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EP About this file: EP4012367

EP4012367 - FLEXURE PIVOT BASED SYSTEM [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  08.03.2024
Database last updated on 16.07.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  31.03.2023
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  21.11.2022
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  21.10.2022
FormerThe application has been published
Status updated on  13.05.2022
Most recent event   Tooltip24.05.2024Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): IT, SI		published on 26.06.2024  [2024/26]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
EPFL-TTO
EPFL Innovation Park J
1015 Lausanne / CH
[2022/24]
Inventor(s)01 / TISSOT-DAGUETTE, Loïc
1400 Yverdon-les-Bains / CH
02 / HENEIN, Simon
2000 Neuchâtel / CH
03 / SMRECZAK, Michal
1033 Cheseaux-Lausanne / CH
04 / DAGON, Benoît
1012 Lausanne / CH
 [2022/24]
Representative(s)e-Patent SA
Rue Saint-Maurice 12
Case postale
2001 Neuchâtel 1 / CH
[N/P]
Former [2022/24]e-Patent SA
Rue Saint-Honoré 1
Case postale 2510
2001 Neuchâtel / CH
Application number, filing date20213347.611.12.2020
[2022/24]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP4012367
Date:15.06.2022
Language:EN
[2022/24]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP4012367
Date:03.05.2023
Language:EN
[2023/18]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP01.06.2021
ClassificationIPC:G01L5/00
[2022/24]
CPC:
G01L5/009 (EP); G01L5/0038 (US); G01L5/0042 (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 [2022/47]
Former [2022/24]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:BIEGEACHSZAPFENBASIERTES SYSTEM[2022/24]
English:FLEXURE PIVOT BASED SYSTEM[2022/24]
French:SYSTÈME À BASE DE PIVOT FLEXIBLE[2022/24]
Examination procedure18.10.2022Examination requested  [2022/47]
18.10.2022Date on which the examining division has become responsible
22.11.2022Communication of intention to grant the patent
21.03.2023Fee for grant paid
21.03.2023Fee for publishing/printing paid
21.03.2023Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)06.02.2024No opposition filed within time limit [2024/15]
Fees paidRenewal fee
27.12.2022Renewal fee patent year 03
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipAT03.05.2023
CZ03.05.2023
DK03.05.2023
EE03.05.2023
ES03.05.2023
FI03.05.2023
HR03.05.2023
IT03.05.2023
LT03.05.2023
LV03.05.2023
PL03.05.2023
RO03.05.2023
RS03.05.2023
SE03.05.2023
SI03.05.2023
SK03.05.2023
SM03.05.2023
NO03.08.2023
GR04.08.2023
IS03.09.2023
PT04.09.2023
[2024/26]
Former [2024/10]AT03.05.2023
CZ03.05.2023
DK03.05.2023
EE03.05.2023
ES03.05.2023
FI03.05.2023
HR03.05.2023
LT03.05.2023
LV03.05.2023
PL03.05.2023
RO03.05.2023
RS03.05.2023
SE03.05.2023
SK03.05.2023
SM03.05.2023
NO03.08.2023
GR04.08.2023
IS03.09.2023
PT04.09.2023
Former [2024/08]AT03.05.2023
ES03.05.2023
FI03.05.2023
HR03.05.2023
LT03.05.2023
LV03.05.2023
PL03.05.2023
RS03.05.2023
SE03.05.2023
SK03.05.2023
SM03.05.2023
NO03.08.2023
GR04.08.2023
IS03.09.2023
PT04.09.2023
Former [2024/03]AT03.05.2023
ES03.05.2023
FI03.05.2023
HR03.05.2023
LT03.05.2023
LV03.05.2023
PL03.05.2023
RS03.05.2023
SE03.05.2023
NO03.08.2023
GR04.08.2023
IS03.09.2023
PT04.09.2023
Former [2024/01]AT03.05.2023
ES03.05.2023
HR03.05.2023
LT03.05.2023
LV03.05.2023
PL03.05.2023
RS03.05.2023
SE03.05.2023
NO03.08.2023
GR04.08.2023
IS03.09.2023
PT04.09.2023
Former [2023/51]AT03.05.2023
ES03.05.2023
HR03.05.2023
PL03.05.2023
RS03.05.2023
SE03.05.2023
NO03.08.2023
GR04.08.2023
IS03.09.2023
PT04.09.2023
Former [2023/50]AT03.05.2023
ES03.05.2023
PL03.05.2023
SE03.05.2023
NO03.08.2023
GR04.08.2023
IS03.09.2023
PT04.09.2023
Former [2023/48]AT03.05.2023
ES03.05.2023
SE03.05.2023
NO03.08.2023
PT04.09.2023
Former [2023/46]ES03.05.2023
PT04.09.2023
Documents cited:Search[A]EP3722767  (ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FED DE LAUSANNE EPFL EPFL TTO [CH]) [A] 1-16* figure 1 *
by applicantEP3722767
    - COSANDIER, HENEIN, RICHARDRUBBERT, The Art of Flexure Mechanism Design, ISBN 9782940222568
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