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EP0602176 - OPTICS FOR A COLOUR-SORTING MACHINE AND A SORTING METHOD USING THESE OPTICS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  14.03.1997
Database last updated on 03.10.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip14.03.1997No opposition filed within time limitpublished on 02.05.1997 [1997/18]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
ELEXSO SORTIERTECHNIK GmbH
Hans-Dunckerstrasse 1
D-21035 Hamburg / DE
[1994/25]
Inventor(s)01 / SCHUMANN, Rainer
Schönefelder Chaussee 171
D-1185 Berlin / DE
02 / MORITZ, Thomas
Geraer Ring 75
D-1134 Berlin / DE
03 / JUSTUS, Harald, C.
Waldstr. 6
D-2057 Reinbek / DE
04 / MALLANT, Jos, Peter
Oberer Landweg 93
D-2050 Hamburg 80 / DE
[1994/25]
Representative(s)Uexküll & Stolberg
Partnerschaft von
Patent- und Rechtsanwälten mbB
Beselerstrasse 4
22607 Hamburg / DE
[N/P]
Former [1994/25]UEXKÜLL & STOLBERG
Patentanwälte Beselerstrasse 4
D-22607 Hamburg / DE
Application number, filing date92919858.828.09.1992
[1994/25]
WO1992EP02219
Priority number, dateDE1991413247230.09.1991         Original published format: DE 4132472
[1994/25]
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO9306944
Date:15.04.1993
Language:DE
[1993/10]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0602176
Date:22.06.1994
Language:DE
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 15.04.1993 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1994/25]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0602176
Date:08.05.1996
Language:DE
[1996/19]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP15.04.1993
ClassificationIPC:B07C5/342
[1994/25]
CPC:
B07C5/342 (EP,US); Y10S209/938 (EP)
Designated contracting statesDE,   ES,   GB,   IT,   NL [1994/25]
TitleGerman:SORTIEROPTIK FÜR EINE FARBSORTIERMASCHINE UND VERFAHREN[1994/25]
English:OPTICS FOR A COLOUR-SORTING MACHINE AND A SORTING METHOD USING THESE OPTICS[1994/25]
French:OPTIQUE DE TRIAGE POUR UNE TRIEUSE PAR COULEUR ET PROCEDE[1994/25]
Entry into regional phase21.04.1994National basic fee paid 
21.04.1994Designation fee(s) paid 
21.04.1994Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure25.03.1993Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
21.04.1994Examination requested  [1994/27]
24.08.1995Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
10.11.1995Communication of intention to grant the patent
04.12.1995Fee for grant paid
04.12.1995Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)11.02.1997No opposition filed within time limit [1997/18]
Fees paidRenewal fee
19.09.1994Renewal fee patent year 03
18.09.1995Renewal fee patent year 04
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