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EP About this file: EP0583071

EP0583071 - Wide range workfunction based A/F sensor [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  12.02.1999
Database last updated on 13.07.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip12.02.1999No opposition filed within time limitpublished on 31.03.1999 [1999/13]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
FORD MOTOR COMPANY
County of Wayne
Dearborn, MI 48126 / US
[1994/07]
Inventor(s)01 / Hetrick, Robert E.
25629 Wilson Drive
Dearborn Heights, Michigan 48127 / US
02 / Schamp, Allen L.
3806 Grindley Park
Dearborn, Michigan 48124 / US
[1994/07]
Representative(s)Messulam, Alec Moses, et al
Harrison IP Limited
3 Ebor House
London Ebor Business Park
Millfield Lane
Nether Poppleton York YO26 6QY / GB
[N/P]
Former [1994/07]Messulam, Alec Moses, et al
A. Messulam & Co. 24 Broadway
Leigh on Sea Essex SS9 1BN / GB
Application number, filing date93305494.213.07.1993
[1994/07]
Priority number, dateUS1992091331114.07.1992         Original published format: US 913311
[1994/07]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0583071
Date:16.02.1994
Language:EN
[1994/07]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0583071
Date:08.04.1998
Language:EN
[1998/15]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP02.12.1993
ClassificationIPC:G01N27/66, G01N27/41
[1994/07]
CPC:
G01N27/626 (EP,US); G01N27/002 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB [1994/07]
TitleGerman:Lambda-Sonde mit grossem Messbereich auf Basis der Austrittsarbeit[1994/07]
English:Wide range workfunction based A/F sensor[1994/07]
French:Sonde lambda à large étendue de mesure en partant de travail de sortie[1994/07]
Examination procedure05.07.1994Examination requested  [1994/35]
09.10.1996Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
01.02.1997Reply to a communication from the examining division
27.06.1997Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
13.10.1997Communication of intention to grant the patent
31.10.1997Fee for grant paid
31.10.1997Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)09.01.1999No opposition filed within time limit [1999/13]
Fees paidRenewal fee
06.06.1995Renewal fee patent year 03
11.06.1996Renewal fee patent year 04
13.06.1997Renewal fee patent year 05
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Documents cited:Search[A]SU1608549  ;
 [A]JP56089048  ;
 [A]GB1520749  (WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORP);
 [A]US4686847  (BESOCKE KARL-HEINZ [DE]);
 [AD]US4272329  (HETRICK ROBERT E, et al)
 [A]  - SOVIET PATENTS ABSTRACTS, S-X electrical, week 9142, December 04, 1991 DERWENT PUBLICACTIONS LTD., London, GB, & SU-A-1 608 549 (FUTMAN E E), & SU1608549 A 00000000
 [A]  - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, vol. 5, no. 157 (P-083), 08 October 1981; & JP-A-56 089 048 (MATSUSHITA) 20 July 1981, & JP56089048 A 19810720
ExaminationJP56089048
    - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, unexamined applications, P field, vol. 5, no. 157, October 08 1981 THE PATENT OFFICE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT; & JP-A-56 089 048 (MATSUSHITA), & JP56089048 A 00000000
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