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EP0756959 - Position marking arrangement [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  18.10.2002
Database last updated on 19.03.2026
Most recent event   Tooltip02.04.2004Lapse of the patent in a contracting statepublished on 19.05.2004  [2004/21]
Applicant(s)For:GB 
Ford Motor Company Limited
Eagle Way Brentwood
Essex / GB
For:FR 
FORD FRANCE S.A.
B.P. 307
92506 Rueil-Malmaison Cédex / FR
For:DE 
FORD-WERKE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Werk Köln-Niehl, Henry Ford Strasse, Postfach 60 04 02
50735 Köln / DE
[N/P]
Former [2001/50]For:GB 
FORD MOTOR COMPANY LIMITED
Eagle Way
Brentwood Essex / GB
For:FR 
FORD FRANCE S.A.
B.P. 307
92506 Rueil-Malmaison Cédex / FR
For:DE 
FORD-WERKE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Werk Köln-Niehl, Henry Ford Strasse, Postfach 60 04 02
50735 Köln / DE
Former [1997/06]For:GB 
FORD MOTOR COMPANY LIMITED
Eagle Way
Brentwood Essex / GB
For:FR 
FORD FRANCE S. A.
B.P. 307
92506 Rueil-Malmaison Cédex / FR
For:DE 
FORD-WERKE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Werk Köln-Niehl, Henry Ford Strasse, Postfach 60 04 02
50735 Köln / DE
Inventor(s)01 / Russell, Malcolm
36 Brookdale Avenue
Upminster, Essex RM14 2LT / GB
02 / Campbell, Alan
Tiltings, Mill Lane
Stock, Essex / GB
[1997/06]
Representative(s)Messulam, Alec Moses
Harrison IP Limited
3 Ebor House
London Ebor Business Park
Millfield Lane
Nether Poppleton York YO26 6QY / GB
[N/P]
Former [1997/06]Messulam, Alec Moses
A. Messulam & Co. 24 Broadway
Leigh-on-Sea Essex SS9 1BN / GB
Application number, filing date96304493.817.06.1996
[1997/06]
Priority number, dateGB1995001604204.08.1995         Original published format: GB 9516042
[1997/06]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP0756959
Date:05.02.1997
Language:EN
[1997/06]
Type: A3 Search report 
No.:EP0756959
Date:25.02.1998
[1998/09]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0756959
Date:12.12.2001
Language:EN
[2001/50]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP12.01.1998
ClassificationIPC:B60N2/06
[1997/06]
CPC:
B60N2/123 (EP,US); B60N2/06 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB [1997/06]
TitleGerman:Anordnung zum Markieren der Position[1997/06]
English:Position marking arrangement[1997/06]
French:Agencement de repérage de la position[1997/06]
Examination procedure03.07.1998Examination requested  [1998/36]
23.12.1999Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
31.03.2000Reply to a communication from the examining division
04.07.2000Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M02)
04.09.2000Reply to a communication from the examining division
10.04.2001Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
13.08.2001Communication of intention to grant the patent
12.10.2001Fee for grant paid
12.10.2001Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)13.09.2002No opposition filed within time limit [2002/49]
Fees paidRenewal fee
27.02.1998Renewal fee patent year 03
27.11.1998Renewal fee patent year 04
06.05.2000Renewal fee patent year 05
29.05.2001Renewal fee patent year 06
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