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EP About this file: EP3851706

EP3851706 - APPARATUS FOR MANAGING FLUID FLOW IN A VEHICLE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  17.05.2024
Database last updated on 03.09.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  09.06.2023
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  13.03.2023
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  14.01.2022
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  12.11.2021
FormerThe application has been published
Status updated on  18.06.2021
Most recent event   Tooltip02.08.2024Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): SI		published on 04.09.2024 [2024/36]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Qinetiq Limited
Cody Technology Park
Ively Road
Farnborough, Hampshire GU14 0LX / GB
[2021/29]
Inventor(s)01 / Flaxman, Robert John Bonner
c/o QinetiQ Limited
Intellectual Property
Malvern Technology Centre
St Andrews Road
Malvern, Worcestershire WR14 3PS / GB
 [2023/28]
Former [2021/29]01 / Flaxman, Robert John Bonner
QinetiQ Limited
Intellectual Property
Malvern Technology Centre
St Andrews Road
Malvern, Worcestershire WR14 3PS / GB
Representative(s)QINETIQ IP
QinetiQ Limited
Intellectual Property
Malvern Technology Centre
St Andrews Road
Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 3PS / GB
[2021/29]
Application number, filing date21161221.322.05.2015
[2021/29]
Priority number, dateGB2014000918023.05.2014         Original published format: GB 201409180
[2021/29]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3851706
Date:21.07.2021
Language:EN
[2021/29]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3851706
Date:12.07.2023
Language:EN
[2023/28]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP16.04.2021
ClassificationIPC:F16H57/04
[2021/29]
CPC:
F16H57/0439 (EP,US); F16H57/0435 (US); F16H48/10 (US);
F16H57/0412 (US); F16H57/0483 (US)
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 [2021/50]
Former [2021/29]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 
TitleGerman:VORRICHTUNG ZUR VERWALTUNG DER FLÜSSIGKEITSSTRÖMUNG IN EINEM FAHRZEUG[2021/29]
English:APPARATUS FOR MANAGING FLUID FLOW IN A VEHICLE[2021/29]
French:APPAREIL DE GESTION D'ÉCOULEMENT DE FLUIDE DANS UN VÉHICULE[2021/29]
Examination procedure04.11.2021Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
04.11.2021Examination requested  [2021/50]
04.11.2021Date on which the examining division has become responsible
18.01.2022Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
18.07.2022Reply to a communication from the examining division
13.03.2023Communication of intention to grant the patent
01.06.2023Fee for grant paid
01.06.2023Fee for publishing/printing paid
01.06.2023Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Parent application(s)   TooltipEP15723971.6  / EP3146240
Opposition(s)15.04.2024No opposition filed within time limit [2024/25]
Fees paidRenewal fee
08.03.2021Renewal fee patent year 03
08.03.2021Renewal fee patent year 04
08.03.2021Renewal fee patent year 05
08.03.2021Renewal fee patent year 06
27.05.2021Renewal fee patent year 07
27.05.2022Renewal fee patent year 08
30.05.2023Renewal fee patent year 09
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipAT12.07.2023
CZ12.07.2023
DK12.07.2023
EE12.07.2023
FI12.07.2023
HR12.07.2023
LT12.07.2023
LV12.07.2023
NL12.07.2023
PL12.07.2023
RO12.07.2023
RS12.07.2023
SI12.07.2023
SK12.07.2023
SM12.07.2023
NO12.10.2023
GR13.10.2023
IS12.11.2023
PT13.11.2023
[2024/36]
Former [2024/23]AT12.07.2023
CZ12.07.2023
DK12.07.2023
EE12.07.2023
FI12.07.2023
HR12.07.2023
LT12.07.2023
LV12.07.2023
NL12.07.2023
PL12.07.2023
RO12.07.2023
RS12.07.2023
SK12.07.2023
SM12.07.2023
NO12.10.2023
GR13.10.2023
IS12.11.2023
PT13.11.2023
Former [2024/22]AT12.07.2023
CZ12.07.2023
DK12.07.2023
FI12.07.2023
HR12.07.2023
LT12.07.2023
LV12.07.2023
NL12.07.2023
PL12.07.2023
RO12.07.2023
RS12.07.2023
SM12.07.2023
NO12.10.2023
GR13.10.2023
IS12.11.2023
PT13.11.2023
Former [2024/20]AT12.07.2023
FI12.07.2023
HR12.07.2023
LT12.07.2023
LV12.07.2023
NL12.07.2023
PL12.07.2023
RS12.07.2023
SM12.07.2023
NO12.10.2023
GR13.10.2023
IS12.11.2023
PT13.11.2023
Former [2024/10]AT12.07.2023
FI12.07.2023
HR12.07.2023
LT12.07.2023
LV12.07.2023
NL12.07.2023
PL12.07.2023
RS12.07.2023
NO12.10.2023
GR13.10.2023
IS12.11.2023
PT13.11.2023
Former [2024/09]AT12.07.2023
FI12.07.2023
LT12.07.2023
NL12.07.2023
NO12.10.2023
GR13.10.2023
IS12.11.2023
Former [2024/08]LT12.07.2023
NL12.07.2023
NO12.10.2023
GR13.10.2023
Former [2024/05]NL12.07.2023
Documents cited:Search[A]US5823282  (YAMAGUCHI KOZO [JP]) [A] 1-15* figure 16; claim 1 *;
 [X]US2008056912  (PIZZICHIL WILLIAM P [US], et al) [X] 1,13 * paragraph [0027]; figures 1,2 *;
 [X]WO2010125648  (TOYOTA MOTOR CO LTD [JP], et al) [X] 1,11-13 * figures 1,7 *;
 [X]EP2573428  (MOVENTAS GEARS OY [FI]) [X] 1-10,13-15 * paragraphs [0018] - [0025]; figure 1 *
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