EP0539961 - Universal tool connection [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 19.12.1996 Database last updated on 24.08.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 29.08.1997 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state | published on 15.10.1997 [1997/42] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states VALENITE INC. 750 Stephenson Highway P.O. Box 3950 Troy Michigan 48007-3950 / US | [N/P] |
Former [1994/26] | For all designated states VALENITE INC. 750 Stephenson Highway P.O. Box 3950 Troy Michigan 48007-3950 / US | ||
Former [1993/18] | For all designated states GTE VALENITE CORPORATION 750 Stephenson Highway P.O. Box 3950 Troy Michigan 48007-3950 / US | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Hunt, Carl E. 5200 Jackson Blvd. White Lake, Michigan 58383 / US | [1993/18] | Representative(s) | Grünecker Patent- und Rechtsanwälte PartG mbB Leopoldstrasse 4 80802 München / DE | [N/P] |
Former [1993/18] | Grünecker, Kinkeldey, Stockmair & Schwanhäusser Anwaltssozietät Maximilianstrasse 58 D-80538 München / DE | Application number, filing date | 92118451.1 | 28.10.1992 | [1993/18] | Priority number, date | US19910784845 | 30.10.1991 Original published format: US 784845 | [1993/18] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP0539961 | Date: | 05.05.1993 | Language: | EN | [1993/18] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0539961 | Date: | 07.02.1996 | [1996/06] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 08.03.1993 | Classification | IPC: | B23B29/04 | [1993/18] | CPC: |
B23B31/261 (EP,US);
Y10T408/95 (EP,US);
Y10T409/309464 (EP,US);
Y10T409/30952 (EP,US);
Y10T82/2589 (EP,US)
| Designated contracting states | DE, FR, GB, IT, SE [1993/31] |
Former [1993/18] | DE, FR, GB, IE, IT, SE | Title | German: | Universalwerkzeugverbindung | [1993/18] | English: | Universal tool connection | [1993/18] | French: | Raccord universel d'outil | [1993/18] | Examination procedure | 01.12.1992 | Loss of particular rights, legal effect: designated state(s) | 10.03.1993 | Despatch of communication of loss of particular rights: designated state(s) IE | 27.10.1993 | Examination requested [1993/51] | 27.04.1994 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 04.10.1994 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 03.04.1995 | Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes) | 07.08.1995 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 13.11.1995 | Fee for grant paid | 13.11.1995 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Opposition(s) | 08.11.1996 | No opposition filed within time limit [1997/06] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 25.01.1995 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 10.10.1995 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | Penalty fee | Penalty fee Rule 85a EPC 1973 | 12.01.1993 | IE   M01   Not yet paid | Additional fee for renewal fee | 31.10.1994 | 03   M06   Fee paid on   25.01.1995 |
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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 | GB | 28.10.1996 | [1997/42] | Documents cited: | Search | [X]WO8808766 (GUEHRING GOTTLIEB FA [DE]); | [X]DE3814550 ; | [Y]EP0451360 (OTT MASCHINENTECHNIK [DE]); | [YP]EP0507147 (MAPAL FAB PRAEZISION [DE], et al) |