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EP About this file: EP3978325

EP3978325 - METHOD OF CONTROLLING AN AUTOMOBILE AND AUTOMOBILE SYSTEM [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Former [2022/14]METHOD OF CONTROLLING AUTOMOBILE AND AUTOMOBILE SYSTEM
[2022/49]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  01.03.2024
Database last updated on 17.05.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  24.03.2023
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  08.12.2022
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  16.09.2022
FormerThe application has been published
Status updated on  04.03.2022
Most recent event   Tooltip01.03.2024No opposition filed within time limitpublished on 03.04.2024  [2024/14]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
3-1, Shinchi, Fuchu-cho
Aki-gun
Hiroshima 730-8670 / JP
[N/P]
Former [2022/14]For all designated states
MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
3-1, Shinchi, Fuchu-cho
Aki-gun
Hiroshima 730-8670 / JP
Inventor(s)01 / HAMADA, Takashi
Fuchu-cho, Aki-gun, 730-8670 / JP
02 / NISHIJO, Yuma
Fuchu-cho, Aki-gun, 730-8670 / JP
03 / KOJIMA, Kouichi
Fuchu-cho, Aki-gun, 730-8670 / JP
04 / YAMASHITA, Yoshiyuki
Fuchu-cho, Aki-gun, 730-8670 / JP
05 / KYUSAKA, Shinya
Fuchu-cho, Aki-gun, 730-8670 / JP
06 / TSUJI, Yuta
Fuchu-cho, Aki-gun, 730-8670 / JP
07 / NONAKA, Nobuhiro
Fuchu-cho, Aki-gun, 730-8670 / JP
08 / SHIMIZU, Daisuke
Fuchu-cho, Aki-gun, 730-8670 / JP
09 / FUKUDA, Keigo
Fuchu-cho, Aki-gun, 730-8670 / JP
10 / NAKASHIMA, Yasuhiro
Fuchu-cho, Aki-gun, 730-8670 / JP
11 / OIKE, Taro
Fuchu-cho, Aki-gun, 730-8670 / JP
 [2022/14]
Representative(s)Müller-Boré & Partner Patentanwälte PartG mbB
Friedenheimer Brücke 21
80639 München / DE
[2022/14]
Application number, filing date21195898.810.09.2021
[2022/14]
Priority number, dateJP2020016677501.10.2020         Original published format: JP 2020166775
[2022/14]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3978325
Date:06.04.2022
Language:EN
[2022/14]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3978325
Date:26.04.2023
Language:EN
[2023/17]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP15.02.2022
ClassificationIPC:B60T7/14, B60T17/20, B60K28/06, // B60W40/08
[2022/14]
CPC:
B60T7/14 (EP,US); B60K28/06 (EP); B60T17/20 (EP,US);
B60T7/08 (US); B60T2220/02 (US); B60W2040/0818 (EP,US);
B60W2540/18 (EP); B60W2540/223 (EP); B60W2540/26 (EP,US);
B60W2720/106 (EP); B60Y2302/05 (EP,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 [2022/42]
Former [2022/14]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 STEUERUNG EINES KRAFTFAHRZEUGS UND KRAFTFAHRZEUGSYSTEM[2022/14]
English:METHOD OF CONTROLLING AN AUTOMOBILE AND AUTOMOBILE SYSTEM[2022/49]
French:PROCÉDÉ DE COMMANDE D'AUTOMOBILE ET SYSTÈME AUTOMOBILE[2022/14]
Former [2022/14]METHOD OF CONTROLLING AUTOMOBILE AND AUTOMOBILE SYSTEM
Examination procedure08.09.2022Examination requested  [2022/42]
08.09.2022Date on which the examining division has become responsible
09.12.2022Communication of intention to grant the patent
14.03.2023Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
16.03.2023Fee for grant paid
16.03.2023Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)29.01.2024No opposition filed within time limit [2024/14]
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipAT26.04.2023
CZ26.04.2023
DK26.04.2023
EE26.04.2023
ES26.04.2023
FI26.04.2023
HR26.04.2023
LT26.04.2023
LV26.04.2023
NL26.04.2023
PL26.04.2023
RO26.04.2023
RS26.04.2023
SE26.04.2023
SK26.04.2023
SM26.04.2023
NO26.07.2023
GR27.07.2023
IS26.08.2023
PT28.08.2023
[2024/10]
Former [2024/08]AT26.04.2023
ES26.04.2023
FI26.04.2023
HR26.04.2023
LT26.04.2023
LV26.04.2023
NL26.04.2023
PL26.04.2023
RS26.04.2023
SE26.04.2023
SK26.04.2023
SM26.04.2023
NO26.07.2023
GR27.07.2023
IS26.08.2023
PT28.08.2023
Former [2024/03]AT26.04.2023
ES26.04.2023
FI26.04.2023
HR26.04.2023
LT26.04.2023
LV26.04.2023
NL26.04.2023
PL26.04.2023
RS26.04.2023
SE26.04.2023
NO26.07.2023
GR27.07.2023
IS26.08.2023
PT28.08.2023
Former [2024/01]AT26.04.2023
ES26.04.2023
HR26.04.2023
LT26.04.2023
LV26.04.2023
NL26.04.2023
PL26.04.2023
RS26.04.2023
SE26.04.2023
NO26.07.2023
GR27.07.2023
IS26.08.2023
PT28.08.2023
Former [2023/51]AT26.04.2023
ES26.04.2023
HR26.04.2023
NL26.04.2023
PL26.04.2023
RS26.04.2023
SE26.04.2023
NO26.07.2023
GR27.07.2023
IS26.08.2023
PT28.08.2023
Former [2023/50]AT26.04.2023
ES26.04.2023
NL26.04.2023
PL26.04.2023
SE26.04.2023
NO26.07.2023
GR27.07.2023
IS26.08.2023
PT28.08.2023
Former [2023/48]AT26.04.2023
ES26.04.2023
NL26.04.2023
SE26.04.2023
NO26.07.2023
PT28.08.2023
Former [2023/46]ES26.04.2023
NL26.04.2023
PT28.08.2023
Former [2023/43]NL26.04.2023
Documents cited:Search[A]DE102015015097  (DAIMLER AG [DE]) [A] 1-15* paragraph [0001] - paragraph [0029]; figure 1 *;
 [A]KR20170094173  (SONY CORP [JP]) [A] 1-15 * paragraph [0001] - paragraph [0085]; figures 1,2,4-7 *;
 [A]DE102016203020  (BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE AG [DE]) [A] 1-15 * paragraph [0001] - paragraph [0058]; figures 1,2 *;
 [A]DE102018211339  (VOLKSWAGEN AG [DE]) [A] 1-15 * paragraph [0001] - paragraph [0041]; figure 1 *
by applicantJP2009166656
 JP2018079707
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