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EP0809752 - SYSTEM FOR MAINTAINING ENGINE OIL AT AN OPTIMUM TEMPERATURE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 05.03.2004 Database last updated on 28.03.2026
Most recent event Tooltip	04.01.2008	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): IT	published on 06.02.2008 [2008/06]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Hollis, Thomas J. 5 Roxbury Drive Medford, NJ 08055 / US
	[1997/49]
Inventor(s)	01 / see applicant ...
	[1997/49]
Representative(s)	WP Thompson 44 Southampton Buildings London WC2A 1AP / GB
	[N/P]
Former [1997/49]	W.P. THOMPSON & CO. Eastcheap House Central Approach Letchworth, Hertfordshire SG6 3DS / GB
Application number, filing date	96906230.6	02.02.1996
	[1997/49]
	WO1996US01278
Priority number, date	US19950390711	17.02.1995 Original published format: US 390711
	US19950469957	06.06.1995 Original published format: US 469957
	US19960593993	30.01.1996 Original published format: US 593993
	[2003/18]
Former [2002/34]	US19950390711	17.02.1995
	US19950469967	06.06.1995
	US19960593993	30.01.1996
Former [2000/02]	US19950390711	17.02.1995
Former [1997/49]	US19950477741	17.02.1995
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO9625591
	Date:	22.08.1996
	Language:	EN
	[1996/38]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP0809752
	Date:	03.12.1997
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 22.08.1996 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[1997/49]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP0809752
	Date:	02.05.2003
	Language:	EN
	[2003/18]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	EP	22.08.1996
Classification	IPC:	F01P7/16	[1997/49]
	CPC:	F01P7/167 (EP); F01M5/001 (EP); F01P2023/08 (EP); F01P2025/04 (EP); F01P2025/08 (EP); F01P2025/13 (EP); (+) F01P2025/40 (EP); F01P2025/50 (EP); F01P2025/62 (EP); F01P2060/04 (EP); F01P2060/08 (EP); F01P2060/10 (EP); F01P2070/04 (EP); F01P2070/08 (EP) (-)
Designated contracting states	AT, BE, CH, DE, DK, ES, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE [1997/49]
Title	German:	SYSTEM ZUR AUFRECHTHALTUNG DES MOTORÖLS AUF EINER OPTIMALEN TEMPERATUR	[1997/49]
	English:	SYSTEM FOR MAINTAINING ENGINE OIL AT AN OPTIMUM TEMPERATURE	[1997/49]
	French:	SYSTEME POUR MAINTENIR DE L'HUILE MOTEUR A UNE TEMPERATURE OPTIMALE	[1997/49]
Entry into regional phase	31.07.1997	National basic fee paid
	31.07.1997	Designation fee(s) paid
	31.07.1997	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	25.07.1996	Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
	31.07.1997	Examination requested [1997/49]
	03.11.2000	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	30.11.2000	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	17.08.2001	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	15.02.2002	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	27.08.2002	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	30.12.2002	Fee for grant paid
	30.12.2002	Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)	03.02.2004	No opposition filed within time limit [2004/17]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	11.02.1998	Renewal fee patent year 03
	08.02.1999	Renewal fee patent year 04
	10.02.2000	Renewal fee patent year 05
	05.02.2001	Renewal fee patent year 06
	04.02.2002	Renewal fee patent year 07
	06.02.2003	Renewal fee patent year 08
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	AT	02.05.2003
	IT	02.05.2003
	NL	02.05.2003
	DK	02.08.2003
	GR	02.08.2003
	SE	02.08.2003
	PT	04.08.2003
	ES	13.08.2003
	[2008/06]
Former [2004/23]	AT	02.05.2003
	NL	02.05.2003
	DK	02.08.2003
	GR	02.08.2003
	SE	02.08.2003
	PT	04.08.2003
	ES	13.08.2003
Former [2004/03]	AT	02.05.2003
	NL	02.05.2003
	GR	02.08.2003
	SE	02.08.2003
	PT	04.08.2003
	ES	13.08.2003
Former [2004/02]	NL	02.05.2003
	GR	02.08.2003
	SE	02.08.2003
	PT	04.08.2003
Former [2003/50]	SE	02.08.2003

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