EP0157845 - APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR LOCATING AN OBJECT [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 30.03.1989 Database last updated on 16.11.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 26.04.2002 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): FR | published on 12.06.2002 [2002/24] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM Chancellor's Court, P.O. Box 363 Birmingham B15 2TT / GB | [N/P] |
Former [1985/42] | For all designated states THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM Chancellor's Court, P.O. Box 363 Birmingham B15 2TT / GB | Inventor(s) | 01 /
PHAM, Duc, Truong 84 Sellwick Drive Selly Park Birmingham B29 7JH / GB | 02 /
DISSANAYAKE, Madappuligedera, W.M.G. Flat 3 29 Augusta Road Moseley Birmingham B13 / GB | [1985/42] | Representative(s) | Evershed, Michael, et al MARKS & CLERK Alpha Tower Suffolk Street Queensway Birmingham B1 1TT / GB | [1985/42] | Application number, filing date | 84903649.6 | 01.10.1984 | [1985/42] | WO1984GB00334 | Priority number, date | GB19830026353 | 01.10.1983 Original published format: GB 8326353 | [1985/42] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO8501573 | Date: | 11.04.1985 | Language: | EN | [1985/09] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP0157845 | Date: | 16.10.1985 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 11.04.1985 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [1985/42] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0157845 | Date: | 25.05.1988 | Language: | EN | [1988/21] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | EP | 11.04.1985 | Classification | IPC: | G01B7/00, G01M1/10 | [1985/42] | CPC: |
G01B17/00 (EP);
G01B7/003 (EP)
| Designated contracting states | AT, BE, CH, DE, FR, GB, LI, LU, NL, SE [1985/42] | Title | German: | VORRICHTUNG UND VERFAHREN ZUR FESTSTELLUNG DER ÖRTLICHEN LAGE EINES OBJEKTS | [1985/42] | English: | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR LOCATING AN OBJECT | [1985/42] | French: | APPAREIL ET PROCEDE DE LOCALISATION D'UN OBJET | [1985/42] | File destroyed: | 20.04.2002 | Entry into regional phase | 26.06.1985 | National basic fee paid | 26.06.1985 | Designation fee(s) paid | 18.09.1985 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 18.09.1985 | Examination requested [1985/48] | 18.03.1987 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 15.05.1987 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 18.08.1987 | Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: ) | 27.11.1987 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 16.02.1988 | Fee for grant paid | 16.02.1988 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Opposition(s) | 28.02.1989 | No opposition filed within time limit [1989/20] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 24.11.1986 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 26.11.1987 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | Penalty fee | Additional fee for renewal fee | 01.11.1986 | 03   M06   Fee paid on   24.11.1986 | 02.11.1987 | 04   M06   Fee paid on   26.11.1987 |
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Responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or quality of the data displayed under the link provided lies entirely with the Unified Patent Court. | Lapses during opposition Tooltip | AT | 25.05.1988 | BE | 25.05.1988 | CH | 25.05.1988 | FR | 25.05.1988 | LI | 25.05.1988 | NL | 25.05.1988 | SE | 31.05.1988 | GB | 01.10.1988 | LU | 31.10.1988 | [2002/24] |
Former [1999/52] | AT | 25.05.1988 | |
BE | 25.05.1988 | ||
CH | 25.05.1988 | ||
LI | 25.05.1988 | ||
NL | 25.05.1988 | ||
SE | 31.05.1988 | ||
GB | 01.10.1988 | ||
LU | 31.10.1988 | ||
Former [1989/42] | AT | 25.05.1988 | |
BE | 25.05.1988 | ||
CH | 25.05.1988 | ||
LI | 25.05.1988 | ||
NL | 25.05.1988 | ||
SE | 31.05.1988 | ||
GB | 01.10.1988 | ||
Former [1989/27] | AT | 25.05.1988 | |
BE | 25.05.1988 | ||
CH | 25.05.1988 | ||
LI | 25.05.1988 | ||
NL | 25.05.1988 | ||
SE | 31.05.1988 | ||
Former [1989/23] | AT | 25.05.1988 | |
BE | 25.05.1988 | ||
NL | 25.05.1988 | ||
SE | 31.05.1988 | ||
Former [1989/13] | AT | 25.05.1988 | |
BE | 25.05.1988 | ||
NL | 25.05.1988 | ||
Former [1989/11] | BE | 25.05.1988 | |
NL | 25.05.1988 | ||
Former [1989/03] | BE | 25.05.1988 | Cited in | International search | [A]DE2945819 ; | [A]DE2717454 ; | [A]GB2061532 ; | [A]US3040563 |