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EP0931436 - A POWER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  22.11.2002
Database last updated on 01.01.2025
Most recent event   Tooltip17.04.2015Change - lapse in a contracting statepublished on 20.05.2015  [2015/21]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
TUNEWELL TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
31 Commercial Road
London N18 1TN / GB
[1999/30]
Inventor(s)01 / RIMMER, Philip John
60 Endlebury Road, Chingford
London E4 6QG / GB
[1999/30]
Representative(s)Frankland, Nigel Howard, et al
FORRESTER & BOEHMERT Pettenkoferstrasse 20-22
80336 München / DE
[N/P]
Former [1999/30]Frankland, Nigel Howard, et al
FORRESTER & BOEHMERT Franz-Joseph-Strasse 38
80801 München / DE
Application number, filing date97944994.910.10.1997
[1999/30]
WO1997GB02799
Priority number, dateGB1996002135311.10.1996         Original published format: GB 9621353
[1999/30]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO9817085
Date:23.04.1998
Language:EN
[1998/16]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0931436
Date:28.07.1999
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 23.04.1998 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1999/30]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0931436
Date:16.01.2002
Language:EN
[2002/03]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP23.04.1998
ClassificationIPC:H05B41/24, H01B7/08
[1999/30]
CPC:
H01B7/0018 (EP,US); H05B39/00 (EP,US); H05B41/245 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesBE,   DE,   DK,   ES,   FR,   GB,   IT,   NL,   PT,   SE [1999/30]
TitleGerman:ELEKTRISCHES ENERGIEVERTEILUNGSSYSTEM[1999/30]
English:A POWER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM[1999/30]
French:RESEAU DE DISTRIBUTION D'ENERGIE ELECTRIQUE[1999/30]
Entry into regional phase29.04.1999National basic fee paid 
29.04.1999Designation fee(s) paid 
29.04.1999Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure08.05.1998Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
29.04.1999Examination requested  [1999/30]
28.05.1999Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
13.08.1999Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
08.12.1999Reply to a communication from the examining division
06.09.2000Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M02)
07.09.2000Reply to a communication from the examining division
01.02.2001Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
13.06.2001Communication of intention to grant the patent
21.09.2001Fee for grant paid
21.09.2001Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)17.10.2002No opposition filed within time limit [2003/02]
Fees paidRenewal fee
14.10.1999Renewal fee patent year 03
11.10.2000Renewal fee patent year 04
11.10.2001Renewal fee patent year 05
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Former [2003/30]DE17.04.2002
Cited inInternational search[A]JPS58143509  ;
 [A]US3573676  (MAYER FERDY) [A] 11 * the whole document *;
 [A]US4109307  (KNOLL WILLIAM C);
 [Y]GB2012097  (MAYER F) [Y] 1,3-5,9,10,12,13 * page 1, line 5 - page 2, line 28; figure 2 *;
 [A]EP0209826  (MITEC MODERNE IND GMBH [DE]);
 [Y]US4651059  (NILSSEN OLE K [US]) [Y] 1,3-5,9,10,12,13 * column 2, line 46 - column 4, line 2; figures 1,2 *;
 [A]EP0397080  (FILOTEX SA [FR]) [A] 2,6 * column 2, line 13 - line 52; figures 1-3 *;
 [A]US5003227  (NILSSEN OLE K [US]);
 [A]GB2274946  (MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORP [JP]);
 [A]US5510974  (GU WEN-JIAN [US], et al) [A] 7,8 * column 1, line 11 - column 2, line 60; figure 1 *
 [A]  - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (19831117), vol. 007, no. 258, Database accession no. (E - 211), & JP58143509 A 19830826 (TOKYO SHIBAURA DENKI KK) [A] 11 * abstract *
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