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EP4159356 - FRICTION-STIR SPOT-WELDING DEVICE AND JOINT STRUCTURE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  03.03.2023
Database last updated on 28.06.2024
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  03.12.2021
Most recent event   Tooltip14.06.2024Supplementary search reportpublished on 17.07.2024 [2024/29]
14.06.2024Change - classificationpublished on 17.07.2024 [2024/29]
14.06.2024Change - classificationpublished on 17.07.2024 [2024/29]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
1-1, Higashikawasaki-cho 3-chome
Chuo-ku
Kobe-shi, Hyogo 650-8670 / JP
[2023/14]
Inventor(s)01 / MURAMATSU, Yoshitaka
Hyogo, 650-8670 / JP
02 / MIYAKE, Masahiro
Hyogo, 650-8670 / JP
03 / OHASHI, Ryoji
Hyogo, 650-8670 / JP
04 / TAKEOKA, Naoki
Hyogo, 650-8670 / JP
 [2023/14]
Representative(s)Müller-Boré & Partner Patentanwälte PartG mbB
Friedenheimer Brücke 21
80639 München / DE
[2023/14]
Application number, filing date21812652.227.05.2021
[2023/14]
WO2021JP20157
Priority number, dateJP2020009414529.05.2020         Original published format: JP 2020094145
[2023/14]
Filing languageJA
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2021241674
Date:02.12.2021
Language:JA
[2021/48]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP4159356
Date:05.04.2023
Language:EN
[2023/14]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:JP02.12.2021
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP13.06.2024
ClassificationIPC:B23K20/12, B23K20/227, // B23K103/04, B23K103/10, B23K103/14, B23K103/08, B23K103/18, B23K103/20
[2024/29]
CPC:
B23K20/1255 (EP,KR); B23K20/1265 (EP,KR); B23K20/125 (KR,US);
B23K20/123 (EP,KR); B23K20/124 (US); B23K20/126 (US);
B23K20/227 (EP); B23K20/2275 (EP); B23K2103/04 (EP);
B23K2103/10 (EP); B23K2103/14 (EP); B23K2103/15 (EP);
B23K2103/18 (EP); B23K2103/20 (EP) (-)
Former IPC [2023/14]B23K20/12
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 [2023/14]
TitleGerman:REIBRÜHRPUNKTSCHWEISSVORRICHTUNG UND VERBINDUNGSSTRUKTUR[2023/14]
English:FRICTION-STIR SPOT-WELDING DEVICE AND JOINT STRUCTURE[2023/14]
French:DISPOSITIF DE SOUDAGE PAR POINTS PAR FRICTION-MALAXAGE ET STRUCTURE DE JOINT[2023/14]
Entry into regional phase22.11.2022Translation filed 
24.11.2022National basic fee paid 
24.11.2022Search fee paid 
24.11.2022Designation fee(s) paid 
24.11.2022Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure24.11.2022Examination requested  [2023/14]
Fees paidRenewal fee
31.03.2023Renewal fee patent year 03
27.05.2024Renewal fee patent year 04
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Cited inInternational search[Y]JP2003320465  (CONCURRENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP) [Y] 4-5 * , paragraphs [0024], [0028], fig. 2 *;
 [XYA]JP2006061921  (MAZDA MOTOR) [X] 1-3, 6-7, 11 * , paragraphs [0027]-[0062], fig. 1-7 * [Y] 4-5 [A] 8-10, 12;
 [A]WO2019050002  (KAWASAKI HEAVY IND LTD [JP]) [A] 1-12* , entire text, all drawings *
by applicantJP2012196682
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