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EP0580907 - Tee-nut fastener strip and fastener feed means for fastener setting apparatus [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  13.02.1998
Database last updated on 28.03.2026
Most recent event   Tooltip17.02.2006Change - lapse in a contracting state
Updated state(s): FR
published on 05.04.2006  [2006/14]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Sigma Tool & Machine, A Partnership of Sigma Tool & Machine Ltd. and Sigma Fasteners Ltd.
251 Nantucket Boulevard Scarborough
Ontario M1P 2P2 / CA
[N/P]
Former [1994/05]For all designated states
SIGMA TOOL & MACHINE
251 Nantucket Boulevard
Scarborough, Ontario M1P 2P2 / CA
Inventor(s)01 / Leistner, Walter H.
97 Alamosa Drive
Toronto, Ontario / CA
02 / Bromley, Keith G.
Brownlee Drive
Bradford, Ontario / CA
[1994/05]
Representative(s)WP Thompson
8th Floor
1 Mann Island
Liverpool L3 1BP / GB
[N/P]
Former [1994/05]W.P. Thompson & Co.
Coopers Building, Church Street
Liverpool L1 3AB / GB
Application number, filing date92307031.231.07.1992
[1994/05]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0580907
Date:02.02.1994
Language:EN
[1994/05]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0580907
Date:09.04.1997
Language:EN
[1997/15]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP10.05.1993
ClassificationIPC:B23P19/06, F16B27/00
[1994/05]
CPC:
B23P19/062 (EP); F16B27/00 (EP); F16B37/048 (EP)
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB,   IT,   SE [1994/05]
TitleGerman:Band mit T-Mutter und Anordnung zur Speisung von Befestigungselementen für eine Vorrichtung zum Anbringen von Befestigungselementen[1994/05]
English:Tee-nut fastener strip and fastener feed means for fastener setting apparatus[1994/05]
French:Bande à écrous en forme de té et moyens d'alimentation des éléments de fixation pour un dispositif de pose des éléments de fixation[1994/05]
Examination procedure21.07.1994Examination requested  [1994/37]
14.08.1995Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
13.02.1996Reply to a communication from the examining division
07.05.1996Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: No)
25.09.1996Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: later approval)
07.10.1996Communication of intention to grant the patent
29.11.1996Fee for grant paid
29.11.1996Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)10.01.1998No opposition filed within time limit [1998/14]
Fees paidRenewal fee
27.07.1994Renewal fee patent year 03
26.07.1995Renewal fee patent year 04
24.07.1996Renewal fee patent year 05
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipFR09.04.1997
SE09.07.1997
[2006/14]
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FR05.09.1997
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