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EP0845406
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Extract from the Register of European Patents
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| EP0845406 - A hitch assembly [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 18.10.2002 Database last updated on 14.11.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 11.01.2003 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): NL | published on 26.02.2003 [2003/09] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states HOLLAND HITCH COMPANY 467 Ottawa Avenue, PO Box 2099 Holland Michigan 49422-2099 / US | [N/P] |
| Former [1998/23] | For all designated states HOLLAND HITCH COMPANY 467 Ottawa Avenue, PO Box 2099 Holland, Michigan 49422-2099 / US | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Heeb, John Paul 6212 126th Avenue Fennville, Michigan 49408 / US | [1998/23] | Representative(s) | Roberts, Gwilym Vaughan, et al Kilburn & Strode LLP Lacon London 84 Theobalds Road London WC1X 8NL / GB | [N/P] |
| Former [1998/23] | Roberts, Gwilym Vaughan, et al KILBURN & STRODE, 20 Red Lion Street London WC1R 4PJ / GB | Application number, filing date | 97204052.1 | 06.09.1995 | [1998/23] | Priority number, date | US19940314410 | 28.09.1994 Original published format: US 314410 | [1998/23] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A2 Application without search report | No.: | EP0845406 | Date: | 03.06.1998 | Language: | EN | [1998/23] | Type: | A3 Search report | No.: | EP0845406 | Date: | 03.05.2000 | [2000/18] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0845406 | Date: | 12.12.2001 | Language: | EN | [2001/50] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 22.03.2000 | Classification | IPC: | B62D53/08 | [1998/24] | CPC: |
B62D53/0885 (EP,US)
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| Former IPC [1998/23] | B62D53/00 | Designated contracting states | DE, FR, GB, IT, NL, SE [1998/23] | Title | German: | Sattelkupplung | [1998/23] | English: | A hitch assembly | [1998/23] | French: | Sallette d'attelage | [1998/23] | Examination procedure | 14.08.2000 | Examination requested [2000/41] | 29.11.2000 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 15.02.2001 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 17.04.2001 | Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes) | 18.06.2001 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 17.09.2001 | Fee for grant paid | 17.09.2001 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Parent application(s) Tooltip | EP95306234.6 / EP0704369 | Opposition(s) | 13.09.2002 | No opposition filed within time limit [2002/49] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 12.01.1998 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 04.09.1998 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 03.09.1999 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 13.09.2000 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 03.09.2001 | Renewal fee patent year 07 |
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| Responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or quality of the data displayed under the link provided lies entirely with the Unified Patent Court. | Lapses during opposition Tooltip | NL | 12.12.2001 | SE | 12.03.2002 | [2003/09] |
| Former [2002/27] | SE | 12.03.2002 | Documents cited: | Search | [Y]US4738494 (BEDIS MICHAEL [US]) [Y] 1,3* column 2, line 19 - line 29; figure 3 *; | [Y]US5165714 (KAIM JOHN W [US]) [Y] 3 * column 3, line 54 - column 4, line 36; figures 4,7 *; | [Y]EP0566420 (HUEHN STEWART A [CA], et al) [Y] 1 * page 3, line 6 - line 20; figures 2,3 * |