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EP0774067 - SOLENOID ACTUATED MINISERVO SPOOL VALVE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  12.04.2002
Database last updated on 03.09.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip11.07.2008Change - representativepublished on 13.08.2008  [2008/33]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
CATERPILLAR INC.
100 N.E. Adams Street
Peoria IL 61629-6490 / US
[N/P]
Former [1997/21]For all designated states
CATERPILLAR INC.
100 Northeast Adams Street
Peoria Illinois 61629-6490 / US
Inventor(s)01 / LOHMANN, Craig, W.
207 Wolf
Readlyn, IA 50668 / US
02 / MILLER, Charles, R.
306 Town Hall Road
Metamora, IL 61548 / US
03 / NAGARAJAN, Raj, T.
Apartment 903 7150 N. Terra Vista Drive
Peoria, IL 61614 / US
[1997/21]
Representative(s)Wagner, Karl H.
Wagner & Geyer Partnerschaft mbB
Patent- und Rechtsanwälte
Gewürzmühlstrasse 5
80538 München / DE
[N/P]
Former [2008/33]Wagner, Karl H.
Wagner & Geyer Partnerschaft Patent- und Rechtsanwälte Gewürzmühlstrasse 5
80538 München / DE
Former [1997/21]Wagner, Karl H., Dipl.-Ing.
WAGNER & GEYER Patentanwälte Gewürzmühlstrasse 5
80538 München / DE
Application number, filing date96913222.425.04.1996
[1997/21]
WO1996US05872
Priority number, dateUS1995045228426.05.1995         Original published format: US 452284
[1997/21]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO9637700
Date:28.11.1996
Language:EN
[1996/52]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0774067
Date:21.05.1997
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 28.11.1996 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1997/21]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0774067
Date:06.06.2001
Language:EN
[2001/23]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP28.11.1996
ClassificationIPC:F02M57/02, F02M59/10, F02M59/46
[1997/21]
CPC:
F02M47/025 (US); F02M47/027 (US); F02M57/025 (EP,US);
F02M59/105 (EP,US); F02M59/466 (EP,US); F02M63/0017 (EP,US);
F02M63/0029 (EP,US); F02M63/004 (EP,US); F02M63/0045 (EP,US);
F02M2200/21 (EP,US); Y10T137/86614 (EP,US) (-)
Designated contracting statesDE,   GB,   SE [1997/21]
TitleGerman:ELEKTROMAGNETISCH BETÄTIGTES MINIVERSTÄRKERSCHIEBEVENTIL[1997/21]
English:SOLENOID ACTUATED MINISERVO SPOOL VALVE[1997/21]
French:DISTRIBUTEUR A TIROIR CYLINDRIQUE DE MINI-SERVOMECANISME ACTIONNE PAR ELECTRO-AIMANT[1997/21]
Entry into regional phase17.12.1996National basic fee paid 
17.12.1996Designation fee(s) paid 
22.05.1997Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure22.05.1997Examination requested  [1997/30]
25.01.1999Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
04.08.1999Reply to a communication from the examining division
25.04.2000Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
13.11.2000Communication of intention to grant the patent
23.02.2001Fee for grant paid
23.02.2001Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)07.03.2002No opposition filed within time limit [2002/22]
Fees paidRenewal fee
27.02.1998Renewal fee patent year 03
05.03.1999Renewal fee patent year 04
02.03.2000Renewal fee patent year 05
05.03.2001Renewal fee patent year 06
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipSE06.09.2001
[2002/05]
Cited inInternational search[XAY]US5096121  (GRINSTEINER JAMES J [US]) [X] 1-9,11 * abstract * * column 3, line 25 - column 5, line 41; figures 2,3 * [A] 13-20,23,24,26 [Y] 12,22;
 [YA]US4544096  (BURNETT LAUREN W [US]) [Y] 12,22 * column 3, line 40 - column 5, line 65 * * column 6, line 59 - column 8, line 9; figures 1,3-5 * [A] 1-5,8,10,11,13-15,20,21,23,24,26,27;
 [A]US3952711  (KIMBERLEY JOHN A, et al) [A] 1-3,8-12,20-23,25-27 * column 1, line 33 - column 4, line 45; figure 1 *;
 [A]US3943901  (TAKAHASHI SEIJI, et al) [A] 1,12,22 * column 1, line 27 - column 2, line 60; figure 1 *;
 [A]JPS58183857
 [A]  - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (19840203), vol. 8, no. 26, Database accession no. (M - 273), & JP58183857 A 19831027 (NISSAN JIDOSHA KK) [A] 1,12,22 * abstract *
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