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EP0935493 - DEVICE TO INFLUENCE THE DRIVING PERFORMANCE OF A REMOTE-CONTROLLED MODEL VEHICLE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  17.01.2003
Database last updated on 05.10.2024
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
Graupner GmbH & Co. KG
Henriettenstr. 94-96
73230 Kirchheim/Teck / DE
[2001/38]
Former [1999/33]For all designated states
GM Racing Modellsportvertrieb GmbH
Romantische Strasse 33
86720 Nördlingen / DE
Inventor(s)01 / HELBING, Ralf
Diözesanstrasse
D-73433 Aalen-Hofen / DE
[1999/33]
Representative(s)Kratzsch, Volkhard, et al
Patentanwalt
Mülbergerstrasse 65
73728 Esslingen / DE
[N/P]
Former [2001/38]Kratzsch, Volkhard, Dipl.-Ing., et al
Patentanwalt, Mülbergerstrasse 65
73728 Esslingen / DE
Former [1999/33]Schmidt, Steffen J., Dipl.-Ing., et al
Wuesthoff & Wuesthoff, Patent- und Rechtsanwälte, Schweigerstrasse 2
81541 München / DE
Application number, filing date96934521.402.10.1996
[1999/33]
WO1996EP04303
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO9814253
Date:09.04.1998
Language:DE
[1998/14]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0935493
Date:18.08.1999
Language:DE
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 09.04.1998 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1999/33]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0935493
Date:13.03.2002
Language:DE
[2002/11]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP09.04.1998
ClassificationIPC:A63H30/04
[1999/33]
CPC:
A63H30/04 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesAT,   DE,   ES,   FR,   GB,   IT [1999/33]
TitleGerman:VORRICHTUNG ZUR BEEINFLUSSUNG DES FAHRVERHALTENS VON FERNGESTEUERTEN MODELLFAHRZEUGEN[1999/33]
English:DEVICE TO INFLUENCE THE DRIVING PERFORMANCE OF A REMOTE-CONTROLLED MODEL VEHICLE[1999/33]
French:DISPOSITIF POUR AGIR SUR LA QUALITE DE CONDUITE DE VEHICULES EN MODELES REDUITS TELECOMMANDES[1999/33]
Entry into regional phase08.03.1999National basic fee paid 
08.03.1999Designation fee(s) paid 
08.03.1999Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure04.05.1998Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
08.03.1999Examination requested  [1999/33]
24.07.2000Request for accelerated examination filed
12.09.2000Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
12.09.2000Decision about request for accelerated examination - accepted: Yes
13.10.2000Reply to a communication from the examining division
12.06.2001Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
06.09.2001Communication of intention to grant the patent
22.11.2001Fee for grant paid
22.11.2001Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)16.12.2002No opposition filed within time limit [2003/10]
Fees paidRenewal fee
29.10.1998Renewal fee patent year 03
28.10.1999Renewal fee patent year 04
30.04.2001Renewal fee patent year 05
29.08.2001Renewal fee patent year 06
Penalty fee
Additional fee for renewal fee
31.10.200005   M06   Fee paid on   30.04.2001
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipIT13.03.2002
ES25.09.2002
[2008/06]
Former [2004/04]ES25.09.2002
Cited inInternational search[A]WO9414511  ;
 [A]FR2397001  (ANVAR [FR]) [A] 1 * page 3, line 19 - page 4, line 21 * * page 9, line 1 - line 17 *;
 [A]US4213270  (ODA NOBUO [JP]);
 [A]US5507455  (YANG RO-KING [TW]) [A] 1 * column 2, line 31 - line 43 * * column 3, line 1 - line 7 *;
 [A]  - DATABASE WPI, 1, Derwent World Patents Index, vol. 94, no. 28, Database accession no. 94-234381, XP002032214 & WO9414511 A 19940707 (SACOM CO LTD) [A] 1 * abstract *
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