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EP About this file: EP0562941

EP0562941 - Distance measuring device and its application to an obstacle detection system [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  19.06.1998
Database last updated on 11.09.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip28.12.2007Lapse of the patent in a contracting statepublished on 30.01.2008  [2008/05]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
THOMSON-CSF
173, Boulevard Haussmann
75008 Paris / FR
[N/P]
Former [1994/28]For all designated states
THOMSON-CSF
173, Boulevard Haussmann
F-75008 Paris / FR
Former [1993/39]For all designated states
THOMSON-CSF
173, Boulevard Haussmann
F-75008 Paris / FR
Inventor(s)01 / Grossmann, Benoist
Thomson-CSF, SCPI, BP 329
F-92402 Courbevoie Cedex / FR
02 / Defour, Martin
Thomson-CSF, SCPI, BP 329
F-92402 Courbevoie Cedex / FR
03 / Fertala, Rémi
Thomson-CSF, SCPI, BP 329
F-92402 Courbevoie Cedex / FR
[1993/39]
Representative(s)Lincot, Georges, et al
Thomson-CSF Propriété Intellectuelle, Département Brevets, 13, Avenue du Président Salvador Allende
94117 Arcueil Cédex / FR
[N/P]
Former [1993/39]Lincot, Georges, et al
THOMSON-CSF, SCPI, B.P. 329, 50, rue Jean-Pierre Timbaud
F-92402 Courbevoie Cédex / FR
Application number, filing date93400734.522.03.1993
[1993/39]
Priority number, dateFR1992000371627.03.1992         Original published format: FR 9203716
[1993/39]
Filing languageFR
Procedural languageFR
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0562941
Date:29.09.1993
Language:FR
[1993/39]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0562941
Date:13.08.1997
Language:FR
[1997/33]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP01.07.1993
ClassificationIPC:G01S17/88, G01S7/48, G02B26/08
[1993/39]
CPC:
G01S7/4817 (EP,US); G01S17/89 (EP,US); G01S17/933 (EP,US);
G01S7/4812 (EP,US); G01S7/499 (EP,US); G02B26/0891 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB,   IT,   SE [1993/39]
TitleGerman:Entfernungsmessgerät und dessen Anwendung in einem System zur Hinderniserkennung[1993/39]
English:Distance measuring device and its application to an obstacle detection system[1993/39]
French:Dispositif de télémétrie et son application à un système de détection d'obstacles[1993/39]
Examination procedure28.02.1994Examination requested  [1994/17]
02.01.1996Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
20.04.1996Reply to a communication from the examining division
14.11.1996Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: No)
10.02.1997Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: later approval)
14.02.1997Communication of intention to grant the patent
01.04.1997Fee for grant paid
01.04.1997Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)14.05.1998No opposition filed within time limit [1998/32]
Fees paidRenewal fee
17.02.1995Renewal fee patent year 03
20.02.1996Renewal fee patent year 04
13.02.1997Renewal fee patent year 05
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipIT13.08.1997
SE13.11.1997
[2008/05]
Former [1999/42]IT13.08.1997
SE13.11.1997
Former [1998/15]SE13.11.1997
Documents cited:Search[A]FR2258637  (ELTRO GMBH [DE]);
 [Y]US4068124  (KLEIDER ALFRED);
 [Y]US4572662  (SILVERMAN BERNARD B [US]);
 [A]US4698498  (MAHONEY THOMAS J [US], et al)
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