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EP About this file: EP4073887

EP4073887 - INSULATION PIERCING TAP CONNECTORS FOR ELECTRICAL CONDUCTORS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  16.09.2022
Database last updated on 15.06.2024
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  18.06.2021
Most recent event   Tooltip10.06.2024The date on which the examining division becomes responsible, has been established 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Hubbell Incorporated
40 Waterview Drive
Shelton, CT 06484-1000 / US
[2022/42]
Inventor(s)01 / CANDELARIA, Adrian, Beau
1410 Willow Creek Parkway
Alabaster, AL 35007 / US
02 / HANSEN, James, Marc
709 Chase Brook
Circle Hoover, AL 35244 / US
03 / IMAM, Syed, Taha
1005 Lake Shore
Circle Hoover, AL 35244 / US
 [2022/42]
Representative(s)Barker Brettell LLP
100 Hagley Road
Edgbaston
Birmingham B16 8QQ / GB
[2022/42]
Application number, filing date20899187.709.12.2020
[2022/42]
WO2020US63990
Priority number, dateUS201962945648P09.12.2019         Original published format: US 201962945648 P
[2022/42]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2021119116
Date:17.06.2021
Language:EN
[2021/24]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP4073887
Date:19.10.2022
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 17.06.2021 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2022/42]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:US17.06.2021
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP20.11.2023
ClassificationIPC:H01R4/2406, H01R4/2408
[2023/51]
CPC:
H01R4/2406 (EP,US); H01R4/2408 (EP,US); H01R4/70 (US)
Former IPC [2022/42]H01R4/24, H01R4/18, H01R4/44, H01R4/48, H01R4/50, H01R9/05, H01R11/07
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 [2022/42]
TitleGerman:ISOLATIONSDURCHSTECHENDE ABZWEIGKLEMMEN FÜR ELEKTRISCHE LEITER[2022/42]
English:INSULATION PIERCING TAP CONNECTORS FOR ELECTRICAL CONDUCTORS[2022/42]
French:CONNECTEURS DE PRISE DE PERÇAGE D'ISOLATION POUR CONDUCTEURS ÉLECTRIQUES[2022/42]
Entry into regional phase14.06.2022National basic fee paid 
14.06.2022Search fee paid 
14.06.2022Designation fee(s) paid 
14.06.2022Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure14.06.2022Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
14.06.2022Examination requested  [2022/42]
07.06.2024Date on which the examining division has become responsible
Fees paidRenewal fee
09.12.2022Renewal fee patent year 03
27.12.2023Renewal fee patent year 04
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Documents cited:Search[YA]US3668613  (KLOSIN JOHN J) [Y] 13 * column 4, line 3; figures 1,2,3 * [A] 1-12,14,15;
 [YA]US5704816  (POLIDORI MARIO [US]) [Y] 6 * figure 1 * [A] 1-5,7-15;
 [YA]US2013183874  (CAWOOD MATTHEW D [US], et al) [Y] 3,9 * figures 1a,1b,1c * [A] 1,2,4-8,10-15;
 [YA]US2015162670  (GALLA MATTHEW [US], et al) [Y] 11,12 * paragraph [0064]; figure 5 * [A] 1-10,13-15;
 [YA]US2016020529  (MARTIN EVAN [US]) [Y] 10 * figure 5 * [A] 1-9,11-15;
 [XY]US2019260142  (RUGGIERO GLEN HARRISON [US]) [X] 1,2,8,14,15 * paragraphs [0050] , [0053] , [0054]; figures 12,13,14,16,21-22 * [Y] 3-7,9-13;
 [YA]CN110277655  (SUZHOU XTONG PHOTOVOLTAIC TECH CO LTD) [Y] 4,5,7 * figure 6 *[A] 1-3,6,8-15
International search[Y]US3668613  (KLOSIN JOHN J) [Y] 15, 19, 20 * entire document *;
 [A]US4684196  (SMITH PHILIP L [US], et al) [A] 1-20* entire document *;
 [Y]US5704816  (POLIDORI MARIO [US]) [Y] 4 * entire document *;
 [A]US2008194153  (DE FRANCE ROBERT V [US]) [A] 1-20 * entire document *;
 [Y]US2010003846  (DINIZ MILTON EGAS [BR], et al) [Y] 19, 20 * entire document *;
 [A]US2010015862  (GREGRORY OWEN ROSS [US], et al) [A] 1-20 * entire document *;
 [Y]US2013183874  (CAWOOD MATTHEW D [US], et al) [Y] 3, 11 * entire document *;
 [Y]US2015162670  (GALLA MATTHEW [US], et al) [Y] 13-15, 20 * entire document *;
 [Y]US2016020529  (MARTIN EVAN [US]) [Y] 12 * entire document *;
 [XY]US2019260142  (RUGGIERO GLEN HARRISON [US]) [X] 1,2,10,16-18 * entire document * [Y] 3,4,11-15
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