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EP About this file: EP3749572

EP3749572 - SUBSURFACE MULTI-MISSION DIVER TRANSPORT VEHICLE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  09.06.2024
Database last updated on 11.09.2024
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  08.09.2023
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  13.11.2020
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  14.09.2019
Most recent event   Tooltip07.09.2024New entry: Receipt of the translation of the claim(s) 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Patriot3, Inc.
11040 Pierson Dr.
Fredericksburg, VA 22408 / US
[2020/51]
Inventor(s)01 / FUQUA, Charles Louis
14451 Minnieville Road
Woodbridge, VA 22193 / US
02 / KAHRE, Steven Scott
9407 Quail Meadows Drive
Spotsylvania, VA 22553 / US
 [2020/51]
Representative(s)Sach, Greg Robert
Valet Patent Services Limited
c/o Caya 83713X
Am Börstig 5
96052 Bamberg / DE
[N/P]
Former [2020/51]Sach, Greg Robert
Sach & Associates
Siedlungsstrasse 4a
85253 Erdweg / DE
Application number, filing date19764747.211.03.2019
[2020/51]
WO2019US21626
Priority number, dateUS201862640905P09.03.2018         Original published format: US 201862640905 P
[2020/51]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2019173825
Date:12.09.2019
Language:EN
[2019/37]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3749572
Date:16.12.2020
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 12.09.2019 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2020/51]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:US12.09.2019
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP01.10.2021
ClassificationIPC:B63G8/00, B63B35/00, B63H1/00, B63B17/00
[2020/51]
CPC:
B63C11/46 (EP,US); B63G8/001 (EP,US); B63G8/08 (EP,US);
B63H5/125 (EP)
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 [2020/51]
TitleGerman:UNTERWASSERTAUCHERTRANSPORTFAHRZEUG FÜR MEHRERE MISSIONEN[2020/51]
English:SUBSURFACE MULTI-MISSION DIVER TRANSPORT VEHICLE[2020/51]
French:VÉHICULE DE TRANSPORT DE PLONGEUR MULTI-MISSION SOUS-MARIN[2020/51]
Entry into regional phase09.09.2020National basic fee paid 
09.09.2020Search fee paid 
09.09.2020Designation fee(s) paid 
09.09.2020Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure09.09.2020Examination requested  [2020/51]
27.04.2022Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
12.09.2023Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
05.01.2024Reply to a communication from the examining division
10.06.2024Communication of intention to grant the patent
03.09.2024Fee for grant paid
03.09.2024Fee for publishing/printing paid
06.09.2024Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Fees paidRenewal fee
02.03.2021Renewal fee patent year 03
02.03.2022Renewal fee patent year 04
24.02.2023Renewal fee patent year 05
05.03.2024Renewal fee patent year 06
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Documents cited:Search[I]DE4229670  (MUHS HENRIK [DE]) [I] 1-15 * figure - *;
 [XI]DE10235842  (LEITHOLF PETER [DE]) [X] 1,2 * figure -; claim - * [I] 3;
 [I]WO2011119110  (OPCON PTE LTD [SG], et al) [I] 1-3,6-9 * figure -; claim - *;
 [XI]US2015370252  (HANSON BRUCE BECKER [US], et al) [X] 1-3 * paragraphs [0019] , [0081]; figure -; claim - * [I] 4,5,7-10,12-15;
 [XI]WO2017006240  (ABYSSNAUT [FR]) [X] 1,6,13 * paragraph [0033]; figure -; claim - * [I] 2,7-12,14,15;
 [A]US2018001981  (BOSS JOHN [US]) [A] 1-15* figure - *
International search[XY]US2710458  (REED DONALD G) [X] 1-2, 6, 12-13, 20 * , entire document, especially Fig 1-4; col 1 In 15; col 2 In 15-40; col 4 In 67-75 * [Y] 3-5, 7-9;
 [A]US3685480  (PERONI GEORGE J) [A] 1-20* , entire document *;
 [A]US5158034  (HSU CHI-HSUEH [TW]) [A] 1-20 * , entire document *;
 [Y]US5349918  (ELIE CHRISTIAN [CA]) [Y] 1, 18 * , entire document, especially Fig 1-4; col 2 In 20-25 *;
 [Y]US5483144  (MAREK ALBERT [US]) [Y] 12-14 * , entire document, especially Fig 7 *;
 [X]US5666900  (CARROLL III ALF L [US], et al) [X] 1, 10 * , entire document, especially Fig 1, 4, 6; col 1 In 56; col 3 In 31-51; col 7 In 42-45 *;
 [Y]US6684803  (DICKSON TREVOR ALAN [NZ]) [Y] 11 * , entire document, especially Fig 2 *;
 [Y]US6976445  (ARNESON WESTON [US]) [Y] 3-5, 7-9 * , entire document, especially Fig 1-2 *;
 [Y]US7290496  (ASFAR KHALED R [JO], et al) [Y] 4-5, 8-9 * , entire document, especially Fig 23; col 1 In 9 *;
 [Y]WO2008088290  (NG AIK LEONG [SG]) [Y] 1, 17 * , entire document, especially Fig 1-6, 21A *;
 [Y]US7549902  (JANSEN PATRICK LEE [US]) [Y] 1, 18 * , entire document, espcially Fig 5 *;
 [Y]US8276536  (WINSKY JAMES [US], et al) [Y] 1, 17, 19 * , entire document especially Fig 1,5 *;
 [Y]US2014318435  (MURRAY III JOHN P [US], et al) [Y] 1, 19 * , entire document, especially Fig 1, 3A, 3B *;
 [XY]CN105691561  (HEFEI XIUZHU BIOLOGICAL TECH CO LTD) [X] 1, 10, 15-16 * , entire document, especially Fig 1, 7-8, 12-13; para [0005]; para [00049]; para [0053] * [Y] 11-14;
 [XP]  - H I Sutton, "Patriot-3M diver propulsion", Covert Shores, (20180807), URL: http://www.hisutton.com/Patriot3M.html, XP055638240 [XP] 1-20
by applicantDE4229670
 US2015370252
 WO2017006240
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