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EP About this file: EP1199463

EP1199463 - Exhaust gas recirculation valve and method of opening such a valve [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  31.12.2004
Database last updated on 11.09.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip19.01.2007Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): LU		published on 21.02.2007  [2007/08]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Siebe Automotive (Deutschland) GmbH
Ziegelofenweg 46d
67346 Speyer / DE
[2002/17]
Inventor(s)01 / Thiery Christoph
Heddesheimer Str. 19
68549 Ilvesheim / DE
02 / Klipfel Bernhard
Karl-Schurz-Str. 66
76187 Karlsruhe / DE
03 / Steinke Armin
Schubertstr. 7
76275 Ettlingen / DE
04 / Schliesche Dirk
Sandhofer Str. 9
68305 Mannheim / DE
 [2002/17]
Representative(s)Hoffmann Eitle
Patent- und Rechtsanwälte PartmbB
Arabellastraße 30
81925 München / DE
[N/P]
Former [2002/17]HOFFMANN - EITLE
Patent- und Rechtsanwälte Arabellastrasse 4
81925 München / DE
Application number, filing date00122228.017.10.2000
[2002/17]
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP1199463
Date:24.04.2002
Language:DE
[2002/17]
Type: A3 Search report 
No.:EP1199463
Date:16.10.2002
[2002/42]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP1199463
Date:25.02.2004
Language:DE
[2004/09]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP06.08.2002
ClassificationIPC:F02M25/07
[2002/17]
CPC:
F02M26/67 (EP); F02M26/54 (EP); F02M26/48 (EP)
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   CH,   CY,   DE,   DK,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   GR,   IE,   IT,   LI,   LU,   MC,   NL,   PT,   SE [2002/17]
Extension statesSI10.04.2003
TitleGerman:Abgasrückführventil und Verfahren zum Öffnen eines Abgasrückführventils[2002/17]
English:Exhaust gas recirculation valve and method of opening such a valve[2002/17]
French:Valve de recirculation de gaz d'échappement et procédé pour ouvrir une telle valve[2002/17]
Examination procedure22.08.2002Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
22.08.2002Examination requested  [2002/43]
05.09.2002New documents discovered [2002/43]
18.10.2002Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
25.04.2003Reply to a communication from the examining division
24.06.2003Communication of intention to grant the patent
05.12.2003Fee for grant paid
05.12.2003Fee for publishing/printing paid
Divisional application(s)EP03021198.1  / EP1375892
Opposition(s)26.11.2004No opposition filed within time limit [2005/07]
Fees paidRenewal fee
30.10.2002Renewal fee patent year 03
22.10.2003Renewal fee patent year 04
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipCY17.10.2004
FI17.10.2004
LU17.10.2004
CH31.10.2004
LI31.10.2004
MC31.10.2004
DK01.11.2004
[2007/08]
Former [2006/12]CY17.10.2004
FI17.10.2004
CH31.10.2004
LI31.10.2004
MC31.10.2004
DK01.11.2004
Former [2005/46]CY17.10.2004
FI17.10.2004
MC31.10.2004
Former [2005/45]MC31.10.2004
Documents cited:Search[A]US4646705  (BABITZKA RUDOLF [DE], et al) [A] 1,6,8,9 * abstract * * column 3, line 31 - column 5, line 56; figure 1 *;
 [A]FR2724976  (SAGEM ALLUMAGE [FR]) [A] 1,6,9 * abstract * * page 5, line 25 - page 8, line 5; figures 1-5 *;
 [X]US5626165  (SHINOBU HIDEYUKI [JP]) [X] 9 * column 4, line 28 - line 32 * * column 4, line 38 - line 42 * * column 4, line 46 - column 5, line 25; figure 1 *;
 [X]EP0930428  (PIERBURG AG [DE]) [X] 9 * column 2, line 21 - line 26 * * column 2, line 36 - column 3, line 1; figure 1 *;
 [A]EP1028249  (EATON CORP [US]) [A] 6 * abstract ** column 4, line 18 - column 9, line 1; figures 1-7 *
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