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EP0408699 - TRAFFIC CONGESTION MONITORING SYSTEM [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	Patent revoked Status updated on 29.08.2003 Database last updated on 16.11.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	24.10.2008	Change - opposition data/opponents data or that of the opponents representative	published on 26.11.2008 [2008/48]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states MARTELL, David Kenneth Honeysuckle House, Green End Shillington, Bedfordshire / GB
	For all designated states WILLIAMS, Ian Robert 25 Pemberley Avenue Bedford / GB
	[1991/04]
Inventor(s)	01 / see applicant ...
	[1991/04]
Representative(s)	Burrows, Anthony Gregory, et al Business Centre West Avenue One, Business Park Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire SG6 2HB / GB
	[N/P]
Former [1991/04]	Burrows, Anthony Gregory, et al Business Centre West Avenue One, Business Park Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 2HB / GB
Application number, filing date	90900948.2	14.11.1989
	[1991/04]
	WO1989GB01348
Priority number, date	GB19880026624	14.11.1988 Original published format: GB 8826624
	[1991/04]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A2 Application without search report
	No.:	WO9005969
	Date:	31.05.1990
	[1990/12]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP0408699
	Date:	23.01.1991
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 31.05.1990 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[1991/04]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP0408699
	Date:	21.01.1998
	Language:	EN
	[1998/04]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	EP	28.06.1990
Classification	IPC:	G08G1/09	[1991/04]
	CPC:	G08G1/096775 (EP,US); G08G1/01 (EP,US); G08G1/096716 (EP,US); G08G1/09675 (EP,US); G08G1/0969 (EP,US)
Designated contracting states	AT, BE, CH, DE, FR, GB, IT, LI, NL [1991/04]
Title	German:	VERKEHRSSTAU-ÜBERWACHUNGSANLAGE	[1991/04]
	English:	TRAFFIC CONGESTION MONITORING SYSTEM	[1991/04]
	French:	SYSTEME DE CONTROLE D'ENCOMBREMENT DES ROUTES	[1991/04]
Entry into regional phase	13.08.1990	National basic fee paid
	13.08.1990	Designation fee(s) paid
	13.08.1990	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	14.08.1990	Examination requested [1991/04]
	10.02.1993	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	12.06.1993	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	05.07.1994	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	02.11.1994	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	14.09.1995	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	03.06.1996	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	06.11.1996	Date of oral proceedings
	04.12.1996	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M02)
	04.12.1996	Minutes of oral proceedings despatched
	05.12.1996	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	06.03.1997	Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
	03.04.1997	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	24.06.1997	Fee for grant paid
	24.06.1997	Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)	Opponent(s)	01 19.10.1998 23.05.2001 WITHDRAWN MEDIAMOBILE S.A. 10, rue d'Oradour-sur-Glane 75015 Paris / FR Opponent's representative Fréchède, Michel Cabinet Plasseraud 52 Rue de la Victoire 75440 Paris Cedex 09 / FR
		02 19.10.1998 04.12.1998 ADMISSIBLE TEGARON Telematics GmbH Am Propsthof 74 53121 Bonn / DE Opponent's representative Durm, Frank, et al, et al Durm & Partner Patentanwälte Moltkestrasse 45 76133 Karlsruhe / DE
		03 21.10.1998 04.12.1998 ADMISSIBLE Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Wittelsbacherplatz 2 80333 München / DE
		[N/P]
	Former [2008/48]
	Opponent(s)	01 19.10.1998 23.05.2001 WITHDRAWN MEDIAMOBILE S.A. 10, rue d'Oradour-sur-Glane 75015 Paris / FR Opponent's representative Fréchède, Michel Cabinet Plasseraud 84, rue d'Amsterdam F-75440 Paris Cédex 09 / FR
		02 19.10.1998 04.12.1998 ADMISSIBLE TEGARON Telematics GmbH Am Propsthof 74 53121 Bonn / DE Opponent's representative Durm, Frank, et al, et al Durm & Partner Patentanwälte Moltkestrasse 45 76133 Karlsruhe / DE
		03 21.10.1998 04.12.1998 ADMISSIBLE Siemens AG Postfach 22 16 34 D-80506 München / DE
	Former [2003/42]
	Opponent(s)	01 19.10.1998 23.05.2001 WITHDRAWN MEDIAMOBILE S.A. 10, rue d'Oradour-sur-Glane 75015 Paris / FR Opponent's representative Fréchède, Michel Cabinet Plasseraud 84, rue d'Amsterdam F-75440 Paris Cédex 09 / FR
		02 19.10.1998 04.12.1998 ADMISSIBLE TEGARON Telematics GmbH Am Propsthof 74 53121 Bonn / DE Opponent's representative Durm, Frank, Dipl.-Ing., et al, et al Durm & Durm Patentanwälte Moltkestrasse 45 76133 Karlsruhe / DE
		03 21.10.1998 04.12.1998 ADMISSIBLE Siemens AG Postfach 22 16 34 D-80506 München / DE
	Former [1998/51]
	Opponent(s)	01 19.10.1998 WITHDRAWN MEDIAMOBILE S.A. 10, rue d'Oradour-sur-Glane 75015 Paris / FR Opponent's representative Fréchède, Michel Cabinet Plasseraud 84, rue d'Amsterdam F-75440 Paris Cédex 09 / FR
		02 19.10.1998 TEGARON Telematics GmbH Am Propsthof 74 53121 Bonn / DE Opponent's representative Durm, Frank, Dipl.-Ing., et al, et al Patentanwälte Durm & Durm Felix-Mottl-Strasse 1a 76185 Karlsruhe / DE
		03 21.10.1998 Siemens AG Postfach 22 16 34 D-80506 München / DE
	09.12.1998	Invitation to proprietor to file observations on the notice of opposition
	19.08.1999	Reply of patent proprietor to notice(s) of opposition
	16.11.1999	Despatch of a communication from the opposition division (Time limit: M06)
	22.05.2000	Reply to a communication from the opposition division
	20.07.2000	Despatch of a communication from the opposition division (Time limit: M04)
	09.11.2000	Reply to a communication from the opposition division
	29.05.2001	Date of oral proceedings
	12.06.2001	Despatch of minutes of oral proceedings
	12.06.2001	Despatch of communication that the patent will be revoked
	12.07.2003	Legal effect of revocation of patent [2003/42]
Appeal following opposition	07.08.2001	Appeal received No. T0941/01
	19.10.2001	Statement of grounds filed
	12.07.2003	Result of appeal procedure: appeal of the proprietor withdrawn
Request for further processing for:	03.06.1996	Request for further processing filed
	24.05.1996	Full payment received (date of receipt of payment) Request granted
	03.07.1996	Decision despatched
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	08.11.1991	Renewal fee patent year 03
	11.11.1992	Renewal fee patent year 04
	21.10.1993	Renewal fee patent year 05
	28.12.1994	Renewal fee patent year 06
	29.11.1995	Renewal fee patent year 07
	13.11.1996	Renewal fee patent year 08
	20.10.1997	Renewal fee patent year 09
	Penalty fee
	Additional fee for renewal fee
	30.11.1994	06 M06 Fee paid on 28.12.1994
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	AT	21.01.1998
	CH	21.01.1998
	LI	21.01.1998
	GB	14.11.2001
	BE	30.11.2001
	NL	01.06.2002
	DE	02.07.2002
	FR	30.07.2002
	[2003/32]
Former [2003/30]	AT	21.01.1998
	CH	21.01.1998
	LI	21.01.1998
	GB	14.11.2001
	BE	30.11.2001
	NL	01.06.2002
	DE	02.07.2002
Former [2003/06]	AT	21.01.1998
	CH	21.01.1998
	LI	21.01.1998
	GB	14.11.2001
	BE	30.11.2001
	NL	01.06.2002
Former [2003/01]	AT	21.01.1998
	CH	21.01.1998
	LI	21.01.1998
	GB	14.11.2001
Former [1998/50]	AT	21.01.1998
	CH	21.01.1998
	LI	21.01.1998
Former [1998/40]	AT	21.01.1998
Cited in	International search	DE2157821 [ ] (SIEMENS AG);
		GB2050767 [ ] (BLAUPUNKT WERKE GMBH);
		EP0029201 [ ] (SIEMENS AG [DE]);
		DE3013950 [ ] (KIENZLE APPARATE GMBH [DE]);
		DE3142978 [ ] (SIEMENS AG [DE]);
		FR2554618 [ ] (THOMSON BRANDT [FR]);
		EP0263332 [ ] (BOSCH GMBH ROBERT [DE]);
		EP0287827 [ ] (SIEMENS AG [DE]);
		EP0290679 [ ] (KONINKL PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NV [NL]);
		EP0300205 [ ] (BOSCH GMBH ROBERT [DE]);
		WO8902142 [ ] (ELIN UNION AG [AT])

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