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EP About this file: EP4168205

EP4168205 - FRICTION STIR WELDING TOOL ASSEMBLY [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusExamination is in progress
Status updated on  26.01.2024
Database last updated on 07.10.2024
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  24.03.2023
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  17.06.2022
Formerunknown
Status updated on  22.12.2021
Most recent event   Tooltip11.03.2024New entry: Reply to examination report 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Element Six (UK) Limited
Global Innovation Centre
Fermi Avenue
Harwell Oxford
Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0QR / GB
[2023/17]
Inventor(s)01 / GHOSH, Santonu
Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0QR / GB
02 / DZEPINA, Branislav
Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0QR / GB
 [2023/17]
Representative(s)Brack, Paul, et al
Element Six (UK) Limited
Group Intellectual Property
Global Innovation Centre
Harwell Oxford
Didcot Oxfordshire OX11 0QR / GB
[2023/17]
Application number, filing date21823803.829.11.2021
[2023/17]
WO2021EP83358
Priority number, dateGB2020001961211.12.2020         Original published format: GB 202019612
[2023/17]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2022122447
Date:16.06.2022
Language:EN
[2022/24]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP4168205
Date:26.04.2023
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 16.06.2022 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2023/17]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP16.06.2022
ClassificationIPC:B23K1/008, B23K20/12
[2023/17]
CPC:
B23K20/1255 (EP,GB,KR,US); B23K20/125 (GB,KR); B23K20/122 (GB);
B23K20/26 (US); B23K2103/05 (GB,KR)
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 [2023/17]
TitleGerman:REIBRÜHRSCHWEISSWERKZEUGANORDNUNG[2023/17]
English:FRICTION STIR WELDING TOOL ASSEMBLY[2023/17]
French:ENSEMBLE OUTIL DE SOUDAGE PAR FRICTION-MALAXAGE[2023/17]
Entry into regional phase20.01.2023National basic fee paid 
20.01.2023Designation fee(s) paid 
20.01.2023Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure20.01.2023Examination requested  [2023/17]
20.01.2023Date on which the examining division has become responsible
16.06.2023Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
29.01.2024Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
08.03.2024Reply to a communication from the examining division
Fees paidRenewal fee
24.11.2023Renewal fee patent year 03
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Cited inInternational search[A]US2004155096  (ZIMMERMAN MICHAEL H [US], et al);
 [Y]CN110497117  (CHANGCHUN INST TECH);
 [Y]WO2020115192  (ELEMENT SIX UK LTD [GB])
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