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EP2075455 - Self-damping fuel rail [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  25.01.2013
Database last updated on 11.04.2026
Most recent event   Tooltip25.01.2013No opposition filed within time limitpublished on 27.02.2013  [2013/09]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Robert Bosch GmbH
70442 Stuttgart / DE
[N/P]
Former [2009/27]For all designated states
Robert Bosch GmbH
70442 Stuttgart / DE
Inventor(s)01 / Sims, Dewey M., Jr.
709 Hendrie Blvd.
Royal Oak, MI 48067 / DE
02 / Shankaranarayan, Hursha
29286 Glen Oaks Blvd.
MI 48334 Farmington Hills / US
 [2009/52]
Former [2009/27]01 / Sims, Dewey M. Jr.
38744 Laurenwood
48184 Wayne / DE
02 / Shankaranarayan, Hursha
29286 Glen Oaks Blvd.
MI 48334 Farmington Hills / US
Representative(s)Knapp, Thomas
Dreiss Patentanwälte PartG mbB
Friedrichstraße 6
70174 Stuttgart / DE
[N/P]
Former [2012/12]Knapp, Thomas
Dreiss Patentanwälte Postfach 10 37 62
70032 Stuttgart / DE
Former [2009/27]Knapp, Thomas
Dreiss Patentanwälte Postfach 10 37 62
70032 Stuttgart / DE
Application number, filing date08017860.111.10.2008
[2009/27]
Priority number, dateUS2007096486927.12.2007         Original published format: US 964869
[2009/27]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP2075455
Date:01.07.2009
Language:EN
[2009/27]
Type: A3 Search report 
No.:EP2075455
Date:12.08.2009
[2009/33]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP2075455
Date:21.03.2012
Language:EN
[2012/12]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP09.07.2009
ClassificationIPC:F02M55/04, F02M69/46, // F02M63/00
[2009/27]
CPC:
F02M55/025 (EP,US); F02M55/04 (EP,US); F02M69/465 (EP,US);
F16L9/006 (EP,US); F02M2200/315 (EP,US); F02M2200/80 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB,   IT [2010/16]
Former [2009/27]AT,  BE,  BG,  CH,  CY,  CZ,  DE,  DK,  EE,  ES,  FI,  FR,  GB,  GR,  HR,  HU,  IE,  IS,  IT,  LI,  LT,  LU,  LV,  MC,  MT,  NL,  NO,  PL,  PT,  RO,  SE,  SI,  SK,  TR 
TitleGerman:Eigendämpfungs-Kraftstoffleiste[2009/27]
English:Self-damping fuel rail[2009/27]
French:Rampe de carburant auto-amortissante[2011/15]
Former [2009/27]Rampe de carburant auto amortissant
Examination procedure12.02.2010Examination requested  [2010/12]
13.02.2010Loss of particular rights, legal effect: designated state(s)
08.03.2010Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
23.03.2010Despatch of communication of loss of particular rights: designated state(s) AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DK, EE, ES, FI, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, LT, LU, LV, MC, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, TR
19.06.2010Reply to a communication from the examining division
24.09.2010Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
03.12.2010Reply to a communication from the examining division
25.03.2011Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
09.08.2011Reply to a communication from the examining division
28.10.2011Communication of intention to grant the patent
17.01.2012Fee for grant paid
17.01.2012Fee for publishing/printing paid
Divisional application(s)EP11177894.0  / EP2405125
The date of the Examining Division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued is  08.03.2010
Opposition(s)02.01.2013No opposition filed within time limit [2013/09]
Fees paidRenewal fee
02.11.2010Renewal fee patent year 03
31.10.2011Renewal fee patent year 04
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Documents cited:Search[XY] EP1550805  (USUI KOKUSAI SANGYO KK et al.)
 [X] US4660524  (BERTSCH RICHARD et al.)
 [XY] US6354273  (IMURA IZUMI et al.) [X] 1,2,4 * paragraphs [0018] , [0019] , [0067] , [0069] , [0095] * * figures 1,29,44 *[Y] 6
 [X] US6371083  (ROSSI PAUL L et al.) [X] 1,2 * column 1, lines 53-55 * * column 2, lines 21-24 * * figures 1,4 *
 [X] WO2007013454  (USUI KOKUSAI SANGYO KK et al.) [X] 1,2 * column 6, lines 33-39 * * column 6, lines 48-54 * * figures 1,5(c),5(d),8 *
 [Y] US2006081220  (SIMS DEWEY M JR et al.) [Y] 6 * column 1, lines 32-34 * * figures 1,2 *
 [A] US5983863  (CAVANAGH MARK S et al.) [A] 1-11 * the whole document *
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