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EP0846277 - FUNCTIONAL CONTROL DEVICE FOR PHOTOELECTRIC BARRIERS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  17.12.1999
Database last updated on 03.09.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip04.01.2008Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): IT
published on 06.02.2008  [2008/06]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
NSM AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Saarlandstrasse 240
55411 Bingen / DE
[1998/24]
Inventor(s)01 / ZIMMER, Manfred
Pfarrer-Gergen-Strasse 5
D-55452 Rümmelsheim / DE
[1998/24]
Representative(s)Becker, Bernd
Patentanwälte
BECKER & AUE
Saarlandstrasse 66
55411 Bingen / DE
[N/P]
Former [1998/24]Becker, Bernd, Dipl.-Ing.
Patentanwälte BECKER & AUE Saarlandstrasse 66
55411 Bingen / DE
Application number, filing date96928335.723.07.1996
[1998/24]
WO1996DE01396
Priority number, dateDE199513060121.08.1995         Original published format: DE 19530601
[1998/24]
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO9707417
Date:27.02.1997
Language:DE
[1997/10]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0846277
Date:10.06.1998
Language:DE
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 27.02.1997 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1998/24]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0846277
Date:17.02.1999
Language:DE
[1999/07]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP27.02.1997
ClassificationIPC:G01V8/10
[1998/24]
CPC:
G01V8/10 (EP)
Designated contracting statesAT,   CH,   DE,   FR,   GB,   IT,   LI [1998/24]
TitleGerman:VORRICHTUNG ZUR FUNKTIONSKONTROLLE VON LICHTSCHRANKEN[1998/24]
English:FUNCTIONAL CONTROL DEVICE FOR PHOTOELECTRIC BARRIERS[1998/24]
French:DISPOSITIF POUR LE CONTROLE DU FONCTIONNEMENT DE BARRAGES PHOTOELECTRIQUES[1998/24]
Entry into regional phase16.02.1998National basic fee paid 
16.02.1998Designation fee(s) paid 
16.02.1998Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure07.02.1997Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
16.02.1998Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
16.02.1998Examination requested  [1998/24]
23.06.1998Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
07.08.1998Communication of intention to grant the patent
28.09.1998Fee for grant paid
28.09.1998Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)18.11.1999No opposition filed within time limit [2000/05]
Fees paidRenewal fee
20.07.1998Renewal fee patent year 03
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipFR17.02.1999
IT17.02.1999
AT23.07.1999
[2008/06]
Former [2002/32]FR17.02.1999
AT23.07.1999
Former [2001/11]AT23.07.1999
Cited inInternational search[A]US4075507  (PAULI GUNTER, et al) [A] 1-5 * figure 10 *;
 [A]DE3518025  (IFM ELECTRONIC GMBH [DE]) [A] 1* page 9, line 20 - line 31 *;
 [A]DE4337518  (IFM ELECTRONIC GMBH [DE]) [A] 1 * column 11, line 34 - column 12, line 5 *
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