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EP About this file: EP0829670

EP0829670 - Hose coupler [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  18.07.2003
Database last updated on 16.09.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip16.10.2015Lapse of the patent in a contracting statepublished on 18.11.2015  [2015/47]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
NORTON PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORPORATION
150 Dey Road Wayne
New Jersey 07470 / US
[N/P]
Former [1999/47]For all designated states
NORTON PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORPORATION
150 Dey Road
Wayne, New Jersey 07470 / US
Former [1998/12]For all designated states
Sanitary Couplers Inc.
696 Pleasant Valley Drive
Springboro, Ohio 45066 / US
Inventor(s)01 / Zornow, Jeffrey S.
389 Grassy Creek Way
Centerville, Ohio 45458 / US
[1998/12]
Representative(s)Diehl & Partner
Patent- und Rechtsanwaltskanzlei mbB
Erika-Mann-Straße 9
80636 München / DE
[N/P]
Former [2009/37]Diehl & Partner
Patentanwälte Augustenstrasse 46
80333 München / DE
Former [1999/47]DIEHL GLAESER HILTL & PARTNER
Patentanwälte Augustenstrasse 46
80333 München / DE
Former [1998/12]Hellbom, Lars Olof
H. Albihns Patentbyra AB, Box 3137
103 62 Stockholm / SE
Application number, filing date97850003.110.01.1997
[1998/12]
Priority number, dateUS1996071909017.09.1996         Original published format: US 719090
[1998/12]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP0829670
Date:18.03.1998
Language:EN
[1998/12]
Type: A3 Search report 
No.:EP0829670
Date:01.04.1998
[1998/14]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0829670
Date:11.09.2002
Language:EN
[2002/37]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP09.02.1998
ClassificationIPC:F16L33/24
[1998/12]
CPC:
F16L33/24 (EP)
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   CH,   DE,   DK,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   GR,   IE,   IT,   LI,   LU,   MC,   NL,   PT,   SE [1998/12]
Extension statesAL31.01.1997
LT31.01.1997
LV31.01.1997
RO31.01.1997
SI31.01.1997
TitleGerman:Schlauchverbindung[1998/12]
English:Hose coupler[1998/12]
French:Raccord de tuyaux souples[1998/12]
Examination procedure29.09.1998Examination requested  [1998/48]
31.07.2000Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
24.11.2000Reply to a communication from the examining division
07.05.2001Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
02.08.2001Reply to a communication from the examining division
22.11.2001Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
18.03.2002Communication of intention to grant the patent
23.05.2002Fee for grant paid
23.05.2002Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)12.06.2003No opposition filed within time limit [2003/36]
Fees paidRenewal fee
29.01.1999Renewal fee patent year 03
21.01.2000Renewal fee patent year 04
21.12.2000Renewal fee patent year 05
21.01.2002Renewal fee patent year 06
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipAT11.09.2002
BE11.09.2002
CH11.09.2002
FI11.09.2002
GR11.09.2002
LI11.09.2002
NL11.09.2002
DK11.12.2002
SE11.12.2002
PT17.12.2002
ES28.03.2003
[2015/47]
Former [2007/17]AT11.09.2002
BE11.09.2002
CH11.09.2002
FI11.09.2002
GR11.09.2002
LI11.09.2002
NL11.09.2002
DK11.12.2002
SE11.12.2002
PT17.12.2002
ES28.03.2003
Former [2004/04]AT11.09.2002
BE11.09.2002
CH11.09.2002
FI11.09.2002
GR11.09.2002
LI11.09.2002
NL11.09.2002
SE11.12.2002
PT17.12.2002
ES28.03.2003
Former [2003/48]AT11.09.2002
BE11.09.2002
CH11.09.2002
FI11.09.2002
GR11.09.2002
LI11.09.2002
NL11.09.2002
SE11.12.2002
DE12.12.2002
PT17.12.2002
Former [2003/46]AT11.09.2002
CH11.09.2002
FI11.09.2002
GR11.09.2002
LI11.09.2002
NL11.09.2002
SE11.12.2002
DE12.12.2002
PT17.12.2002
Former [2003/31]AT11.09.2002
CH11.09.2002
FI11.09.2002
GR11.09.2002
LI11.09.2002
NL11.09.2002
SE11.12.2002
PT17.12.2002
Former [2003/22]FI11.09.2002
GR11.09.2002
NL11.09.2002
SE11.12.2002
PT17.12.2002
Former [2003/20]FI11.09.2002
GR11.09.2002
SE11.12.2002
Former [2003/14]FI11.09.2002
SE11.12.2002
Documents cited:Search[A]US2452908  (IRVING COWLES) [A] 1 * figure 4 *;
 [A]FR1043634  (HB ETS) [A] 1 * figure 1 *;
 [A]FR1052094  (ILE D ETUDES D APP S ET D EQUI) [A] 1,4,5 * figure 1 *;
 [A]GB715527  (CHARLES ALBERT EDWARD OLDHAM) [A] 1,5,6 * figure 1 *;
 [YA]FR1208594  (LEFEBVRE) [Y] 1 * page 1, column R, line 9 - line 11; figure 1 * [A] 2-4;
 [A]GB844498  (AIRTECH LTD) [A] 1 * figures 1,2 *;
 [DA]US5240291  (ZORNOW JEFFREY S [US]) [DA] 5-11 * abstract *;
 [DA]US5393104  (ZORNOW JEFFREY S [US]);
 [YA]  - SASS ET AL, Dubbel's Taschenbuch für den Maschinenbau, BERLIN, SPRINGER-VERLAG, (1955), XP002051543 [Y] 1 * page 605, line 1 - line 2 * [A] 2,3
by applicantUS5240291
 US5393104
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