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EP About this file: EP0375128

EP0375128 - An automotive sound system [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  24.05.1996
Database last updated on 22.08.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip23.07.2004Lapse of the patent in a contracting statepublished on 08.09.2004  [2004/37]
Applicant(s)For:GB 
Ford Motor Company Limited
Eagle Way Brentwood
Essex CM13 3BW / GB
For:DE 
FORD-WERKE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Henry-Ford-Strasse 1
50725 Köln / DE
For:FR 
FORD FRANCE SOCIETE ANONYME
344 Avenue Napoléon Bonaparte B.P. 307
92506 Rueil Malmaison Cedex / FR
For:BE  ES 
FORD MOTOR COMPANY
County of Wayne
Dearborn, MI 48120 / US
[N/P]
Former [1990/26]For:GB 
FORD MOTOR COMPANY LIMITED
Eagle Way
Brentwood, Essex CM13 3BW / GB
For:DE 
FORD-WERKE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
D-50725 Köln / DE
For:FR 
FORD FRANCE SOCIETE ANONYME
344 Avenue Napoléon Bonaparte B.P. 307
F-92506 Rueil Malmaison Cedex / FR
For:BE  ES 
FORD MOTOR COMPANY
County of Wayne
Dearborn, MI 48120 / US
Inventor(s)01 / Chapman, Max Cannon
11221 Brownell
Plymouth Michigan 48170 / US
[1990/26]
Representative(s)Messulam, Alec Moses, et al
Harrison IP Limited
3 Ebor House
London Ebor Business Park
Millfield Lane
Nether Poppleton York YO26 6QY / GB
[N/P]
Former [1990/26]Messulam, Alec Moses, et al
A. Messulam & Co. 24 Broadway
Leigh on Sea Essex SS9 1BN / GB
Application number, filing date89311366.202.11.1989
[1990/26]
Priority number, dateUS1988028860622.12.1988         Original published format: US 288606
[1990/26]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP0375128
Date:27.06.1990
Language:EN
[1990/26]
Type: A3 Search report 
No.:EP0375128
Date:09.10.1991
Language:EN
[1991/41]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0375128
Date:19.07.1995
Language:EN
[1995/29]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP21.08.1991
ClassificationIPC:H04B1/08, H04B1/16, H04B1/20, B60R16/00
[1995/29]
CPC:
H04B1/16 (EP,US); H04B1/205 (EP,US)
Former IPC [1991/45]H04B1/16, H04B1/20
Former IPC [1990/26]H04B1/06, B60R11/02
Designated contracting statesBE,   DE,   ES,   FR,   GB [1990/26]
TitleGerman:Kraftfahrzeugtonwiedergabesystem[1990/26]
English:An automotive sound system[1990/26]
French:Système sonore pour automobile[1990/26]
Examination procedure31.03.1992Examination requested  [1992/22]
02.06.1993Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
05.10.1993Reply to a communication from the examining division
16.09.1994Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
24.01.1995Communication of intention to grant the patent
03.02.1995Fee for grant paid
03.02.1995Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)20.04.1996No opposition filed within time limit [1996/28]
Fees paidRenewal fee
28.09.1991Renewal fee patent year 03
29.09.1992Renewal fee patent year 04
07.10.1993Renewal fee patent year 05
10.10.1994Renewal fee patent year 06
Penalty fee
Additional fee for renewal fee
26.10.199406   M02   Fee paid on   03.11.1994
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipES03.11.1995
[2004/37]
Documents cited:Search[A]EP0104304  (ROEHLICH MANFRED DIPL KFM [DE], et al);
 [A]US4513405  (HILLS JOSEPH F [US]);
 [AD]WO8603913  (MOTOROLA INC [US])
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