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EP4166496 - SPACER [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  17.03.2023
Database last updated on 17.07.2024
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  17.12.2021
Most recent event   Tooltip17.05.2024Amendment by applicant 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
SFT Laboratory Co., Ltd.
8-3, Funado 1-chome
Itabashi-ku
Tokyo 174-0041 / JP
[2023/16]
Inventor(s)01 / ICHIGAYA, Hiroshi
Tokyo 174-0041 / JP
 [2023/16]
Representative(s)Grünecker Patent- und Rechtsanwälte PartG mbB
Leopoldstraße 4
80802 München / DE
[2023/16]
Application number, filing date21821979.803.06.2021
[2023/16]
WO2021JP21220
Priority number, dateJP2020010194712.06.2020         Original published format: JP 2020101947
[2023/16]
Filing languageJA
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2021251269
Date:16.12.2021
Language:JA
[2021/50]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP4166496
Date:19.04.2023
Language:EN
[2023/16]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:JP16.12.2021
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP10.11.2023
ClassificationIPC:B68G5/00, A47C27/00, A47C7/74, A47C21/04, A42C5/04
[2023/50]
CPC:
A47C21/042 (EP); B68G5/00 (US); A47C21/044 (EP);
A47C7/742 (EP); A47C7/744 (EP); A41D27/28 (US);
A42C5/04 (EP) (-)
Former IPC [2023/16]B68G5/00, A47C27/00
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 [2023/16]
TitleGerman:DISTANZSTÜCK[2023/16]
English:SPACER[2023/16]
French:ESPACEUR[2023/16]
Entry into regional phase05.12.2022Translation filed 
05.12.2022National basic fee paid 
05.12.2022Search fee paid 
05.12.2022Designation fee(s) paid 
05.12.2022Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure05.12.2022Examination requested  [2023/16]
16.05.2024Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
16.05.2024Date on which the examining division has become responsible
Fees paidRenewal fee
31.03.2023Renewal fee patent year 03
31.03.2024Renewal fee patent year 04
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Documents cited:Search[A]WO2007122816  (SEFT DEV LAB CO LTD [JP], et al) [A] 1-8* figures 1-2 *;
 [XI]JP2011245046  (SEFT DEV LABORATORY CO LTD) [X] 1,3,4,6,7 * figures 1-4 * [I] 2,5,8;
 [A]US2017105536  (ICHIGAYA HIROSHI [JP]) [A] 1-8 * figures 1-5 *
International search[Y]JPH06289173  (NUCLEAR FUEL IND LTD) [Y] 8 * abstract *;
 [A]EP1222884  (SEFT DEV LAB CO LTD [JP]) [A] 1-8 * entire text *;
 [Y]US2002162173  (FORMENTI FABIO [IT]) [Y] 6-8 * fig. 3-4 *;
 [Y]JP2004202209  (MATSUMOTO KK) [Y] 1, 5-8 * fig. 15 *;
 [Y]JP2010240258  (ATEX CO LTD) [Y] 1, 5-8 * fig. 7 *;
 [YA]JP2011245046  (SEFT DEV LABORATORY CO LTD) [Y] 1, 5-8 * fig. 1-2 * [A] 2-4;
 [A]CN203106427U  (ZHEJIANG NATURE TRAVEL GOODS CO LTD) [A] 1-8* entire text *;
 [Y]US2015089750  (KERTESZ JOZSEF [US]) [Y] 5-8 * fig. 5, 7 *
by applicantJP4067034B
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