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EP0778414 - Diagnostic system for capacitive discharge ignition system [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 09.01.2004 Database last updated on 14.09.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	04.12.2009	Change - representative	published on 06.01.2010 [2010/01]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Altronic, Inc. 712 Trumbull Avenue Girard Ohio 44420 / US
	[N/P]
Former [1997/24]	For all designated states Altronic, Inc. 712 Trumbull Avenue Girard, Ohio 44420 / US
Inventor(s)	01 / Lepley, Joseph M. 5602 Greenbriar Drive Girard, Ohio 44420 / US
	02 / Kleinfelder, Gary A. 247 West Market Street Mercer, Pennsylvania 16137 / US
	[1997/24]
Representative(s)	Wolf, Günter An der Mainbrücke 16 63456 Hanau / DE
	[N/P]
Former [2010/01]	Wolf, Günter An der Mainbrücke 16 Postfach 700245 63427 Hanau / DE
Former [1997/24]	Wolf, Günter, Dipl.-Ing. Patentanwälte Amthor u. Wolf, An der Mainbrücke 16 63456 Hanau / DE
Application number, filing date	96111406.3	16.07.1996
	[1997/24]
Priority number, date	US19950568492	07.12.1995 Original published format: US 568492
	[1997/24]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A2 Application without search report
	No.:	EP0778414
	Date:	11.06.1997
	Language:	EN
	[1997/24]
	Type:	A3 Search report
	No.:	EP0778414
	Date:	03.02.1999
	[1999/05]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP0778414
	Date:	05.03.2003
	Language:	EN
	[2003/10]
Search report(s)	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	17.12.1998
Classification	IPC:	F02P17/12	[1997/24]
	CPC:	F02P17/12 (EP,US); F02P3/0838 (EP,US)
Designated contracting states	AT, BE, DE, FR, GB, IT, LU, NL [1997/24]
Title	German:	Diagnosesystem für Kondensatorzündsysteme	[1997/24]
	English:	Diagnostic system for capacitive discharge ignition system	[1997/24]
	French:	Système de diagnostic pour un système d'allumage par décharge capacitive	[1997/24]
Examination procedure	20.07.1999	Examination requested [1999/38]
	11.06.2002	Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: No)
	16.08.2002	Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: later approval)
	02.09.2002	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	23.11.2002	Fee for grant paid
	23.11.2002	Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)	08.12.2003	No opposition filed within time limit [2004/09]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	28.07.1998	Renewal fee patent year 03
	20.07.1999	Renewal fee patent year 04
	21.07.2000	Renewal fee patent year 05
	19.07.2001	Renewal fee patent year 06
	25.07.2002	Renewal fee patent year 07
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	AT	05.03.2003
	BE	05.03.2003
	FR	05.03.2003
	IT	05.03.2003
	GB	16.07.2003
	LU	16.07.2003
	[2008/06]
Former [2006/14]	AT	05.03.2003
	BE	05.03.2003
	FR	05.03.2003
	GB	16.07.2003
	LU	16.07.2003
Former [2004/45]	AT	05.03.2003
	BE	05.03.2003
	GB	16.07.2003
	LU	16.07.2003
Former [2004/39]	AT	05.03.2003
	BE	05.03.2003
	LU	16.07.2003
Former [2004/10]	AT	05.03.2003
	BE	05.03.2003
Former [2003/47]	AT	05.03.2003
Documents cited:	Search	[A]JPH06299944 ;
		[A]US4887581 (OKUDA HIROSHI [JP]);
		[A]US5019779 (OOKAWA KIYOSHI [JP]) [A] 1,3 * the whole document *;
		[A]US5221904 (SHIMASAKI YUUICHI [JP], et al) [A] 1-3 * abstract *;
		[A]US5327090 (SHIMASAKI YUUICHI [JP], et al) [A] 1-3 * abstract * * column 1, line 60 - column 3, line 9 *;
		[A]EP0659999 (SIMMONDS PRECISION ENGINE SYST [US]) [A] 1,3 * column 2, line 1 - line 36 * * column 3, line 18 - column 6, line 34; figure 1 *
		[A] - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (19950228), vol. 095, no. 001, & JP06299944 A 19941025 (NIPPONDENSO CO LTD) [A] 1,3,5 * abstract *

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