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EP About this file: EP0730788

EP0730788 - ELECTRIC PLUG CONNECTOR [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusThe application has been refused
Status updated on  06.08.1999
Database last updated on 02.09.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip06.08.1999Refusal of applicationpublished on 22.09.1999 [1999/38]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
Postfach 30 02 20
70442 Stuttgart / DE
[1996/37]
Inventor(s)01 / MAUE, Hans-Heinrich
Lindenstrasse 58
D-74321 Bietigheim-Bissingen / DE
02 / HOFMEISTER, Werner
Höhenstrasse 20
D-75417 Mühlacker / DE
03 / STEINHAUSER, Uwe
Grötzinger Strasse 49
D-70794 Filderstadt / DE
04 / SCHULTHEISS, Karlheinz
Steinbruchweg 2a
D-74189 Weinsberg / DE
[1996/37]
Application number, filing date95931141.615.09.1995
[1996/37]
WO1995DE01268
Priority number, dateDE1994443403023.09.1994         Original published format: DE 4434030
[1996/37]
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO9609665
Date:28.03.1996
Language:DE
[1996/14]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0730788
Date:11.09.1996
Language:DE
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 28.03.1996 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1996/37]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP28.03.1996
ClassificationIPC:H01R13/52, H01R13/504
[1996/37]
CPC:
H01R13/62933 (EP)
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   IT,   SE [1996/37]
TitleGerman:ELEKTRISCHE STECKVERBINDUNG[1996/37]
English:ELECTRIC PLUG CONNECTOR[1996/37]
French:CONNECTEUR ELECTRIQUE[1996/37]
Entry into regional phase24.06.1996National basic fee paid 
24.06.1996Designation fee(s) paid 
30.09.1996Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure30.09.1996Examination requested  [1996/48]
16.10.1997Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
21.01.1998Reply to a communication from the examining division
29.04.1999Despatch of communication that the application is refused, reason: formalities examination [1999/38]
10.05.1999Application refused, date of legal effect [1999/38]
Fees paidRenewal fee
30.09.1997Renewal fee patent year 03
Penalty fee
Additional fee for renewal fee
30.09.199804   M06   Not yet paid
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Cited inInternational search[X]DE4106714  (GROTE & HARTMANN) [X] 1,2 * abstract * * column 3, lines 47-60; figure 1 *;
 [X]DE4034425  (CONTACT GMBH ELEKTRISCHE BAUELEMENTE) [X] 1,2 * column 3, lines 45-61; figures 1,2; claim 1 *;
 [X]GB2161996  (AMP INCORPORATED) [X] 1,2 * page 2, lines 6-22 * * sentences 85-95; figures 2-4 *;
 [X]US4940420  (FORD MOTOR COMPANY) [X] 1,2 * column 2, line 50 - column 3, line 5 *;
 [A]DE9218209U  (HARTING ELEKTRONIK GMBH) [A] 1,2 * page 5, lines 17-38; figures 1,3,3A *
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