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EP About this file: EP0631117

EP0631117 - Weighing apparatus for a supermarket checkout counter [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusOpposition rejected
Status updated on  21.08.1998
Database last updated on 03.10.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip21.08.1998Opposition rejectedpublished on 07.10.1998 [1998/41]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Bizerba GmbH & Co. KG
Wilhelm-Kraut-Strasse 65
72336 Balingen / DE
[N/P]
Former [1994/52]For all designated states
BIZERBA GmbH & Co. KG
Wilhelm-Kraut-Strasse 65
D-72336 Balingen / DE
Inventor(s)01 / Kraft, Horst
Zimmereckstrasse 4
D-72336 Balingen / DE
02 / Purr, Horst
Tannenweg 3
D-78144 Tennenbronn / DE
03 / Engelhardt, Edgar
Talblick 40
D-72336 Balingen / DE
[1994/52]
Representative(s)Hoeger, Stellrecht & Partner Patentanwälte mbB
Uhlandstrasse 14c
70182 Stuttgart / DE
[N/P]
Former [1994/52]Hoeger, Stellrecht & Partner
Uhlandstrasse 14 c
D-70182 Stuttgart / DE
Application number, filing date94106938.704.05.1994
[1994/52]
Priority number, dateDE1993431929910.06.1993         Original published format: DE 4319299
[1994/52]
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0631117
Date:28.12.1994
Language:DE
[1994/52]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0631117
Date:04.10.1995
Language:DE
[1995/40]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP14.09.1994
ClassificationIPC:G01G19/414, G07G1/00
[1994/52]
CPC:
G01G19/4144 (EP,US); G07G1/0045 (EP,US); G07G1/0054 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   DE,   ES,   FR,   GB,   IT,   NL,   SE [1994/52]
TitleGerman:Wägevorrichtung für den Kassenplatz eines Ladengeschäfts[1994/52]
English:Weighing apparatus for a supermarket checkout counter[1994/52]
French:Dispositif de pesage pour la caisse des comptoirs des supermarchés[1994/52]
Examination procedure14.12.1994Examination requested  [1995/06]
16.03.1995Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
10.04.1995Communication of intention to grant the patent
23.06.1995Fee for grant paid
23.06.1995Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)Opponent(s)01  26.06.1996    ADMISSIBLE
STS GmbH
Annastrasse 5
64342 Seeheim-Jgh. / DE
 [1996/34]
12.08.1996Invitation to proprietor to file observations on the notice of opposition
24.02.1997Reply of patent proprietor to notice(s) of opposition
27.05.1997Despatch of a communication from the opposition division (Time limit: M03)
09.09.1997Reply to a communication from the opposition division
28.10.1997Despatch of a communication from the opposition division (Time limit: M03)
03.12.1997Reply to a communication from the opposition division
08.05.1998Date of despatch of rejection of opposition
18.05.1998Legal effect of rejection of opposition [1998/41]
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Documents cited:Search[A]WO8605270  (NCR CO [US]) [A] 1* abstract *;
 [Y]WO8804770  (NCR CO [US]) [Y] 5,6 * page 6, line 18 - line 30; figure 1 *;
 [X]US4971176  (NOJIRI HOWARD H [US], et al) [X] 1,2,4 * column A * * column 2, line 8 - line 26 * * column 4, line 34 - line 66; figure 1 *;
 [XAY]US4971177  (NOJIRI HOWARD H [US], et al) [X] 1,2,4 * column A * * column 5, line 59 - column 6, line 18 * * column 9, line 8 - line 21 * * column 10, line 46 - line 62; figures 9,10 * [A] 9 [Y] 5,6;
 [A]US5139100  (BRAUNEIS JAMES E [US]) [A] 1 * column A * * column 2, line 22 - line 45 *;
 [A]US5143164  (NAHAR RATHINDRA [US]) [A] 3 * column 3, line 41 - line 45 *
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