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EP0523381 - Method and device for charging a rechargeable battery [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Former [1993/03]	Device for charging a rechargeable battery
	[1998/17]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 13.08.1999 Database last updated on 14.09.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	07.12.2007	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): IT	published on 09.01.2008 [2008/02]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states THEO BENNING ELEKTROTECHNIK UND ELEKTRONIK GMBH & CO. KG Münsterstrasse 135 - 137 D-46397 Bocholt / DE
	[N/P]
Former [1993/03]	For all designated states THEO BENNING ELEKTROTECHNIK UND ELEKTRONIK GMBH & CO. KG Münsterstrasse 135 - 137 D-46397 Bocholt / DE
Inventor(s)	01 / Saul, Wilhelm Up'm Höwel 27 W-4290 Bocholt / DE
	[1993/03]
Representative(s)	Brinkmann & Partner Patentanwälte Partnerschaft mbB Am Seestern 8 40547 Düsseldorf / DE
	[N/P]
Former [1993/03]	Stenger, Watzke & Ring Patentanwälte Kaiser-Friedrich-Ring 70 D-40547 Düsseldorf / DE
Application number, filing date	92110104.4	16.06.1992
	[1993/03]
Priority number, date	DE19910008866U	18.07.1991 Original published format: DE 9108866 U
	[1993/03]
Filing language	DE
Procedural language	DE
Publication	Type:	A2 Application without search report
	No.:	EP0523381
	Date:	20.01.1993
	Language:	DE
	[1993/03]
	Type:	A3 Search report
	No.:	EP0523381
	Date:	14.07.1993
	Language:	DE
	[1993/28]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP0523381
	Date:	07.10.1998
	Language:	DE
	[1998/41]
Search report(s)	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	26.05.1993
Classification	IPC:	H02J7/00, H02J7/10	[1993/28]
	CPC:	H02J7/00047 (EP); H02J7/0071 (EP)
	Former IPC [1993/03]	H02J7/10
Designated contracting states	AT, BE, CH, DE, DK, ES, FR, GB, GR, IT, LI, LU, NL, SE [1993/03]
Title	German:	Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum Laden wiederaufladbarer Batterien	[1998/17]
	English:	Method and device for charging a rechargeable battery	[1998/17]
	French:	Procédé et dispositif de charge d'une batterie rechargeable	[1998/17]
	Former [1993/03]	Vorrichtung zum Laden wiederaufladbarer Batterien
	Former [1993/03]	Device for charging a rechargeable battery
	Former [1993/03]	Dispositif de charge d'une batterie rechargeable
Examination procedure	29.12.1993	Examination requested [1994/09]
	15.12.1995	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	20.03.1996	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	11.12.1996	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	18.03.1997	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	30.03.1998	Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
	09.04.1998	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	19.06.1998	Fee for grant paid
	19.06.1998	Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)	08.07.1999	No opposition filed within time limit [1999/39]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	10.05.1994	Renewal fee patent year 03
	22.04.1995	Renewal fee patent year 04
	08.06.1996	Renewal fee patent year 05
	13.05.1997	Renewal fee patent year 06
	29.05.1998	Renewal fee patent year 07
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	ES	07.10.1998
	GR	07.10.1998
	IT	07.10.1998
	NL	07.10.1998
	DK	07.01.1999
	SE	07.01.1999
	BE	30.06.1999
	[2008/02]
Former [2003/45]	ES	07.10.1998
	GR	07.10.1998
	NL	07.10.1998
	DK	07.01.1999
	SE	07.01.1999
	BE	30.06.1999
Former [2003/07]	ES	07.10.1998
	GR	07.10.1998
	NL	07.10.1998
	SE	07.01.1999
	BE	30.06.1999
Former [2002/25]	ES	07.10.1998
	GR	07.10.1998
	SE	07.01.1999
	BE	30.06.1999
Former [2001/23]	GR	07.10.1998
	SE	07.01.1999
	BE	30.06.1999
Former [2000/24]	SE	07.01.1999
	BE	30.06.1999
Former [1999/32]	SE	07.01.1999
Documents cited:	Search	[AD]FR2358767 (BENNING ELEKTROTECHNIK [DE]);
		[A]DE3637669 (BOSCH GMBH ROBERT [DE]);
		[X]EP0349995 (ELEKTRON BREMEN ELEKTROTECH [DE]);
		[E]WO9215140 (INST NAT POLYTECH GRENOBLE [FR], et al)

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