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EP0803389 - Vehicle door [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	Patent maintained as amended Status updated on 07.04.2006 Database last updated on 02.09.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	07.04.2006	Patent maintained (B2 publication)	published on 24.05.2006 [2006/21]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft Petuelring 130 80809 München / DE
	For all designated states Heim, Gunther Thüringer Strasse 2 64367 Mühltal / DE
	For all designated states Acts Gmbh & Co. KG Kurfürst-Eppstein-Ring 63877 Sailauf / DE
	[N/P]
Former [2006/21]	For all designated states Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft 80788 München / DE
	For all designated states Heim, Gunther Thüringer Strasse 2 64367 Mühltal / DE
	For all designated states Acts Gmbh & Co. KG Kurfürst-Eppstein-Ring 63877 Sailauf / DE
Former [2003/23]	For all designated states Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft 80788 München / DE
	For all designated states Heim, Gunther Thüringer Strasse 2 64367 Mühltal / DE
	For all designated states ACTS Gmbh & Co. KG Kurfürst-Eppstein-Ring 63877 Sailauf / DE
Former [2003/13]	For all designated states Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft 80788 München / DE
	For all designated states Wagon Automotive GmbH Fabrikstrasse 6 63857 Waldaschaff / DE
Former [1999/29]	For all designated states Wagon Automotive GmbH Fabrikstrasse 6 63857 Waldaschaff / DE
	For all designated states Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft 80788 München / DE
Former [1997/44]	For all designated states YMOS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT Industrieprodukte Feldstrasse 12 63179 Obertshausen / DE
	For all designated states Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft 80788 München / DE
Inventor(s)	01 / Heim, Gunther Sudetenstrasse 3 63110 Rodgau / DE
	02 / Schütt, Stephan Igelweg 19 65428 Rüsselsheim / DE
	03 / Schneider, Wolfgang Pauleck 6 83362 Surberg / DE
	04 / Reitemeyer, Rainer Feldstrasse 62 85716 Unterschleissheim / DE
	[1997/44]
Representative(s)	Truckenmüller, Frank Geitz Truckenmüller Lucht Patentanwälte Kriegsstrasse 234 76135 Karlsruhe / DE
	[N/P]
Former [2003/13]	Truckenmüller, Frank Geitz Truckenmüller Lucht Patentanwälte Kriegsstrasse 234 76135 Karlsruhe / DE
Former [2001/06]	Gesthuysen, Hans Dieter, Dipl.-Ing. Patentanwälte Gesthuysen, von Rohr & Eggert Postfach 10 13 54 45013 Essen / DE
Former [1997/44]	Podszus, Burghart, Dipl.-Phys., Dipl.-Wirtsch.-Ing. Postfach 10 08 39 53446 Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler / DE
Application number, filing date	97106226.0	16.04.1997
	[1997/44]
Priority number, date	DE19961016788	26.04.1996 Original published format: DE 19616788
	[1997/44]
Filing language	DE
Procedural language	DE
Publication	Type:	A2 Application without search report
	No.:	EP0803389
	Date:	29.10.1997
	Language:	DE
	[1997/44]
	Type:	A3 Search report
	No.:	EP0803389
	Date:	01.07.1998
	[1998/27]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP0803389
	Date:	21.11.2001
	Language:	DE
	[2001/47]
	Type:	B2 New European patent specification
	No.:	EP0803389
	Date:	24.05.2006
	Language:	DE
	[2006/21]
Search report(s)	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	19.05.1998
Classification	IPC:	B60J5/04	[1997/44]
	CPC:	B60J5/0404 (EP); B60J5/0412 (EP); B60J5/0466 (EP); B60J5/0483 (EP)
Designated contracting states	DE, FR, GB, IT [1997/44]
Title	German:	Fahrzeugtür	[1997/44]
	English:	Vehicle door	[1997/44]
	French:	Porte de véhicule	[1997/44]
Examination procedure	25.06.1998	Examination requested [1998/35]
	23.03.2001	Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
	28.05.2001	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	24.07.2001	Fee for grant paid
	24.07.2001	Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)	Opponent(s)	01 05.08.2002 ADMISSIBLE AUDI AG 85045 Ingolstadt / DE Opponent's representative Liebl, Thomas NEUBAUER - LIEBL - BIERSCHNEIDER Münchener Strasse 49 85051 Ingolstadt / DE
		[N/P]
	Former [2002/39]
	Opponent(s)	01 05.08.2002 ADMISSIBLE AUDI AG 85045 Ingolstadt / DE Opponent's representative Liebl, Thomas Neubauer - Liebl Patentanwälte Fauststrasse 30 85051 Ingolstadt / DE
	25.09.2002	Invitation to proprietor to file observations on the notice of opposition
	27.03.2003	Reply of patent proprietor to notice(s) of opposition
	28.05.2004	Despatch of a communication from the opposition division (Time limit: M01)
	11.06.2004	Reply to a communication from the opposition division
	24.06.2004	Date of oral proceedings
	06.07.2004	Despatch of interlocutory decision in opposition
	06.07.2004	Despatch of minutes of oral proceedings
	07.11.2005	Legal effect of interlocutory decision in opposition
	27.01.2006	Despatch of communication that the patent will be maintained as amended
	21.03.2006	Fee for printing new specification paid
Appeal following opposition	18.08.2004	Appeal received No. T1032/04
	18.08.2004	Statement of grounds filed
	18.10.2005	Result of appeal procedure: appeal of the opponent was rejected
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	23.03.1999	Renewal fee patent year 03
	10.03.2000	Renewal fee patent year 04
	26.04.2001	Renewal fee patent year 05
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Documents cited:	Search	[YX]EP0638451 (OPEL ADAM AG [DE]) [Y] 1 * figures 1-3; claim 1 * [X] 5;
		[Y]DE4430862 (YMOS AG IND PRODUKTE [DE]) [Y] 1 * column 4, line 30; figure 5; claim 44 *;
		[A]GB2042386 (ITT) [A] 2 * abstract *;
		[DA]EP0476351 (SCHADE KG [DE], et al);
		[DA]EP0274985 (ALUSUISSE [CH])
	Opposition	DE4008111
		DE19519509
		DE4242896
		DE4300398
		DE2916817
		DE4431991
		DE4224423
		DE4116834
		- Zeitschrift "Blech Rohre Profile", 42 (1995) 2, S.94-99
		- Lehrbuch "Fachkunde Metall", 48.Auflage, 1987, S.214,215,220,222,223,235,236
		- VDI-Lexikon Maschinenbau, VDI-Verlag, Düsseldorf, 1995 S.253,1245-1246,1306
		- Vieweg Handbuch Kraftfahrzeugtechnik, 2.Auflage 2001

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