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EP0698298 - LOW VOLTAGE BENDER PIEZO-ACTUATORS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  01.12.2000
Database last updated on 31.08.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip09.05.2002Lapse of the patent in a contracting statepublished on 26.06.2002  [2002/26]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
NOISE CANCELLATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
1015 West Nursery Road, Suite 101
Linthicum, MD 21090 / US
[1996/09]
Inventor(s)01 / HILDEBRAND, Stephen
6425 Wyndham Court
Erie, Pennsylvania 16505 / US
[1996/45]
Former [1996/09]01 / HILDEBRAND, Stephen
1101 S. 17th Street
Arlington, VA 22202 / US
Representative(s)Geary, Stuart Lloyd, et al
Venner Shipley LLP 20 Little Britain
London EC1A 7DH / GB
[N/P]
Former [1996/09]Geary, Stuart Lloyd, et al
Venner, Shipley & Co., 20 Little Britain
London EC1A 7DH / GB
Application number, filing date94914908.204.05.1994
[1996/09]
WO1994US04553
Priority number, dateUS1993005794407.05.1993         Original published format: US 57944
[1996/09]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO9427331
Date:24.11.1994
[1994/26]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0698298
Date:28.02.1996
[1996/09]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0698298
Date:02.02.2000
Language:EN
[2000/05]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:US24.11.1994
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP25.06.1997
ClassificationIPC:H01L41/08, H01L41/09
[1997/32]
CPC:
H10N30/2048 (EP,US); H10N30/2047 (EP,US)
Former IPC [1996/09]H01L41/08
Designated contracting statesDE,   ES,   FR,   GB,   IT,   SE [1996/09]
TitleGerman:PIEZOELEKTRISCHER NIEDERSPANNUNGS-BIEGEANTRIEB[1996/09]
English:LOW VOLTAGE BENDER PIEZO-ACTUATORS[1996/09]
French:DISPOSITIF D'ACTIONNEMENT PIEZOELECTRIQUE BASSE-TENSION, A FLEXION[1996/09]
Entry into regional phase06.12.1995National basic fee paid 
06.12.1995Search fee paid 
06.12.1995Designation fee(s) paid 
06.12.1995Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure15.11.1994Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: US
06.12.1995Examination requested  [1996/21]
05.02.1998Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
26.05.1998Reply to a communication from the examining division
28.12.1998Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
03.04.1999Reply to a communication from the examining division
27.04.1999Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: No)
17.07.1999Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: later approval)
06.08.1999Communication of intention to grant the patent
15.10.1999Fee for grant paid
15.10.1999Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)03.11.2000No opposition filed within time limit [2001/03]
Fees paidRenewal fee
22.04.1996Renewal fee patent year 03
28.04.1997Renewal fee patent year 04
22.04.1998Renewal fee patent year 05
06.05.1999Renewal fee patent year 06
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipES02.02.2000
[2002/26]
Cited inInternational search[X]US4283461  (WOODEN BRUCE J, et al);
 [X]US4363991  (EDELMAN SEYMOUR);
 [X]US4565940  (HUBBARD JR JAMES E [US]);
 [X]US4626730  (HUBBARD JR JAMES E [US]);
 [X]US5130948  (LAUKIEN GUNTHER [DE], et al)
ExaminationEP0388027
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