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EP0426411
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Extract from the Register of European Patents
EP About this file: EP0426411
| EP0426411 - Light fixture with beam shaping lens [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 02.02.2001 Database last updated on 15.07.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 30.11.2007 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state | published on 02.01.2008 [2008/01] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY 3M Center, P.O. Box 33427 St. Paul, MN 55133-3427 / US | [N/P] |
| Former [1991/19] | For all designated states MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY 3M Center, P.O. Box 33427 St. Paul, Minnesota 55133-3427 / US | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Cobb, Sanford, Jr. c/o Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co., 2501 Hudson Road, PO. Box 33427 St. Paul, Minnesota 55133-3427 / US | [1991/19] | Representative(s) | Molyneaux, Martyn William, et al Langner Parry 52-54 High Holborn London WC1V 6RR / GB | [N/P] |
| Former [1995/48] | Molyneaux, Martyn William, et al c/o Ladas & Parry 52-54 High Holborn GB-London WC1V 6RR / GB | ||
| Former [1991/19] | Baillie, Iain Cameron c/o Ladas & Parry Altheimer Eck 2 D-80331 München / DE | Application number, filing date | 90311833.9 | 29.10.1990 | [1991/19] | Priority number, date | US19890429163 | 30.10.1989 Original published format: US 429163 | [1991/19] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A2 Application without search report | No.: | EP0426411 | Date: | 08.05.1991 | Language: | EN | [1991/19] | Type: | A3 Search report | No.: | EP0426411 | Date: | 28.08.1991 | Language: | EN | [1991/35] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0426411 | Date: | 05.04.2000 | Language: | EN | [2000/14] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 09.07.1991 | Classification | IPC: | G02B3/08, F21V5/00, F21V5/02 | [1991/35] | CPC: |
G02B6/0036 (EP,US);
G09F13/00 (KR);
F21V5/02 (EP,US);
G02B3/08 (EP,US);
G02B6/0021 (EP,US);
G02B6/0061 (EP,US)
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| Former IPC [1991/19] | G02B3/08, G09F13/18 | Designated contracting states | DE, FR, GB, IT, SE [1991/19] | Title | German: | Beleuchtungskörper mit Linse zur Strahlformung | [1991/19] | English: | Light fixture with beam shaping lens | [1991/19] | French: | Dispositif d'éclairage avec lentille pour mettre en forme un faisceau | [1991/19] | Examination procedure | 26.11.1990 | Examination requested [1991/19] | 01.09.1993 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M07) | 22.07.1994 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 27.02.1995 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 11.09.1995 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 25.06.1996 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 04.02.1997 | Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: reply to the communication from the examining division not received in time | 10.04.1997 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 22.01.1998 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M08) | 16.09.1998 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 16.03.1999 | Date of oral proceedings | 29.03.1999 | Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes) | 29.03.1999 | Minutes of oral proceedings despatched | 08.10.1999 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 07.01.2000 | Fee for grant paid | 07.01.2000 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Opposition(s) | 06.01.2001 | No opposition filed within time limit [2001/12] | Request for further processing for: | 10.04.1997 | Request for further processing filed | 10.04.1997 | Full payment received (date of receipt of payment) Request granted | 25.04.1997 | Decision despatched | 22.07.1994 | Request for further processing filed | 22.07.1994 | Full payment received (date of receipt of payment) Request deemed not to be filed | 16.08.1994 | Decision despatched | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 18.09.1992 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 17.09.1993 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 19.09.1994 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 25.09.1995 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 16.09.1996 | Renewal fee patent year 07 | 26.09.1997 | Renewal fee patent year 08 | 05.10.1998 | Renewal fee patent year 09 | 04.10.1999 | Renewal fee patent year 10 |
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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 | IT | 05.04.2000 | [2008/01] | Documents cited: | Search | [A]US1682490 (DRESSLER SIGMUND B); | [A]GB569552 (HOLOPHANE LTD); | [A]US4071750 (SCHNEPPENDAHL RICHARD, et al); | [A]US4088883 (DEY THOMAS W); | [X]DE2651738 (ISOLIERMATERIAL AG); | [A]US4488208 (MILLER JACK V [US]); | [A]US4688905 (OKAMURA MAKOTO [JP]); | [A]EP0240182 (MINNESOTA MINING & MFG [US]) |