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EP About this file: EP0595933

EP0595933 - PROBE FOR SURFACE MEASUREMENT [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  20.11.1998
Database last updated on 14.09.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip20.11.1998No opposition filed within time limitpublished on 07.01.1999 [1999/01]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
BTG INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
10 Fleet Place
London EC4M 7SB / GB
[N/P]
Former [1998/12]For all designated states
BRITISH TECHNOLOGY GROUP LIMITED
10 Fleet Place
London EC4M 7SB / GB
Former [1994/19]For all designated states
BRITISH TECHNOLOGY GROUP LTD
101 Newington Causeway
London SE1 6BU / GB
Inventor(s)01 / BUTLER, Clive
154A Toms Lane
Kings Langley Hertfordshire WD4 8NZ / GB
02 / GREGORIOU, Gregorios
93 Warwick Road New Southgate
London N11 2SP / GB
[1994/19]
Representative(s)Buttrick, Richard, et al
BTG International Limited
5 Fleet Place
London EC4M 7RD / GB
[N/P]
Former [1997/02]Buttrick, Richard, et al
British Technology Group Ltd, 101 Newington Causeway
London SE1 6BU / GB
Former [1994/19]Gaskin, John Shield
Patents Department British Technology Group Ltd 101 Newington Causeway
London SE1 6BU / GB
Application number, filing date92915961.424.07.1992
[1994/19]
WO1992GB01373
Priority number, dateGB1991001611525.07.1991         Original published format: GB 9116115
[1994/19]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO9302337
Date:04.02.1993
Language:EN
[1993/04]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0595933
Date:11.05.1994
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 04.02.1993 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1994/19]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0595933
Date:14.01.1998
Language:EN
[1998/03]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP04.02.1993
ClassificationIPC:G01B11/30
[1994/19]
CPC:
G01B11/303 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesCH,   DE,   FR,   GB,   IT,   LI,   SE [1994/19]
TitleGerman:Sonde zur Oberflächenmessung[1994/19]
English:PROBE FOR SURFACE MEASUREMENT[1994/19]
French:SONDE DE MESURE DE SURFACES[1994/19]
Entry into regional phase30.12.1993National basic fee paid 
30.12.1993Designation fee(s) paid 
30.12.1993Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure18.02.1993Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: FR
30.12.1993Examination requested  [1994/19]
01.03.1995Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
12.10.1995Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: reply to the communication from the examining division not received in time
18.12.1995Reply to a communication from the examining division
11.07.1996Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: No)
23.06.1997Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: later approval)
26.09.1997Fee for grant paid
26.09.1997Fee for publishing/printing paid
04.11.1997Communication of intention to grant the patent
Opposition(s)15.10.1998No opposition filed within time limit [1999/01]
Request for further processing for:18.12.1995Request for further processing filed
28.11.1995Full payment received (date of receipt of payment)
Request granted
08.01.1996Decision despatched
Fees paidRenewal fee
28.06.1994Renewal fee patent year 03
15.06.1995Renewal fee patent year 04
27.06.1996Renewal fee patent year 05
10.06.1997Renewal fee patent year 06
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipCH14.01.1998
LI14.01.1998
SE14.04.1998
[1998/45]
Former [1998/43]SE14.04.1998
Cited inInternational search[X]WO8907037  (CATERPILLAR INC [US]);
 [X]WO9010195  (BOSCH GMBH ROBERT [DE]);
 [X]WO9015306  (BEI ELECTRONICS [US])
 [Y]  - JOURNAL OF LIGHTWAVE TECHNOLOGY vol. 9, no. 4, April 1991, NEW YORK,US pages 545 - 551 GANG HE, FRANK W. CUOMO 'A LIGHT INTENSITY FUNCTION SUITABLE FOR MULTIMODE FIBER-OPTIC SENSORS'
 [Y]  - SOVIET JOURNAL OF QUANTUM ELECTRONICS vol. 18, no. 10, October 1988, WOODBURY,NY,US pages 1295 - 1298 L.I. ZHMUROVA, V.N. KULIKOV, N. MALOV 'COHERENT OPTICAL SYSTEM WITH A SYNTHETIZED APERTURE FOR DETERMINATION OF GEOMETRIC PARAMETERS OF AN OBJECT'
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