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EP4494941 - LAMP ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  20.12.2024
Database last updated on 24.03.2026
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  22.09.2023
Most recent event   Tooltip17.02.2026New entry: Renewal fee paid 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
Sumitomo Fudosan Osaki Twin Bldg. East
5-1-18 Kitashinagawa
Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 141-0001 / JP
[2025/04]
Inventor(s)01 / NAKAZAWA, Yuichi
Shizuoka-shi Shizuoka 424-8764 / JP
02 / NAKAMACHI, Taichi
Shizuoka-shi Shizuoka 424-8764 / JP
 [2025/04]
Representative(s)Algemeen Octrooi- en Merkenbureau B.V.
P.O. Box 645
5600 AP Eindhoven / NL
[2025/04]
Application number, filing date23770730.213.03.2023
[2025/04]
WO2023JP09620
Priority number, dateJP2022003962414.03.2022         Original published format: JP 2022039624
[2025/04]
Filing languageJA
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2023176775
Date:21.09.2023
Language:JA
[2023/38]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP4494941
Date:22.01.2025
Language:EN
[2025/04]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:JP21.09.2023
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP17.06.2025
ClassificationIPC:B60Q1/00, B60Q1/04, B60Q1/24, H05B45/30, B60Q1/18, H05B47/17, B60Q1/12, B60Q1/14, B60Q1/38
[2025/29]
CPC:
H05B47/17 (EP,US); B60Q1/02 (US); H05B41/2855 (US);
H05B47/18 (EP); B60Q1/12 (EP); B60Q1/1407 (EP);
B60Q1/38 (EP); B60Q2400/30 (EP) (-)
Former IPC [2025/04]B60Q1/00, B60Q1/04, B60Q1/24, H05B45/30
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,   ME,   MK,   MT,   NL,   NO,   PL,   PT,   RO,   RS,   SE,   SI,   SK,   SM,   TR [2025/04]
TitleGerman:ELEKTRONISCHE LAMPENSTEUEREINHEIT[2025/04]
English:LAMP ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT[2025/04]
French:UNITÉ DE COMMANDE ÉLECTRONIQUE DE LAMPE[2025/04]
Entry into regional phase03.09.2024Translation filed 
03.09.2024National basic fee paid 
03.09.2024Search fee paid 
03.09.2024Designation fee(s) paid 
03.09.2024Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure03.09.2024Examination requested  [2025/04]
23.12.2025Date on which the examining division has become responsible
Fees paidRenewal fee
14.02.2025Renewal fee patent year 03
16.02.2026Renewal fee patent year 04
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Documents cited:Search[I] US2018056851  (KIM CHEOLMUN et al.) [I] 1-4 * paragraphs [0057] - [0062] - [0 67] - [0069] - [0 83] , [ 158] , [ 161] , [ 205]; figures 7-8 * * paragraphs [0214] - [0219] - [ 239] , [ 287] - [0288] *
 [I] JP2014094666  (FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO LTD et al.) [I] 1-2,4 * paragraphs [0041] - [0050]; figure 6 *
 [I] US2019110345  (ICHIKAWA TOMOYUKI et al.) [I] 1-4 * paragraphs [0100] - [0115] - [ 130]; figure 5 *
International search[AX] JP2014094666  (FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO LTD et al.) [A] 3 [X] 1–2, 4
by applicantJP2014082147
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