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EP About this file: EP3889331

EP3889331 - FIBER BODY MANUFACTURING METHOD AND FIBER BODY MANUFACTURING APPARATUS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  04.08.2023
Database last updated on 26.07.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  26.08.2022
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  03.07.2022
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  21.01.2022
FormerThe application has been published
Status updated on  03.09.2021
Most recent event   Tooltip31.05.2024Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): IT		published on 03.07.2024  [2024/27]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Seiko Epson Corporation
1-6, Shinjuku 4-chome
Shinjuku-ku
Tokyo 160-8801 / JP
[2021/40]
Inventor(s)01 / NAKAI, Yoko
c/o Seiko Epson Corporation
3-5 Owa 3-chome
Suwa-shi, Nagano 392-8502 / JP
02 / TANAKA, Hideki
c/o Seiko Epson Corporation
3-5 Owa 3-chome
Suwa-shi, Nagano 392-8502 / JP
03 / YOKOKAWA, Shinobu
c/o Seiko Epson Corporation
3-5 Owa 3-chome
Suwa-shi, Nagano 392-8502 / JP
04 / SEKI, Shunichi
c/o Seiko Epson Corporation
3-5 Owa 3-chome
Suwa-shi, Nagano 392-8502 / JP
05 / HIGUCHI, Naotaka
c/o Seiko Epson Corporation
3-5 Owa 3-chome
Suwa-shi, Nagano 392-8502 / JP
 [2021/40]
Representative(s)Lewis Silkin LLP
Arbor
255 Blackfriars Road
London SE1 9AX / GB
[N/P]
Former [2021/40]Miller Sturt Kenyon
9 John Street
London WC1N 2ES / GB
Application number, filing date21165790.330.03.2021
[2021/40]
Priority number, dateJP2020006228331.03.2020         Original published format: JP 2020062283
[2021/40]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3889331
Date:06.10.2021
Language:EN
[2021/40]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3889331
Date:28.09.2022
Language:EN
[2022/39]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP26.07.2021
ClassificationIPC:D04H1/26, B27N3/04, D04H1/58, D04H13/00
[2021/40]
CPC:
D04H1/26 (EP); B27N3/04 (EP,CN); D21B1/32 (US);
B27N3/08 (CN); D01G11/00 (CN); D04H1/58 (EP,CN);
D04H13/00 (EP); D21B1/08 (US); D21G9/0018 (US);
B27N1/02 (EP) (-)
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 [2022/08]
Former [2021/40]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:VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG EINES FASERKÖRPERS UND VORRICHTUNG ZUR HERSTELLUNG EINES FASERKÖRPERS[2021/40]
English:FIBER BODY MANUFACTURING METHOD AND FIBER BODY MANUFACTURING APPARATUS[2021/40]
French:PROCÉDÉ ET APPAREIL DE FABRICATION DE CORPS DE FIBRES[2021/40]
Examination procedure18.01.2022Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
18.01.2022Examination requested  [2022/08]
18.01.2022Date on which the examining division has become responsible
04.07.2022Communication of intention to grant the patent
17.08.2022Fee for grant paid
17.08.2022Fee for publishing/printing paid
17.08.2022Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)29.06.2023No opposition filed within time limit [2023/36]
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AT28.09.2022
CZ28.09.2022
DK28.09.2022
EE28.09.2022
ES28.09.2022
FI28.09.2022
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LT28.09.2022
LV28.09.2022
MC28.09.2022
NL28.09.2022
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SM28.09.2022
NO28.12.2022
GR29.12.2022
IS28.01.2023
PT30.01.2023
IE30.03.2023
LU30.03.2023
BE31.03.2023
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Documents cited:Search[A]EP3418435  (SEIKO EPSON CORP [JP]) [A] 1-9 * claims 1-7 *;
 [A]EP3508637  (SEIKO EPSON CORP [JP]) [A] 1-9* claims 1-10 *;
 [I]EP3584360  (SEIKO EPSON CORP [JP]) [I] 1-9 * claims 1-4 * * paragraphs [0049] , [0050] , [0120] *
by applicantJP2012144826
 JP20200062283
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