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EP1181412 - CROSS FROG [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 31.12.2004 Database last updated on 26.03.2026
Most recent event Tooltip	08.08.2008	Change - representative	published on 10.09.2008 [2008/37]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states BWG GmbH & Co. KG Wetzlarer Strasse 101 35510 Butzbach / DE
	For all designated states VAE GmbH Rotenturmstrasse 5-9 1010 Wien / AT
	[2003/19]
Former [2003/01]	For all designated states BWG GmbH & Co. KG Wetzlarer Strasse 101 35510 Butzbach / DE
	For all designated states VAE Aktiengesellschaft Rotenturmstrasse 5-9 1010 Wien / AT
Former [2002/09]	For all designated states BWG GmbH & Co. KG Wetzlarer Strasse 101 35510 Butzbach / DE
Inventor(s)	01 / BENENOWSKI, Sebastian Liebigstr. 10a D-35510 Butzbach / DE
	02 / KAIS, Alfred Gambacher Weg 2 D-35423 Lich-Eberstadt / DE
	03 / SCHMEDDERS, Stefan Rossbrunnenstr. 1 D-35510 Butzbach / DE
	[2002/09]
Representative(s)	Stoffregen, Hans-Herbert Patentanwalt Postfach 21 44 63411 Hanau / DE
	[N/P]
Former [2008/37]	Stoffregen, Hans-Herbert Patentanwalt Postfach 21 44 63411 Hanau / DE
Former [2002/09]	Stoffregen, Hans-Herbert, Dr. Dipl.-Phys. Patentanwalt, Friedrich-Ebert-Anlage 11b 63450 Hanau / DE
Application number, filing date	00935125.5	26.05.2000
	[2002/09]
	WO2000EP04820
Priority number, date	DE1999124463	28.05.1999 Original published format: DE 19924463
	[2002/09]
Filing language	DE
Procedural language	DE
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO0073586
	Date:	07.12.2000
	Language:	DE
	[2000/49]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP1181412
	Date:	27.02.2002
	Language:	DE
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 07.12.2000 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2002/09]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP1181412
	Date:	25.02.2004
	Language:	DE
	[2004/09]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	EP	07.12.2000
Classification	IPC:	E01B7/00, E01B7/10	[2002/09]
	CPC:	E01B7/10 (EP,KR,US)
Designated contracting states	AT, BE, CH, CY, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE [2002/09]
Extension states	AL	Not yet paid
	LT	Not yet paid
	LV	Not yet paid
	MK	Not yet paid
	RO	Not yet paid
	SI	Not yet paid
Title	German:	HERZSTÜCK	[2002/09]
	English:	CROSS FROG	[2002/09]
	French:	COEUR DE CROISEMENT FERROVIAIRE	[2002/09]
Entry into regional phase	14.11.2001	National basic fee paid
	14.11.2001	Designation fee(s) paid
	14.11.2001	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	23.11.2000	Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
	15.11.2001	Examination requested [2002/09]
	06.05.2002	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	16.09.2002	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	13.11.2002	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	18.03.2003	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	01.08.2003	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	11.12.2003	Fee for grant paid
	11.12.2003	Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)	26.11.2004	No opposition filed within time limit [2005/07]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	19.04.2002	Renewal fee patent year 03
	23.04.2003	Renewal fee patent year 04
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	CY	25.02.2004
	IE	25.02.2004
	MC	31.05.2004
	[2007/08]
Former [2005/11]	IE	25.02.2004
	MC	31.05.2004
Former [2005/03]	IE	25.02.2004

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