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EP0728374 - CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	The application is deemed to be withdrawn Status updated on 24.01.2004 Database last updated on 02.09.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	24.01.2004	Application deemed to be withdrawn	published on 10.03.2004 [2004/11]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states BERG ELECTRONICS MANUFACTURING B.V. Helftheuvelweg 11 5222 AV s'-Hertogenbosch / NL
	[1998/33]
Former [1996/35]	For:DE FR BERG ELECTRONICS MANUFACTURING B.V. Helftheuvelweg 11 5222 AV s'-Hertogenbosch / NL
	For:GB CONNECTOR SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY N.V. Julianaplein 22 Willemstad Curaçao / AN
Inventor(s)	01 / NORTHEY, William, Arthur 95 Village Road Etters, PA 17319 / US
	02 / KOSER, James, R. 330 College Avenue Elizabeth, PA 17022 / US
	[1996/35]
Representative(s)	Brookes IP Windsor House 6-10 Mount Ephraim Road Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN1 1EE / GB
	[N/P]
Former [1996/35]	BROOKES & MARTIN High Holborn House 52/54 High Holborn London, WC1V 6SE / GB
Application number, filing date	95901164.4	07.11.1994
	[1996/35]
	WO1994US12792
Priority number, date	US19930149475	09.11.1993 Original published format: US 149475
	[1996/35]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO9513634
	Date:	18.05.1995
	Language:	EN
	[1995/21]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP0728374
	Date:	28.08.1996
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 18.05.1995 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[1996/35]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	US	18.05.1995
	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	12.11.1996
Classification	IPC:	H01R13/648, H01R23/68, H01R23/70, H01R23/00	[1996/52]
	CPC:	H01R13/035 (EP,US); H01R13/648 (KR); H01R12/716 (EP,US); H01R12/737 (EP,US); H01R13/6471 (EP,US); H01R13/6474 (EP,US); (+) H01R12/707 (EP,US); H01R13/6464 (EP,US); Y10S439/931 (EP,US) (-)
	Former IPC [1996/35]	H01R13/648
Designated contracting states	DE, FR, GB [1996/35]
Title	German:	STECKVERBINDERZUSAMMENBAU	[1996/35]
	English:	CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY	[1996/35]
	French:	ENSEMBLE CONNECTEUR	[1996/35]
Entry into regional phase	03.06.1996	National basic fee paid
	03.06.1996	Search fee paid
	03.06.1996	Designation fee(s) paid
	03.06.1996	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	01.06.1995	Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: US
	05.06.1996	Examination requested [1996/35]
	28.04.2003	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	09.09.2003	Application deemed to be withdrawn, date of legal effect [2004/11]
	13.10.2003	Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: fee for grant / fee for printing not paid in time [2004/11]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	20.11.1996	Renewal fee patent year 03
	22.11.1997	Renewal fee patent year 04
	16.11.1998	Renewal fee patent year 05
	19.11.1999	Renewal fee patent year 06
	21.11.2000	Renewal fee patent year 07
	29.11.2001	Renewal fee patent year 08
	28.11.2002	Renewal fee patent year 09
	Penalty fee
	Additional fee for renewal fee
	30.11.2003	10 M06 Not yet paid
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Documents cited:	Search	[A]GB2001484 (TELEPHONIE IND COMMERCIALE) [A] 1,9 * page 1, line 79 - line 92; figure . *;
		[A]JPS60236183 ;
		[A]JPS59207476
		[A] - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (19860418), vol. 010, no. 102, Database accession no. (P - 448), & JP60236183 A 19851122 (MATSUSHITA DENKI SANGYO KK) [A] 1,9 * abstract *
		[A] - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (19850405), vol. 009, no. 076, Database accession no. (P - 346), & JP59207476 A 19841124 (MATSUSHITA DENKI SANGYO KK) [A] 1,9 * abstract *
	International search	[A]US4245876 (RITCHIE LEON T, et al);
		[A]US4391482 (CZESCHKA FRANZ [DE]);
		[A]US4655518 (JOHNSON LENNART B [US], et al);
		[A]US4686607 (JOHNSON LENNART B [US]);
		[A]US4775333 (GRIDER DUANE M [US], et al);
		[A]US4869677 (JOHNSON LENNART B [US], et al);
		[A]US5104329 (BROWN JEFFREY J [US], et al);
		[A]US5176526 (HILLBISH WARREN C [US], et al);
		[A]US5228864 (FUSSELMAN DAVID F [US], et al)

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