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EP About this file: EP0730539

EP0730539 - TRACK-BOUND POWER CAR [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  14.03.2003
Database last updated on 31.08.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip28.03.2003Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): GR
published on 14.05.2003  [2003/20]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Bombardier Transportation GmbH
Saatwinkler Damm 43
13627 Berlin / DE
[2001/50]
Former [2000/32]For all designated states
DaimlerChrysler AG
Epplestrasse 225
70546 Stuttgart / DE
Former [1998/20]For all designated states
ABB Daimler-Benz Transportation (Technology) GmbH
Saatwinkler Damm 43
13627 Berlin / DE
Former [1996/37]For all designated states
ABB HENSCHEL AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Miraustrasse 30
13509 Berlin / DE
Inventor(s)01 / TEGELER, Ferdinand
Cautiusstrasse 1c
D-13587 Berlin / DE
[1996/37]
Representative(s)Akers, Noel James
Howrey Simon Arnold & White
City Point
One Ropemaker Street
London EC2Y 9HS / GB
[N/P]
Former [2002/19]Akers, Noel James
Howrey Simon Arnold & White, City Point, One Ropemaker Street
London EC2Y 9HS / GB
Former [1998/52]Luderschmidt, Schüler & Partner GbR
Patentanwälte, Postfach 3929
65029 Wiesbaden / DE
Former [1998/44]Luderschmidt, Schüler & Partner GbR
Patentanwälte, John-F.-Kennedy-Strasse 4
65189 Wiesbaden / DE
Former [1996/37]Rupprecht, Klaus, Dipl.-Ing., et al
c/o ABB Patent GmbH, Postfach 10 03 51
68128 Mannheim / DE
Application number, filing date95934109.023.09.1995
[1996/37]
WO1995EP03778
Priority number, dateDE19940015770U30.09.1994         Original published format: DE 9415770 U
[1996/37]
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO9610508
Date:11.04.1996
Language:DE
[1996/16]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0730539
Date:11.09.1996
Language:DE
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 11.04.1996 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1996/37]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0730539
Date:08.05.2002
Language:DE
[2002/19]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP11.04.1996
ClassificationIPC:B61C5/00, B61C7/04, B61C9/08, B61D13/00
[1996/37]
CPC:
B61C9/08 (EP,US); B61C5/00 (EP,KR,US); B60L1/00 (EP,US);
B60L2200/26 (EP,US); Y02T30/00 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   CH,   DE,   DK,   ES,   FR,   GB,   GR,   IE,   IT,   LI,   LU,   MC,   NL,   PT,   SE [1996/37]
TitleGerman:SCHIENENGEBUNDENES TRIEBFAHRZEUG[1996/37]
English:TRACK-BOUND POWER CAR[1996/37]
French:VEHICULE AUTOMOTEUR ROULANT SUR RAILS[1996/37]
Entry into regional phase26.04.1996National basic fee paid 
26.04.1996Designation fee(s) paid 
26.04.1996Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure26.04.1996Examination requested  [1996/37]
02.02.1998Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
02.06.1998Reply to a communication from the examining division
08.02.1999Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
21.05.1999Reply to a communication from the examining division
16.05.2000Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: No)
23.04.2001Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: later approval)
08.11.2001Communication of intention to grant the patent
15.02.2002Fee for grant paid
15.02.2002Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)11.02.2003No opposition filed within time limit [2003/18]
Fees paidRenewal fee
15.09.1997Renewal fee patent year 03
24.06.1998Renewal fee patent year 04
17.09.1999Renewal fee patent year 05
19.09.2000Renewal fee patent year 06
21.09.2001Renewal fee patent year 07
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipGR08.05.2002
NL08.05.2002
[2003/20]
Former [2003/09]NL08.05.2002
Cited inInternational search[A]GB421698  (TATRA WORKS LTD) [A] 1-3 * the whole document *;
 [A]DE2409333  (JUNG GMBH LOKOMOTIVFAB ARN) [A] 1-4* page 8, line 4 - page 9, line 5; figure 3 *;
 [A]EP0058914  (DUEWAG AG [DE]) [A] 1 * page 5, line 19 - page 6, line 16; figures 1,2 *
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