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EP About this file: EP3914055

EP3914055 - CIRCUIT CONNECTION MODULE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  29.12.2023
Database last updated on 05.10.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  20.01.2023
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  05.12.2022
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  14.04.2022
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  22.10.2021
Most recent event   Tooltip31.05.2024Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): BE, FR, IT		published on 03.07.2024  [2024/27]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Yazaki Corporation
8-15, Konan 1-Chome
Minato-ku
Tokyo / JP
[2023/22]
Former [2021/47]For all designated states
Yazaki Corporation
4-28, Mita 1-chome
Minato-ku
Tokyo 108-8333 / JP
Inventor(s)01 / Yamamoto, Shohei
Shizuoka, 421-0407 / JP
 [2021/47]
Representative(s)Hoffmann Eitle
Patent- und Rechtsanwälte PartmbB
Arabellastraße 30
81925 München / DE
[2021/47]
Application number, filing date21172257.405.05.2021
[2021/47]
Priority number, dateJP2020008688818.05.2020         Original published format: JP 2020086888
[2021/47]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3914055
Date:24.11.2021
Language:EN
[2021/47]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3914055
Date:22.02.2023
Language:EN
[2023/08]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP14.10.2021
ClassificationIPC:H05K5/00, H01R13/66, H05K7/20
[2021/47]
CPC:
H05K5/0069 (EP); H01R13/665 (CN,US); H01R13/405 (US);
H01R12/57 (US); H01R12/7005 (US); H01R13/02 (CN);
H01R13/40 (CN); H01R13/502 (US); H05K1/182 (US);
H05K7/2039 (CN); H05K7/205 (US); H05K7/20854 (EP);
H01R12/58 (EP); H05K2201/10189 (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 [2021/47]
TitleGerman:SCHALTUNGSVERBINDUNGSMODUL[2021/47]
English:CIRCUIT CONNECTION MODULE[2021/47]
French:MODULE DE CONNEXION DE CIRCUIT[2021/47]
Examination procedure05.05.2021Examination requested  [2021/47]
26.01.2022Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
13.04.2022Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
20.05.2022Reply to a communication from the examining division
06.12.2022Communication of intention to grant the patent
11.01.2023Fee for grant paid
11.01.2023Fee for publishing/printing paid
11.01.2023Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)23.11.2023No opposition filed within time limit [2024/05]
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipAT22.02.2023
CZ22.02.2023
DK22.02.2023
EE22.02.2023
ES22.02.2023
FI22.02.2023
HR22.02.2023
IT22.02.2023
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MC22.02.2023
NL22.02.2023
PL22.02.2023
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IE05.05.2023
LU05.05.2023
NO22.05.2023
GR23.05.2023
BE31.05.2023
FR31.05.2023
IS22.06.2023
PT22.06.2023
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Documents cited:Search[A]US7422471  (WU JERRY [US]) [A] 1-3 * column 1, lines 7-9 * * column 2, lines 27-37 * * column 3, lines 6-30,50-56 ** column 4, lines 37-40; figures 1-3,7 *;
 [A]US2016143179  (SHOCKET ABRAHAM L [US], et al) [A] 1-3 * paragraphs [0005] , [0017] , [0019] - [0022] - [0024] - [0026] - [0030] , [0033] , [0037] , [0044]; figures 1-4 *;
 [A]US2016353563  (MORIMOTO MITSUAKI [JP], et al) [A] 1-3 * paragraphs [0035] , [0037] , [0046] , [0051] , [0053] , [0068] - [0070]; figures 1-8 *;
 [A]US2019021185  (JU TED [TW], et al) [A] 1-3 * paragraphs [0046] , [0047] , [0049] , [0053]; figures 2,3,6,7 *
by applicantJP2019197696
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