EP2365301 - Capacitance-type liquid level measuring probe [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 08.03.2019 Database last updated on 12.10.2024 | |
Former | The patent has been granted Status updated on 30.03.2018 | ||
Former | Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 23.03.2018 | ||
Former | Examination is in progress Status updated on 01.03.2018 | ||
Former | Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 17.10.2017 | ||
Former | Examination is in progress Status updated on 04.11.2016 | Most recent event Tooltip | 10.07.2020 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): IS | published on 12.08.2020 [2020/33] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Tektronix, Inc. 14150 SW Karl Braun Drive P.O. Box 500, M/S 50-LAW Beaverton, Oregon 97077-0001 / US | [2018/18] |
Former [2011/37] | For all designated states Tektronix, Inc. 14150 SW Karl Braun Drive P.O. Box 500, M/S 50-LAW Beaverton, Oregon 97077-0001 / US | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Kessinger, Thomas R. 6704 Fenner Road Hillsboro, Ohio 45133 / US | [2011/37] | Representative(s) | HGF Fountain Precinct Balm Green Sheffield S1 2JA / GB | [N/P] |
Former [2018/18] | HGF Limited Fountain Precinct Balm Green Sheffield S1 2JA / GB | ||
Former [2014/03] | Clarke, Jeffrey, et al Harrison Goddard Foote LLP Fountain Precinct Balm Green Sheffield, Yorkshire S1 2JA / GB | ||
Former [2011/37] | Brinck, David John Borchardt, et al R.G.C. Jenkins & Co 26 Caxton Street London SW1H 0RJ / GB | Application number, filing date | 10252146.5 | 17.12.2010 | [2011/37] | Priority number, date | US20100295661P | 15.01.2010 Original published format: US 295661 P | US20100942337 | 09.11.2010 Original published format: US 942337 | [2011/37] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP2365301 | Date: | 14.09.2011 | Language: | EN | [2011/37] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP2365301 | Date: | 02.05.2018 | Language: | EN | [2018/18] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 18.07.2011 | Classification | IPC: | G01F23/24, G01F23/26 | [2011/37] | CPC: |
G01F23/263 (EP,US)
| Designated contracting states | AL, 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 [2018/18] |
Former [2011/37] | AL, 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 | Title | German: | Kapazitiver Füllstandsmesser für Flüssigkeiten | [2011/37] | English: | Capacitance-type liquid level measuring probe | [2011/37] | French: | Sonde capacitif de mesure de niveau de liquide | [2011/37] | Examination procedure | 14.03.2012 | Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description) | 14.03.2012 | Examination requested [2012/17] | 30.06.2016 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 02.11.2016 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 12.09.2017 | Cancellation of oral proceeding that was planned for 22.09.2017 | 22.09.2017 | Date of oral proceedings (cancelled) | 18.10.2017 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 23.02.2018 | Disapproval of the communication of intention to grant the patent by the applicant or resumption of examination proceedings by the EPO | 23.02.2018 | Fee for grant paid | 23.02.2018 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | 21.03.2018 | Information about intention to grant a patent | 21.03.2018 | Receipt of the translation of the claim(s) | Divisional application(s) | The date of the Examining Division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued is 30.06.2016 | Opposition(s) | 05.02.2019 | No opposition filed within time limit [2019/15] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 19.12.2012 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 27.12.2013 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 29.12.2014 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 28.12.2015 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 27.12.2016 | Renewal fee patent year 07 | 27.12.2017 | Renewal fee patent year 08 |
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