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EP About this file: EP0381686

EP0381686 - ADJUSTABLE ROD END [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  29.03.1996
Database last updated on 25.09.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip30.11.2007Lapse of the patent in a contracting statepublished on 02.01.2008  [2008/01]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
MTS SYSTEMS CORPORATION
14000 Technology Drive
Eden Prairie, MN 55344 / US
[1990/33]
Inventor(s)01 / LEWIS, Raymond, M.
1539 Circle Lane
Burnsville, MN 55337 / US
02 / BUSHEY, John, A.
9000 Riley Lake Road
Eden Prairie, MN 55344 / US
03 / DETTMANN, Thomas, A.
24530 Cedar Point Road
New Prague, MN 56071 / US
04 / ANDERSON, Mark, D.
Route 1, Box 132
Atwater, MN 56209 / US
[1990/33]
Representative(s)Bayliss, Geoffrey Cyril, et al
BOULT WADE TENNANT
Verulam Gardens
70 Gray's Inn Road
London WC1X 8BT / GB
[N/P]
Former [1990/33]Bayliss, Geoffrey Cyril, et al
BOULT, WADE & TENNANT 27 Furnival Street
London EC4A 1PQ / GB
Application number, filing date88908582.530.08.1988
[1990/33]
WO1988US03024
Priority number, dateUS1987010017023.09.1987         Original published format: US 100170
[1990/33]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO8902990
Date:06.04.1989
Language:EN
[1989/08]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0381686
Date:16.08.1990
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 06.04.1989 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1990/33]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0381686
Date:24.05.1995
Language:EN
[1995/21]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:US06.04.1989
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP15.06.1992
ClassificationIPC:F16C23/04
[1990/33]
CPC:
F16C11/0614 (EP,US); F16C11/106 (EP,US); F16C25/02 (EP,US);
F16C11/0647 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB,   IT [1990/33]
TitleGerman:REGELBARES STANGENENDSTÜCK[1990/33]
English:ADJUSTABLE ROD END[1990/33]
French:EXTREMITE DE TIGE REGLABLE[1990/33]
Entry into regional phase21.03.1990National basic fee paid 
21.03.1990Search fee paid 
21.03.1990Designation fee(s) paid 
21.03.1990Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure27.03.1989Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: DE
21.03.1990Examination requested  [1990/33]
13.07.1993Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
18.11.1993Reply to a communication from the examining division
25.01.1994Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
02.06.1994Reply to a communication from the examining division
18.07.1994Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
24.11.1994Communication of intention to grant the patent
26.01.1995Fee for grant paid
26.01.1995Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)27.02.1996No opposition filed within time limit [1996/20]
Fees paidRenewal fee
20.08.1990Renewal fee patent year 03
22.07.1991Renewal fee patent year 04
19.10.1992Renewal fee patent year 05
14.07.1993Renewal fee patent year 06
25.07.1994Renewal fee patent year 07
Penalty fee
Additional fee for renewal fee
31.08.199205   M06   Fee paid on   19.10.1992
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipIT24.05.1995
[1999/42]
Documents cited:Search[A]US1671859  (GUNDELACH HENRY N);
 [A]US2836470  (SHEPPARD RICHARD H);
 [A]US2473096  (WILSON HAMILL WILLIAM, et al);
 [A]GB1207298  (UNITED DIESEL AB [SE]);
 [A]US3130989  (LANNEN ROBERT J)
International search[A]US3597025  (RINGEL REGINALD K);
 [A]US4335924  (MCCLOSKEY ALBERT R);
 [A]US4615638  (ITO EIICHI [DE]);
 [A]US4632575  (ALVERTH RONALD W [US], et al)
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