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EP0671059
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| EP0671059 - HYDROCARBON FUELED SOLID POLYMER FUEL CELL ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION SYSTEM [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 11.10.2002 Database last updated on 02.09.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 28.12.2007 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): IT | published on 30.01.2008 [2008/05] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states BALLARD POWER SYSTEMS INC. 9000 Glenlyon Parkway Burnaby British Columbia V5J 5J9 / CA | [N/P] |
| Former [1997/37] | For all designated states BALLARD POWER SYSTEMS INC. 9000 Glenlyon Parkway Burnaby, British Columbia V5J 5J9 / CA | ||
| Former [1997/34] | For all designated states BALLARD POWER SYSTEMS INC. 980 West 1st Street, Unit 107 North Vancouver, British Columbia V7P 3N4 / CA | ||
| Former [1995/37] | For all designated states BALLARD POWER SYSTEMS INC. 980 West 1st Street, Unit 107 North Vancouver, British Columbia V7P 3N4 / CA | ||
| For all designated states Buswell, Richard, F. 40 Farmcliff Drive Gastonbury, CT 06033 / US | |||
| For all designated states Clausi, Joseph, V. 14 South Road Portland CT 06480 / US | |||
| For all designated states Cohen, Ronald 21837 Reflection Lane Boca Raton, FL 33428 / US | |||
| For all designated states Louie, Craig Nr. 305 2225 W. 7th Avenue Vancouver, British Columbia / CA | |||
| For all designated states WATKINS, David S. 1581 Foster Avenue Coquitlam, British Columbia V3J 2N3 / CA | Inventor(s) | 01 /
BUSWELL, Richard, F. 40 Farmcliff Drive Gastonbury, CT 06033 / US | 02 /
CLAUSI, Joseph, V. 14 South Road Portland, CT 06480 / US | 03 /
COHEN, Ronald 21837 Reflection Lane Boca Raton, FL 33428 / US | 04 /
LOUIE, Craig 305 2225 W. 7th Avenue Vancouver, British Columbia / CA | 05 /
WATKINS, David, S. 1581 Foster Avenue Coquitlam, British Columbia V3J 2N3 / CA | [1995/37] | Representative(s) | Haecker, Walter Hoeger, Stellrecht & Partner Patentanwälte mbB Uhlandstrasse 14 c 70182 Stuttgart / DE | [N/P] |
| Former [1995/37] | Haecker, Walter Hoeger, Stellrecht & Partner Uhlandstrasse 14 c D-70182 Stuttgart / DE | Application number, filing date | 94926490.7 | 05.08.1994 | [1995/37] | WO1994US09025 | Priority number, date | US19930110076 | 20.08.1993 Original published format: US 110076 | [1995/37] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO9506335 | Date: | 02.03.1995 | Language: | EN | [1995/10] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP0671059 | Date: | 13.09.1995 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 02.03.1995 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [1995/37] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0671059 | Date: | 05.12.2001 | Language: | EN | [2001/49] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | US | 02.03.1995 | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 12.04.1999 | Classification | IPC: | H01M8/06 | [1995/37] | CPC: |
H01M8/0612 (EP,US);
H01M2300/0082 (EP,US);
H01M8/04029 (EP,US);
H01M8/04119 (EP,US);
H01M8/04156 (EP,US);
H01M8/04388 (EP,US);
H01M8/04395 (EP,US);
H01M8/04731 (EP,US);
H01M8/04738 (EP,US);
| Designated contracting states | CH, DE, FR, GB, IT, LI, SE [1995/37] | Title | German: | VERFAHREN ZUR ERZEUGUNG ELEKTRISCHER ENERGIE MITTELS FESTSTOFFPOLYMERZELLEN, GESPEIST MIT KOHLENWASSERSTOFF | [1995/37] | English: | HYDROCARBON FUELED SOLID POLYMER FUEL CELL ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION SYSTEM | [1995/37] | French: | SYSTEME DE PRODUCTION D'ENERGIE ELECTRIQUE AU MOYEN DE PILES A COMBUSTIBLE POLYMERES, SOLIDES, ALIMENTE EN HYDROCARBURES | [1995/37] | Entry into regional phase | 20.04.1995 | National basic fee paid | 20.04.1995 | Search fee paid | 20.04.1995 | Designation fee(s) paid | 02.09.1995 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 02.09.1995 | Examination requested [1995/44] | 13.07.2000 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 12.01.2001 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 22.03.2001 | Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes) | 12.06.2001 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 30.08.2001 | Fee for grant paid | 30.08.2001 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Opposition(s) | 06.09.2002 | No opposition filed within time limit [2002/48] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 20.08.1996 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 08.08.1997 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 10.08.1998 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 11.08.1999 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 16.08.2000 | Renewal fee patent year 07 | 14.08.2001 | Renewal fee patent year 08 |
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| Responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or quality of the data displayed under the link provided lies entirely with the Unified Patent Court. | Lapses during opposition Tooltip | CH | 05.12.2001 | FR | 05.12.2001 | IT | 05.12.2001 | LI | 05.12.2001 | SE | 05.03.2002 | [2008/05] |
| Former [2006/14] | CH | 05.12.2001 | |
| FR | 05.12.2001 | ||
| LI | 05.12.2001 | ||
| SE | 05.03.2002 | ||
| Former [2003/01] | CH | 05.12.2001 | |
| LI | 05.12.2001 | ||
| SE | 05.03.2002 | ||
| Former [2002/26] | SE | 05.03.2002 | Documents cited: | Search | [YA]US3982962 (BLOOMFIELD DAVID P) [Y] 1-4,7-9,11-13 * column 3, line 6 - line 44; figure 1 * * column 4, line 51 - column 5, line 10 * * column 5, line 28 - line 50 * [A] 6; | [Y]US4657829 (MCELROY JAMES F [US], et al) [Y] 1-4,7 * column 3, line 7 - column 4, line 68; figure 1 *; | [YA]US4344850 (GRASSO ALBERT P) [Y] 8,9 * figure 1 * * column 3, line 52 - column 5, line 7 * [A] 1-4,7; | [Y]JPS62296371 ; | [Y]JPH0522870 ; | [A]US4539267 (SEDERQUIST RICHARD A [US]) [A] 1 * figure 3; claims 1,2 * * column 3, line 66 - line 67 *; | [A]JPH03269955 ; | [A]JPH03218903 ; | [A]JPH04206157 ; | [A]JPH05151983 ; | [A]US4839246 (TAKABAYASHI YASUHIRO [JP]) [A] 12 * figure 1; claim 1 *; | [A]WO9209115 (PERRY OCEANOGRAPHICS INC [US]) [A] 1,2,4 * figure 1; claims 1,9 * * page 16, line 7 - line 10 *; | [Y] - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (19880604), vol. 012, no. 193, Database accession no. (E - 617), & JP62296371 A 19871223 (TOSHIBA CORP) [Y] 11 * abstract * | [Y] - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (19930611), vol. 017, no. 307, Database accession no. (E - 1379), & JP05022870 A 19930129 (TOSHIBA CORP) [Y] 12,13 * abstract * | [A] - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (19920228), vol. 016, no. 084, Database accession no. (E - 1172), & JP03269955 A 19911202 (FUJI ELECTRIC CO LTD) [A] 1 * abstract * | [A] - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (19911218), vol. 015, no. 500, Database accession no. (C - 0895), & JP03218903 A 19910926 (MITSUBISHI HEAVY IND LTD) [A] 1,3,4,6,7 * abstract * | [A] - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (19921105), vol. 016, no. 535, Database accession no. (E - 1288), & JP04206157 A 19920728 (MITSUBISHI HEAVY IND LTD) [A] 1 * abstract * | [A] - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (19930927), vol. 017, no. 535, Database accession no. (E - 1439), & JP05151983 A 19930618 (SANYO ELECTRIC CO LTD) [A] 12 * abstract * | [PA] - SHOESMITH J P ET AL, "STATUS OF SOLID POLYMER FUEL CELL SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT", JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES, (19940401), vol. 49, no. 1/03, pages 129 - 142, XP000540739 [PA] 1,6 * figure 1 * DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0378-7753(93)01804-Q | International search | [A]US3615850 (CHLUDZINSKI PAUL, et al); | [A]US4041210 (VAN DINE LESLIE L); | [A]US4120787 (YARGEAU BRIAN A); | [A]US5141823 (WRIGHT BARTRAM J [GB], et al) |