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EP About this file: EP4176997

EP4176997 - MACHINE TOOL, WORKPIECE SUPPORTING TOOL FOR MACHINE TOOL, METHOD FOR OPERATING MACHINE TOOL, AND PROGRAM [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  19.08.2024
Database last updated on 11.09.2024
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  18.08.2023
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  07.04.2023
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  16.04.2022
Most recent event   Tooltip19.08.2024New entry: Communication of intention to grant a patent 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Yamazaki Mazak Corporation
1-131 Takeda Oguchi-cho
Niwa-gun, Aichi 480-0197 / JP
[2023/19]
Inventor(s)01 / SUZUKI, Atsushi
Niwa-gun, Aichi 480-0197 / JP
02 / OUCHI, Seigo
Niwa-gun, Aichi 480-0197 / JP
03 / ISHIBASHI, Kazuhiro
Niwa-gun, Aichi 480-0197 / JP
 [2023/19]
Representative(s)TBK
Bavariaring 4-6
80336 München / DE
[2023/19]
Application number, filing date20956757.709.10.2020
[2023/19]
WO2020JP38244
Filing languageJA
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2022074810
Date:14.04.2022
Language:JA
[2022/15]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP4176997
Date:10.05.2023
Language:EN
[2023/19]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:JP14.04.2022
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP04.08.2023
ClassificationIPC:B23K9/04, B23K9/095, B23K9/10, B23K37/02, B23K37/04, B23K9/32
[2023/36]
CPC:
B23K9/04 (EP,US); B23K37/0235 (EP,US); B23K37/04 (EP);
B23K37/0461 (US); B23K9/0953 (US); B23K9/0956 (EP,US);
B23K9/1006 (EP); B23K9/1062 (US); B23K9/32 (EP);
B23K9/325 (US) (-)
Former IPC [2023/19]B23K9/04, B23K15/00, B23K26/34
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 [2023/19]
TitleGerman:WERKZEUGMASCHINE, WERKSTÜCKSTÜTZWERKZEUG FÜR WERKZEUGMASCHINE, VERFAHREN ZUM BETRIEB EINER WERKZEUGMASCHINE UND PROGRAMM[2023/19]
English:MACHINE TOOL, WORKPIECE SUPPORTING TOOL FOR MACHINE TOOL, METHOD FOR OPERATING MACHINE TOOL, AND PROGRAM[2023/19]
French:MACHINE-OUTIL, OUTIL DE SUPPORT D'UNE PIÈCE POUR MACHINE-OUTIL, PROCÉDÉ DE FONCTIONNEMENT D'UNE MACHINE-OUTIL, ET PROGRAMME[2023/19]
Entry into regional phase06.02.2023Translation filed 
06.02.2023National basic fee paid 
06.02.2023Search fee paid 
06.02.2023Designation fee(s) paid 
06.02.2023Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure06.02.2023Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
06.02.2023Examination requested  [2023/19]
04.08.2023Date on which the examining division has become responsible
17.08.2023Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
20.12.2023Reply to a communication from the examining division
07.02.2024Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
27.05.2024Reply to a communication from the examining division
20.08.2024Communication of intention to grant the patent
Fees paidRenewal fee
06.02.2023Renewal fee patent year 03
25.10.2023Renewal fee patent year 04
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Documents cited:Search[Y]JPH01257593  (HITACHI LTD);
 [Y]US2017144242  (MCQUEEN JAMES [US], et al);
 [A]US2018029186  (RÖDERS JÜRGEN [DE], et al);
 [A]JP2018103307  (KAWASAKI HEAVY IND LTD)
International search[A]JPH06285655  (NISSAN MOTOR) [A] 1-15 * , paragraphs [0022]-[0031], fig. 3-7 *;
 [A]JPH07284935  (KOBE STEEL LTD) [A] 1-15* , paragraphs [0018]-[0020], fig. 1 *;
 [A]JP6100449B  (YAMAZAKI MAZAK CORP.) [A] 1-15 * , paragraphs [0012]-[0019], fig. 1-3 *;
 [A]JP2019150857  (KOBE STEEL LTD) [A] 1-15 * , paragraph [0023], fig. 4, 5 *;
 [A]WO2020079870  (MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORP [JP]) [A] 1-15 * , paragraphs [0107]-[0120], fig. 25, 26 *;
 [A]JP2020069521  (IHI CORP) [A] 1-15 * , paragraph [0027], fig. 1, 2 *
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