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EP0907879 - LIQUID DISPENSER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A LIQUID DISPENSER [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Former [1999/15]	LIQUID DISPENSER, SUPPLYING AND DOSING CYLINDER DEVICE, IN PARTICULAR FOR A LIQUID DISPENSER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A LIQUID DISPENSER
	[2003/02]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 10.07.2004 Database last updated on 18.11.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	10.07.2004	No opposition filed within time limit	published on 25.08.2004 [2004/35]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Poulten & Graf GmbH Am Bildacker 3-7 97877 Wertheim/Main / DE
	[2003/11]
Former [1999/15]	For all designated states Industrieplanung Theodor Fessel GmbH Promenade 14 19522 Ansbach / DE
Inventor(s)	01 / FESSEL, Theodor Ahornstrasse 5 D-91522 Ansbach / DE
	02 / GRAF, Siegfried Gustav-Freitag-Strasse 26 D-97877 Wertheim / DE
	03 / GRAF, Hans Im Laufer 20 D-97892 Kreuzwertheim / DE
	[1999/15]
Representative(s)	Grünecker Patent- und Rechtsanwälte PartG mbB Leopoldstraße 4 80802 München / DE
	[N/P]
Former [1999/15]	Grünecker, Kinkeldey, Stockmair & Schwanhäusser Anwaltssozietät Maximilianstrasse 58 80538 München / DE
Application number, filing date	97930396.3	24.06.1997
	[1999/15]
	WO1997EP03319
Priority number, date	DE1996125243	24.06.1996 Original published format: DE 19625243
	DE1997115709	15.04.1997 Original published format: DE 19715709
	DE1997123947	06.06.1997 Original published format: DE 19723947
	DE1997210012U	09.06.1997 Original published format: DE 29710012 U
	[1999/15]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO9749974
	Date:	31.12.1997
	Language:	EN
	[1997/57]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP0907879
	Date:	14.04.1999
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 31.12.1997 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[1999/15]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP0907879
	Date:	03.09.2003
	Language:	EN
	[2003/36]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	EP	31.12.1997
Classification	IPC:	G01F11/02, B05B11/00, B29C45/14	[1999/15]
	CPC:	B05B11/0005 (EP); B05B11/1008 (EP); B29C45/14598 (EP); G01F11/023 (EP); G01F11/028 (EP); B29K2709/08 (EP)
Designated contracting states	AT, CH, DE, ES, FI, FR, GB, IT, LI, NL [1999/15]
Title	German:	FLÜSSIGKEITSSPENDER UND SEIN HERSTELLUNGSVERFAHREN	[2003/02]
	English:	LIQUID DISPENSER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A LIQUID DISPENSER	[2003/02]
	French:	DISTRIBUTEUR DE LIQUIDE ET PROCEDE DE FABRICATION D'UN DISTRIBUTEUR DE LIQUIDE	[2003/02]
	Former [1999/15]	FLÜSSIGKEITSSPENDER, ZUFUHR- UND DOSIER-ZYLINDERVORRICHTUNG, INSBESONDERE FÜR FLÜSSIGKEITSSPENDER, UND SEIN HERSTELLUNGSVERFAHREN
	Former [1999/15]	LIQUID DISPENSER, SUPPLYING AND DOSING CYLINDER DEVICE, IN PARTICULAR FOR A LIQUID DISPENSER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A LIQUID DISPENSER
	Former [1999/15]	DISTRIBUTEUR DE LIQUIDE, DISPOSITIF CYLINDRIQUE DISTRIBUTEUR ET DOSEUR DESTINE EN PARTICULIER A UN DISTRIBUTEUR DE LIQUIDE ET PROCEDE DE FABRICATION D'UN DISTRIBUTEUR DE LIQUIDE
Entry into regional phase	08.12.1998	National basic fee paid
	08.12.1998	Designation fee(s) paid
	08.12.1998	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	25.11.1997	Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
	08.12.1998	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	08.12.1998	Examination requested [1999/15]
	29.05.2001	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	08.10.2001	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	18.11.2002	Date of oral proceedings
	11.02.2003	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	11.02.2003	Minutes of oral proceedings despatched
	19.05.2003	Fee for grant paid
	19.05.2003	Fee for publishing/printing paid
Divisional application(s)	EP03004231.1 / EP1318387
	EP05010070.0 / EP1560002
Opposition(s)	04.06.2004	No opposition filed within time limit [2004/35]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	30.06.1999	Renewal fee patent year 03
	28.06.2000	Renewal fee patent year 04
	28.06.2001	Renewal fee patent year 05
	28.06.2002	Renewal fee patent year 06
	27.06.2003	Renewal fee patent year 07
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Cited in	International search	[A]JPS63122509 ;
		[A]DE757045 (SIEMENS AG) [A] 75,78 * claim 1 *;
		[A]US3940027 (MARTERER KARL) [A] 1,74 * column 2, line 27 - line 31 * * column 3, line 34 - line 38; figure - *;
		[A]US3991914 (KOTUBY PAUL M, et al) [A] 74 * column 4, line 45 - line 55; figure - *;
		[X]US4225063 (AYRES JOHN E) [X] 1,3,43,44 * column 3, line 67 - column 4, line 16; figure - *;
		[A]US4307137 (OTA AKIHO, et al) [A] 75 * column 2, line 41 - line 49 *;
		[A]EP0086912 (JENCONS SCIENT LTD [GB]) [A] 1,2,74 * page 4, paragraph L - page 5, line 2 * * page 5, paragraph L; figure - *;
		[XA]DE3534550 (GRAF & CO GMBH WALTER [DE]) [X] 1-3,43 * page 13, line 5 - line 10; figure 1 * [A] 74;
		[X]US4815663 (TADA TETSUYA [JP]) [X] 1,3,43,444 * column 2, line 40 - line 42; figure - *;
		[A]US5141137 (KNOEDEL ERICH [DE]) [A] 1,7,74 * column 4, line 3 - column 13; figure . *;
		[A]EP0542241 (WALU APPARATETECHNIK GMBH [DE]) [A] 1,2,5,74 * column 6, line 20 - line 30; figure - *;
		[A]US5284132 (GEIER ADALBERT [IT]) [A] 1,2 * column 6, line 59 - line 66; figures 11,12 *
		[A] - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (19881005), vol. 012, no. 371, Database accession no. (M - 748), & JP63122509 A 19880526 (TOYODA GOSEI CO LTD) [A] 76 * abstract *
	Examination	DE4334750

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