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EP About this file: EP0846438

EP0846438 - Appliance for wiping wet floors [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  06.07.2001
Database last updated on 02.11.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip06.07.2001No opposition filed within time limitpublished on 22.08.2001 [2001/34]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Firma Carl Freudenberg
Höhnerweg 2-4
69469 Weinheim / DE
[2000/22]
Former [1998/24]For all designated states
Hirse, Gernot
Franz-Simon-Strasse 29
65934 Frankfurt am Main / DE
Inventor(s)01 / Hirse, Gernot
Franz-Simon-Strasse 29
65934 Frankfurt am Main / DE
[2000/22]
Former [1998/24]01 / see applicant
...
Representative(s)(deleted)
[2000/36]
Former [1998/24]Katscher, Helmut, Dipl.-Ing.
Fröbelweg 1
64291 Darmstadt / DE
Application number, filing date97120054.815.11.1997
[1998/24]
Priority number, dateDE199615086707.12.1996         Original published format: DE 19650867
[1998/24]
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0846438
Date:10.06.1998
Language:DE
[1998/24]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0846438
Date:06.09.2000
Language:DE
[2000/36]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP05.03.1998
ClassificationIPC:A47L13/24
[1998/24]
CPC:
A47L13/24 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   CH,   DE,   DK,   ES,   FR,   GB,   GR,   IT,   LI,   NL,   PT,   SE [1999/08]
Former [1998/24]AT,  BE,  CH,  DE,  DK,  ES,  FI,  FR,  GB,  GR,  IE,  IT,  LI,  LU,  MC,  NL,  PT,  SE 
TitleGerman:Feuchtbodenwischgerät[1998/24]
English:Appliance for wiping wet floors[1998/24]
French:Outil pour essuyer un sol humide[1998/24]
Examination procedure25.11.1998Examination requested  [1999/03]
11.12.1998Loss of particular rights, legal effect: designated state(s)
10.02.1999Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
12.04.1999Despatch of communication of loss of particular rights: designated state(s) FI, IE, LU, MC
06.08.1999Reply to a communication from the examining division
15.02.2000Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
16.03.2000Communication of intention to grant the patent
14.04.2000Fee for grant paid
14.04.2000Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)07.06.2001No opposition filed within time limit [2001/34]
Fees paidRenewal fee
10.11.1999Renewal fee patent year 03
Penalty fee
Penalty fee Rule 85a EPC 1973
21.01.1999FI   M01   Not yet paid
21.01.1999IE   M01   Not yet paid
21.01.1999LU   M01   Not yet paid
21.01.1999MC   M01   Not yet paid
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Documents cited:Search[A]US5435852  (ROBINSON RICHARD E [US]) [A] 1-4 * column 3, lines 4-22 * * column 4, lines 3-16 * * figures 2,10-13 *;
 [AP]EP0759283  (MINNESOTA MINING & MFG [US]) [AP] 1,2,8,9* column 6, line 59 - column 7, line 42; figures 11,12 *
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