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| EP4080071 - LOOSENING PREVENTION DEVICE [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | The patent has been granted Status updated on 08.08.2025 Database last updated on 28.03.2026 | |
| Former | Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 01.04.2025 | ||
| Former | Request for examination was made Status updated on 23.09.2022 | ||
| Former | The international publication has been made Status updated on 25.06.2021 | Most recent event Tooltip | 30.01.2026 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): PL, RS | published on 04.03.2026 [2026/10] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states HARDLOCK INDUSTRY CO., Ltd. 6-24, Kawamata 1-chome Higashiosaka-shi Osaka 577-063 / JP | [2022/43] | Inventor(s) | 01 /
WAKABAYASHI, Katsuhiko c/o HARDLOCK INDUSTRY CO., LTD., 6-24, Kawamata 1- chome Higashiosaka-shi, Osaka 577-0063 / JP | [2022/43] | Representative(s) | JENSEN & SON 366-368 Old Street London EC1V 9LT / GB | [2022/43] | Application number, filing date | 20903780.3 | 29.09.2020 | [2022/43] | WO2020JP36847 | Priority number, date | JP20190230031 | 20.12.2019 Original published format: JP 2019230031 | [2022/43] | Filing language | JA | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO2021124636 | Date: | 24.06.2021 | Language: | JA | [2021/25] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP4080071 | Date: | 26.10.2022 | Language: | EN | [2022/43] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP4080071 | Date: | 10.09.2025 | Language: | EN | [2025/37] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | JP | 24.06.2021 | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 11.12.2023 | Classification | IPC: | F16B39/12, // F16B35/00 | [2024/02] | CPC: |
F16B39/128 (EP,CN,US);
F16B39/18 (CN,KR,US);
F16B35/005 (EP,CN);
F16B37/00 (CN);
F16B39/122 (EP,CN);
F16B39/126 (EP,CN,KR)
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| Former IPC [2022/43] | F16B39/12, F16B39/18 | 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 [2022/43]
| 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: | VORRICHTUNG ZUR VERHINDERUNG VON LOCKERUNG | [2022/43] | English: | LOOSENING PREVENTION DEVICE | [2022/43] | French: | DISPOSITIF DE PRÉVENTION DE DESSERRAGE | [2022/43] | Entry into regional phase | 18.07.2022 | Translation filed | 20.07.2022 | National basic fee paid | 20.07.2022 | Search fee paid | 20.07.2022 | Designation fee(s) paid | 20.07.2022 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 20.07.2022 | Examination requested [2022/43] | 27.06.2024 | Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description) | 27.06.2024 | Date on which the examining division has become responsible | 02.04.2025 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 31.07.2025 | Fee for grant paid | 31.07.2025 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | 31.07.2025 | Receipt of the translation of the claim(s) | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 30.09.2022 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 02.10.2023 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 30.09.2024 | Renewal fee patent year 05 |
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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 | HR | 10.09.2025 | PL | 10.09.2025 | NO | 10.12.2025 | RS | 10.12.2025 | GR | 11.12.2025 | [2026/10] |
| Former [2026/09] | HR | 10.09.2025 | |
| NO | 10.12.2025 | ||
| GR | 11.12.2025 | ||
| Former [2026/08] | HR | 10.09.2025 | |
| NO | 10.12.2025 | Documents cited: | Search | [XA] JP2003120633 (NUCLEAR FUEL IND LTD et al.) [X] 1,4 * figures 1-2 * * paragraphs [0010] - [0014] *[A] 2,3 | [A] WO2005080807 (YAMADA FUSAO et al.) [A] 1-4 * figures 1-7 * | International search | [A] JP2015014295 (SGG KENKYUSHO KK et al.) [A] 1-4 * , paragraphs [0008], [0009], [0020], fig. 4 * | [A] JPH11315816 (HARD LOCK KOGYO KK et al.) [A] 1-4 * , paragraph [0017], fig. 1-8 * | [A] JP2005114055 (YAMADA FUSAO et al.) [A] 1-4 * , paragraph [0013], fig. 8-11 * | by applicant | JP2016125622 | JP2016133136 | JP2002195236 | JPS61244912 | JP2017219117 | JP2001050292 | JP2006281493 |