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EP About this file: EP3997373

EP3997373 - SPOIL PIPE FOR TUNNEL BORING MACHINE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Former [2022/19]CRS: QUICK CONNECTOR FOR TUNNEL BORING MACHINE SPOIL PIPE
[2023/21]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  02.08.2024
Database last updated on 21.03.2026
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  25.08.2023
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  14.05.2023
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  15.04.2022
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  18.01.2021
Formerunknown
Status updated on  18.07.2020
Most recent event   Tooltip13.03.2026Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): HU		published on 15.04.2026 [2026/16]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Bouygues Travaux Publics
1 Avenue Eugène Freyssinet
78280 Guyancourt / FR
[2022/19]
Inventor(s)01 / PESENTI, Hervé
88 chemin de la Ville Haute
01120 Montluel / FR
 [2022/19]
Representative(s)Regimbeau
20, rue de Chazelles
75847 Paris Cedex 17 / FR
[2022/19]
Application number, filing date20737463.809.07.2020
[2022/20]
WO2020EP69421
Priority number, dateFR2019000767509.07.2019         Original published format: FR 1907675
[2022/19]
Filing languageFR
Procedural languageFR
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2021005170
Date:14.01.2021
Language:FR
[2021/02]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3997373
Date:18.05.2022
Language:FR
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 14.01.2021 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2022/20]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3997373
Date:27.09.2023
Language:FR
[2023/39]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP14.01.2021
ClassificationIPC:F16L23/00, F16L23/08, E21D9/13, F16L1/036, F16L1/06, E21D9/00
[2022/19]
CPC:
E21D9/13 (EP); F16L33/28 (US); E21D9/12 (US);
F16L1/036 (EP); F16L1/06 (EP); F16L23/003 (EP);
F16L23/08 (EP); F16L33/16 (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 [2022/19]  
Extension statesBANot yet paid
MENot yet paid
Validation statesKHNot yet paid
MANot yet paid
MDNot yet paid
TNNot yet paid
TitleGerman:ABRAUMROHR FÜR TUNNELBOHRMASCHINE[2023/21]
English:SPOIL PIPE FOR TUNNEL BORING MACHINE[2023/21]
French:CONDUITE DE MARINAGE POUR TUNNELIER[2023/21]
Former [2022/19]CRS: SCHNELLVERBINDER FÜR DAS ABRAUMROHR EINER TUNNELBOHRMASCHINE
Former [2022/19]CRS: QUICK CONNECTOR FOR TUNNEL BORING MACHINE SPOIL PIPE
Former [2022/19]CRS : CONNECTEUR RAPIDE SUR CONDUITE DE MARINAGE DE TUNNELIER
Entry into regional phase07.02.2022National basic fee paid 
07.02.2022Designation fee(s) paid 
07.02.2022Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure07.02.2022Examination requested  [2022/20]
07.02.2022Date on which the examining division has become responsible
06.07.2022Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
15.05.2023Communication of intention to grant the patent
21.08.2023Fee for grant paid
21.08.2023Fee for publishing/printing paid
21.08.2023Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)28.06.2024No opposition filed within time limit [2024/36]
Fees paidRenewal fee
07.02.2022Renewal fee patent year 03
14.06.2023Renewal fee patent year 04
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipCY09.07.2020
HU09.07.2020
CZ27.09.2023
ES27.09.2023
HR27.09.2023
MC27.09.2023
PL27.09.2023
RO27.09.2023
RS27.09.2023
SK27.09.2023
SM27.09.2023
NO27.12.2023
GR28.12.2023
IS27.01.2024
[2026/16]
Former [2025/51]CY09.07.2020
CZ27.09.2023
ES27.09.2023
HR27.09.2023
MC27.09.2023
PL27.09.2023
RO27.09.2023
RS27.09.2023
SK27.09.2023
SM27.09.2023
NO27.12.2023
GR28.12.2023
IS27.01.2024
Former [2025/11]CZ27.09.2023
ES27.09.2023
HR27.09.2023
MC27.09.2023
PL27.09.2023
RO27.09.2023
RS27.09.2023
SK27.09.2023
SM27.09.2023
NO27.12.2023
GR28.12.2023
IS27.01.2024
Former [2024/26]CZ27.09.2023
ES27.09.2023
HR27.09.2023
PL27.09.2023
RO27.09.2023
RS27.09.2023
SK27.09.2023
SM27.09.2023
NO27.12.2023
GR28.12.2023
IS27.01.2024
Former [2024/23]CZ27.09.2023
ES27.09.2023
HR27.09.2023
RO27.09.2023
RS27.09.2023
SK27.09.2023
SM27.09.2023
NO27.12.2023
GR28.12.2023
IS27.01.2024
Former [2024/20]HR27.09.2023
RS27.09.2023
SM27.09.2023
NO27.12.2023
GR28.12.2023
IS27.01.2024
Former [2024/11]HR27.09.2023
RS27.09.2023
NO27.12.2023
GR28.12.2023
Former [2024/08]NO27.12.2023
GR28.12.2023
Cited inInternational search[XY] DE3524074  (RASMUSSEN GMBH et al.) [X] 1-5 * column 5, lines 13-45; figures 3-4 *[Y] 6-9
 [X] US8211518  (FERNANDES LESLIE et al.) [X] 1,2,4,5 * column 5, lines 26-56; figure 2 *
 [A] EP2112414  (HAGIYA HIROSHI et al.) [A] 4,5 * abstract *
 [Y] EP1281835  (NFM TECH et al.) [Y] 6-9 * the whole document *
 [A] GB1562054  (GEWERK EISENHUETTE WESTFALIA et al.) [A] 6-9 * the whole document *
 [A] DE102015110017  (WERNER MÖBIUS ENG GMBH et al.) [A] 6-9 * the whole document *
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