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EP4320698 - METHOD OF FORMING A FOLDABLE AND/OR COLLAPSIBLE PLASTIC/COMPOSITE UTILITY ENCLOSURE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  12.01.2024
Database last updated on 19.10.2024
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  14.10.2022
Formerunknown
Status updated on  13.05.2022
Most recent event   Tooltip07.06.2024Change: Validation statespublished on 10.07.2024  [2024/28]
07.06.2024Change - extension statespublished on 10.07.2024  [2024/28]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
AFL Telecommunications LLC
170 Ridgeview Center Drive
Duncan, SC 29334 / US
[2024/07]
Inventor(s)01 / NOLEN, Dustin Kyle
Duncan, South Carolina 29334 / US
02 / THOMPSON, Raymond George
Duncan, South Carolina 29334 / US
 [2024/07]
Representative(s)Serjeants LLP
Dock
75 Exploration Drive
Leicester, LE4 5NU / GB
[2024/07]
Application number, filing date22721171.105.04.2022
[2024/07]
WO2022US23446
Priority number, dateUS20211722308906.04.2021         Original published format: US202117223089
[2024/07]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2022216683
Date:13.10.2022
Language:EN
[2022/41]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP4320698
Date:14.02.2024
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 13.10.2022 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2024/07]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP13.10.2022
ClassificationIPC:H02G9/10
[2024/07]
CPC:
B29C45/0025 (EP); H02G9/10 (EP); B29K2023/12 (EP);
B29K2105/06 (EP); B29K2309/08 (EP); B29L2031/712 (EP)
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 [2024/07]
TitleGerman:VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG EINES FALTBAREN UND/ODER ZUSAMMENKLAPPBAREN KUNSTSTOFF-/VERBUND-NUTZGEHÄUSES[2024/07]
English:METHOD OF FORMING A FOLDABLE AND/OR COLLAPSIBLE PLASTIC/COMPOSITE UTILITY ENCLOSURE[2024/07]
French:PROCÉDÉ DE FORMATION D'UNE ENCEINTE UTILITAIRE PLIABLE ET/OU PLIABLE EN PLASTIQUE/COMPOSITE[2024/07]
Entry into regional phase27.10.2023National basic fee paid 
27.10.2023Designation fee(s) paid 
27.10.2023Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure27.10.2023Examination requested  [2024/07]
27.10.2023Date on which the examining division has become responsible
07.05.2024Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
Fees paidRenewal fee
29.04.2024Renewal fee patent year 03
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Cited inInternational search[A]EP1098319  (FUJI PHOTO FILM CO LTD [JP]);
 [A]US2003102309  (HARTWALL PETER [SE]);
 [A]WO2014147477  (SCHOELLER ARCA GMBH [DE]);
 [A]KR20180087548  (UNITEKNO CO LTD [KR]);
 [A]EP3518634  (TORAY INDUSTRIES [JP]);
 [A]US2020338795  (MCCULLEY TIMOTHY DAVID [CA], et al);
 [I]US2021016921  (NOLEN DUSTIN KYLE [US], et al)
by applicantUS5333750
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