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EP0702429
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| EP0702429 - Polarizing system for a blind mating electrical connector assembly [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 26.01.2001 Database last updated on 31.08.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 26.01.2001 | No opposition filed within time limit | published on 14.03.2001 [2001/11] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states MOLEX INCORPORATED 2222 Wellington Court Lisle Illinois 60532-1682 / US | [N/P] |
| Former [1996/12] | For all designated states MOLEX INCORPORATED 2222 Wellington Court Lisle Illinois 60532-1682 / US | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Bixler, Craig 853 Chatam Elmhulst, IL 60126 / US | 02 /
Nelson, Richard A. 23W105 Woodcroft Glen Ellyn, IL 60137 / US | 03 /
Jay H. Neer 6510 Casabella Lane Boco Raton, FL 33433 / US | [1997/43] |
| Former [1996/12] | 01 /
Bixler, Craig 853 Chatam Elmhulst, IL 60126 / US | ||
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Nelson, Richard A. 23W105 Woodcroft Glen Ellyn, IL 60137 / US | Representative(s) | Blumbach · Zinngrebe Patentanwälte PartG mbB Alexandrastraße 5 65187 Wiesbaden / DE | [N/P] |
| Former [2000/13] | Blumbach, Kramer & Partner GbR Patentanwälte, Alexandrastrasse 5 65187 Wiesbaden / DE | ||
| Former [1996/12] | Blumbach, Paul-Günther, Dipl.-Ing. Blumbach, Kramer & Partner Patentanwälte Sonnenberger Strasse 100 D-65193 Wiesbaden / DE | Application number, filing date | 95113653.0 | 31.08.1995 | [1996/12] | Priority number, date | US19940308225 | 19.09.1994 Original published format: US 308225 | [1996/12] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A2 Application without search report | No.: | EP0702429 | Date: | 20.03.1996 | Language: | EN | [1996/12] | Type: | A3 Search report | No.: | EP0702429 | Date: | 07.08.1996 | [1996/32] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0702429 | Date: | 29.03.2000 | Language: | EN | [2000/13] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 19.06.1996 | Classification | IPC: | H01R13/64, H01R12/18, H01R12/20, H01R13/629, H01R13/631 | [2000/13] | CPC: |
H01R13/6315 (EP,US);
H01R12/70 (KR);
H01R13/64 (EP,US)
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| Former IPC [1996/31] | H01R13/64, H01R23/70, H01R13/629, H01R13/631 | ||
| Former IPC [1996/12] | H01R13/64, H01R23/70, H01R13/629 | Designated contracting states | DE, FR, GB, IT, NL [1996/12] | Title | German: | Polarisationselemente für elektrisches Verbindersystem mit Einsteckhilfe | [1996/12] | English: | Polarizing system for a blind mating electrical connector assembly | [1996/12] | French: | Système de polarisation pour assemblage de connecteur électrique autocentré | [1996/12] | Examination procedure | 22.01.1997 | Examination requested [1997/13] | 30.07.1997 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 03.12.1997 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 28.04.1998 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 04.09.1998 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 27.04.1999 | Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes) | 26.08.1999 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 19.11.1999 | Fee for grant paid | 19.11.1999 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Opposition(s) | 30.12.2000 | No opposition filed within time limit [2001/11] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 04.08.1997 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 12.08.1998 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 04.08.1999 | Renewal fee patent year 05 |
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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. | Documents cited: | Search | [A]EP0357375 (MOLEX INC [US]) [A] 1-4,7 * column 10, line 11 - line 25 * * figures 2,3 *; | [X]EP0443492 (AMP INC [US]) [X] 1-3,5-7 * column 5, line 33 - column 7, line 27 *; | [AD]US5199884 (KAUFMAN JOHN W [US], et al) [AD] 1-3,7-9 * column 3, line 63 - column 4, line 5 * * column 5, line 53 - line 68 * * figures 1,5,6 *; | [A]FR2692407 (SOURIAU & CIE [FR]) [A] 1-3* see posts 50,54 *; | [A]US5302134 (THOMAS RONALD E [US], et al) [A] 1,2,4 * the whole document * | by applicant | US5199884 |