAP BETWEEN A PROXIMITY SENSOR AND TARGET[2020/49]
French:ESTIMATION DE L'ÉCART ENTRE UN CAPTEUR DE PROXIMITÉ ET UNE CIBLE[2020/49]
Examination procedure02.06.2021Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
02.06.2021Examination requested  [2021/27]
02.06.2021Date on which the examining division has become responsible
01.02.2023Communication of intention to grant the patent
31.05.2023Fee for grant paid
31.05.2023Fee for publishing/printing paid
31.05.2023Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)15.04.2024No opposition filed within time limit [2024/25]
Fees paidRenewal fee
16.12.2021Renewal fee patent year 03
20.12.2022Renewal fee patent year 04
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipAT12.07.2023
CZ12.07.2023
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NO12.10.2023
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BE31.12.2023
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Documents cited:Search[I]US6570377  (DEMMA NICK A [US], et al) [I] 1-15 * the whole document * * column 2, line 15 - column 11, line 34 * * figures 1, 2 *;
 [I]US2004027118  (LENZ JAMES [US], et al) [I] 1-15 * abstract * * paragraph [0014] - paragraph [0032] * * figure 1 *;
 [I]  - BARTOLETTI C ET AL, "The design of a proximity inductive sensor", MEASUREMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, IOP, BRISTOL, GB, (19980801), vol. 9, no. 8, doi:10.1088/0957-0233/9/8/007, ISSN 0957-0233, pages 1180 - 1190, XP020064546 [I] 1-15 * the whole document *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0957-0233/9/8/007
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