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EP About this file: EP4162178

EP4162178 - DYNAMIC METAL SEAL [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  10.03.2023
Database last updated on 07.03.2026
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  10.12.2021
Most recent event   Tooltip21.06.2025New entry: Renewal fee paid 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Corporation
31500 Solon Road
Solon, OH 44139 / US
[2023/15]
Inventor(s)01 / GEORGE, Douglas
Trumbull, Connecticut 06611 / US
02 / ARMITAGE, Mark W.
Madison, Connecticut 06443 / US
 [2023/15]
Representative(s)Zimmermann & Partner Patentanwälte mbB
Postfach 330 920
80069 München / DE
[2023/15]
Application number, filing date21818765.603.06.2021
[2023/15]
WO2021US35577
Priority number, dateUS202063034051P03.06.2020         Original published format: US 202063034051 P
[2023/15]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2021247786
Date:09.12.2021
Language:EN
[2021/49]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP4162178
Date:12.04.2023
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 09.12.2021 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2023/15]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:KR09.12.2021
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP07.06.2024
ClassificationIPC:F16J15/08, F16J15/02, F16J15/3204, F16J15/3212, F16J15/3232, F16J15/3236, F16J15/3284
[2024/28]
CPC:
F16J15/3232 (EP,US); F16J15/3212 (EP,KR); F16J15/3236 (EP,KR);
F16J15/3284 (EP,KR)
Former IPC [2023/15]F16J15/08, F16J15/02, F16J15/3204
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 [2023/15]
TitleGerman:DYNAMISCHE METALLDICHTUNG[2023/15]
English:DYNAMIC METAL SEAL[2023/15]
French:JOINT MÉTALLIQUE DYNAMIQUE[2023/15]
Entry into regional phase16.12.2022National basic fee paid 
16.12.2022Search fee paid 
16.12.2022Designation fee(s) paid 
16.12.2022Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure16.12.2022Examination requested  [2023/15]
18.12.2024Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
18.12.2024Date on which the examining division has become responsible
Fees paidRenewal fee
20.06.2023Renewal fee patent year 03
31.03.2024Renewal fee patent year 04
20.06.2025Renewal fee patent year 05
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Documents cited:Search[XY] GB2045387  (SECR DEFENCE et al.) [X] 1,2,5-10,12 * "metal"; page 1, line 33; figures 1-5 * * "plating (12) of silver"; page 2, line 6 *[Y] 3,4,11,13-15
 [YA] FR2743612  (COMMISSARIAT ENERGIE ATOMIQUE et al.) [Y] 3,4,15 * figure 6; claim 4 *[A] 1
 [YA] CN2702129  (CHEN YIQIANG et al.) [Y] 13 * figure 8; claim 1 *[A] 1-12,14,15
 [YA] US2010096811  (DATTA AMITAVA et al.) [Y] 14 * paragraph [0021]; figure 4 *[A] 1-13,15
 [YA] CN105008776  (MITSUBIHI CABLE IND LTD et al.) [Y] 11 * figure 2 *[A] 1-10,12-15
International search[YA] JP2008069863  (MITSUBISHI CABLE IND LTD et al.) [Y] 1-13,15 * paragraphs [0007]-[0009] and figure 1 *[A] 14
 [Y] JP2010196778  (NOK CORP et al.) [Y] 1-13,15 * paragraphs [0015]-[0030] and figures 3, 4 *
 [A] JP2011144875  (SMC CORP et al.) [A] 1-15 * paragraphs [0028]-[0033] and figure 3 *
 [A] JP2005147317  (NOK CORP et al.) [A] 1-15 * paragraphs [0031], [0032] and figures 3, 4 *
 [A] WO2019121190  (FREUDENBERG CARL KG et al.) [A] 1-15 * claim 1 *
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