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EP About this file: EP4099586

EP4099586 - UNDERWATER OPTICAL COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND UNDERWATER EXAMINATION SYSTEM [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  04.11.2022
Database last updated on 06.07.2024
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  06.08.2021
Most recent event   Tooltip12.04.2024Amendment by applicant 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
SHIMADZU CORPORATION
1, Nishinokyo-Kuwabara-cho
Nakagyo-ku
Kyoto-shi, Kyoto 604-8511 / JP
[2022/49]
Inventor(s)01 / NISHIMURA, Naoki
c/o SHIMADZU CORPORATION, 1, Nishinokyo-Kuwabara-
cho, Nakagyo-ku
Kyoto-shi, Kyoto 604-8511 / JP
02 / TOJO, Koji
c/o SHIMADZU CORPORATION, 1, Nishinokyo-Kuwabara-
cho, Nakagyo-ku
Kyoto-shi, Kyoto 604-8511 / JP
 [2022/49]
Representative(s)Müller-Boré & Partner Patentanwälte PartG mbB
Friedenheimer Brücke 21
80639 München / DE
[2022/49]
Application number, filing date20917220.427.01.2020
[2022/49]
WO2020JP02849
Filing languageJA
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2021152677
Date:05.08.2021
Language:JA
[2021/31]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP4099586
Date:07.12.2022
Language:EN
[2022/49]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:JP05.08.2021
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP26.09.2023
ClassificationIPC:H04B10/80, H04B13/02
[2023/43]
CPC:
H04B10/80 (EP,US); H04B13/02 (EP); Y02E30/30 (EP)
Former IPC [2022/49]H04B10/80
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 [2022/49]
TitleGerman:OPTISCHE UNTERWASSERKOMMUNIKATIONSVORRICHTUNG UND UNTERWASSERUNTERSUCHUNGSSYSTEM[2022/49]
English:UNDERWATER OPTICAL COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND UNDERWATER EXAMINATION SYSTEM[2022/49]
French:DISPOSITIF DE COMMUNICATION OPTIQUE SOUS-MARIN ET SYSTÈME D'INSPECTION SOUS-MARIN[2022/49]
Entry into regional phase25.08.2022Translation filed 
25.08.2022National basic fee paid 
25.08.2022Search fee paid 
25.08.2022Designation fee(s) paid 
25.08.2022Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure25.08.2022Examination requested  [2022/49]
11.04.2024Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
11.04.2024Date on which the examining division has become responsible
Fees paidRenewal fee
25.08.2022Renewal fee patent year 03
20.01.2023Renewal fee patent year 04
11.01.2024Renewal fee patent year 05
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Documents cited:Search[A]JPH03200202  (MICRO PROD KK) [A] 2,3 * paragraph [0053]; figure 1; claim 1 *;
 [A]JPH05281393  (TOSHIBA CORP.) [A] 2,3 * paragraph [0015] - paragraph [0026] *;
 [I]JP2004282685  (GLOBAL COM KK) [I] 1-7 * the whole document *;
 [I]EP2056492  (HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS KK [JP]) [I] 1-7 * paragraph [0053] - paragraph [0059]; figures 1,2,3,4,7 * * paragraph [0076] - paragraph [0080] *;
 [I]WO2019049598  (MURATA MACHINERY LTD [JP], et al) [I] 1-7 * paragraph [0010] - paragraph [0018]; figures 1,8 * * paragraph [0028] - paragraph [0032] * * paragraph [0035] * * paragraph [0049] * * paragraph [0069] *;
 [A]  - COWEN S ET AL, "Underwater docking of autonomous undersea vehicles using optical terminal guidance", OCEANS '97. MTS/IEEE CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS HALIFAX, NS, CANADA 6-9 OCT. 1997, NEW YORK, NY, USA,IEEE, US, (19971006), vol. 2, doi:10.1109/OCEANS.1997.624153, ISBN 978-0-7803-4108-1, pages 1143 - 1147, XP010246137 [A] 1-7 * the whole document *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/OCEANS.1997.624153
International search[YA]JPH03200202  (MICRO PROD KK) [Y] 3 * 3 1-15, 4 *[A] 1-2,4-6;
 [YA]JPH05281393  [Y] 1-3,5-6 * 0010, 0017, 0025, 2, 4-5 * [A] 4;
 [YA]JP2001133652  (HITACHI CABLE) [Y] 1-3,5-6 * 0014-0018, 1 * [A] 4;
 [Y]JP2001512616  [Y] 1-6 * 118, 33, 65 3-10 *;
 [Y]WO2019049598  (MURATA MACHINERY LTD [JP], et al) [Y] 1-6 * 0028-0032, 0035,0049, 0069, 1, 8 *
by applicantJP2018007069
 JP2019176046
 JP2019186595
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