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| EP4014082 - SMALL FORM FACTOR 4-MIRROR BASED IMAGING SYSTEMS [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 19.09.2025 Database last updated on 21.03.2026 | |
| Former | The patent has been granted Status updated on 11.10.2024 | ||
| Former | Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 06.06.2024 | ||
| Former | Request for examination was made Status updated on 20.05.2022 | ||
| Former | The international publication has been made Status updated on 19.02.2021 | Most recent event Tooltip | 19.09.2025 | No opposition filed within time limit | published on 22.10.2025 [2025/43] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states CSO CO. LTD. 5-34, Jijok-ro 148 beon-gil Yuseong-gu Daejeon 34074 / KR | [2024/46] |
| Former [2024/01] | For all designated states CSO CO. LTD. 5-34, Jirok-ro 148 beon-gil Yuseong-gu Daejeon, 34074 / KR | ||
| Former [2023/01] | For all designated states Choi, Youngwan 13701 Marina Pointe Dr, 435 Marina del Rey CA 90292 / US | ||
| Former [2022/25] | For all designated states Choi, Youngwan 3644 Overland Ave. 417 Los Angeles CA 90034 / US | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Choi, Youngwan 13701 Marina Pointe Dr, No. 435 Marina del Rey, CA 90292 / US | [2024/27] |
| Former [2022/25] | 01 /
see applicant ... | Representative(s) | Ström & Gulliksson AB Box 5275 102 46 Stockholm / SE | [2022/25] | Application number, filing date | 20851763.1 | 10.08.2020 | [2022/25] | WO2020US45639 | Priority number, date | US201962885296P | 11.08.2019 Original published format: US 201962885296 P | [2022/25] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO2021030277 | Date: | 18.02.2021 | Language: | EN | [2021/07] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP4014082 | Date: | 22.06.2022 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 18.02.2021 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [2022/25] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP4014082 | Date: | 13.11.2024 | Language: | EN | [2024/46] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | US | 18.02.2021 | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 02.10.2023 | Classification | IPC: | G02B17/06, G03B17/17 | [2024/25] | CPC: |
G02B17/0657 (EP,KR,US);
G02B17/0663 (CN);
G02B17/023 (CN,KR,US);
G03B17/17 (EP)
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| Former IPC [2023/44] | G02B17/06, G02B11/20 | ||
| Former IPC [2022/25] | G02B11/20 | Designated contracting states | 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 [2022/25]
| Extension states | BA | Not yet paid | ME | Not yet paid | Validation states | KH | Not yet paid | MA | Not yet paid | MD | Not yet paid | TN | Not yet paid | Title | German: | ABBILDUNGSSYSTEME BASIEREND AUF VIER SPIEGELN MIT GERINGEM FORMFAKTOR | [2022/25] | English: | SMALL FORM FACTOR 4-MIRROR BASED IMAGING SYSTEMS | [2022/25] | French: | SYSTÈMES D'IMAGERIE À BASE DE QUATRE MIROIRS À FAIBLE FACTEUR DE FORME | [2022/25] | Entry into regional phase | 01.02.2022 | National basic fee paid | 01.02.2022 | Search fee paid | 01.02.2022 | Designation fee(s) paid | 01.02.2022 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 09.06.2021 | Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: US | 01.02.2022 | Examination requested [2022/25] | 19.03.2024 | Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description) | 19.03.2024 | Date on which the examining division has become responsible | 07.06.2024 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 04.10.2024 | Fee for grant paid | 04.10.2024 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | 04.10.2024 | Receipt of the translation of the claim(s) | Divisional application(s) | EP24209020.7 / EP4474900 | Opposition(s) | 14.08.2025 | No opposition filed within time limit [2025/43] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 26.10.2022 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 15.08.2023 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 27.08.2024 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | Penalty fee | Additional fee for renewal fee | 31.08.2022 | 03 M06 Fee paid on 26.10.2022 |
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| Responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or quality of the data displayed under the link provided lies entirely with the Unified Patent Court. | Lapses during opposition Tooltip | CZ | 13.11.2024 | ES | 13.11.2024 | HR | 13.11.2024 | PL | 13.11.2024 | SK | 13.11.2024 | SM | 13.11.2024 | NO | 13.02.2025 | RS | 13.02.2025 | GR | 14.02.2025 | IS | 13.03.2025 | [2025/36] |
| Former [2025/32] | ES | 13.11.2024 | |
| HR | 13.11.2024 | ||
| PL | 13.11.2024 | ||
| SM | 13.11.2024 | ||
| NO | 13.02.2025 | ||
| RS | 13.02.2025 | ||
| GR | 14.02.2025 | ||
| IS | 13.03.2025 | ||
| Former [2025/23] | ES | 13.11.2024 | |
| HR | 13.11.2024 | ||
| PL | 13.11.2024 | ||
| NO | 13.02.2025 | ||
| RS | 13.02.2025 | ||
| GR | 14.02.2025 | ||
| IS | 13.03.2025 | ||
| Former [2025/22] | ES | 13.11.2024 | |
| HR | 13.11.2024 | ||
| NO | 13.02.2025 | ||
| GR | 14.02.2025 | ||
| IS | 13.03.2025 | ||
| Former [2025/21] | ES | 13.11.2024 | |
| HR | 13.11.2024 | ||
| IS | 13.03.2025 | Documents cited: | Search | [A] EP3404463 (THALES SA et al.) [A] 1-19 * figure 5 * | [XI] US2016258878 (ZHANG SHIYU et al.) [X] 1,3,5,9,12 * figure 6; claim 1 *[I] 4,6-8,13-19 | [XI] CN101782680 (XI AN OPTICS PRECISION MECH et al.) [X] 1 * paragraph [0064]; figure 7A; table 7 *[I] 3-9,12-19 | [I] US2015028212 (WRIGHT RICHARD J et al.) [I] 1-9,12-19 * figure 1; claim 1 * | [A] RU2615162 (OTKRYTOE AKTSIONERNOE OBSHCHESTVO ROSTOVSKIJ OPTIKO-MEKHANICHESKIJ ZAVOD et al.) [A] 1-19 * figure 2 * | International search | [YA] US2011176205 (SHAW WILLIAM E et al.) [Y] 1,2, 12, 19 * entire document, especially Fig. 2a-2b and 3, para [0003], [0014], [0023], [0024], [0026], [0030] *[A] 3-11, 13-18, 20 | [YA] US2009009897 (HOLOTA WOLFGANG et al.) [Y] 1, 2, 12, 19 * entire document, especially para [0025], [0035] *[A] 3-11, 13-18, 20 | by applicant | US201962885296 | EP3404463 | US2016258878 | CN101782680 |