EP0876980 - Apparatus of feeding and sorting objects [Right-click to bookmark this link] | |||
Former [1998/46] | Apparatus and method of feeding and sorting objects | ||
[2000/18] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 31.05.2002 Database last updated on 31.08.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 19.11.2004 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state | published on 05.01.2005 [2005/01] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states UNITED PARCEL SERVICE OF AMERICA, INC. 55 Glenlake Parkway, N.E. Atlanta, GA 30328 / US | [1998/46] | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Bonnet, Henri 290 Crosstree Lane Atlanta, Georgia 30328 / US | [1998/46] | Representative(s) | Chettle, Adrian John, et al Withers & Rogers LLP 4 More London Riverside London SE1 2AU / GB | [N/P] |
Former [1998/46] | Chettle, Adrian John, et al Withers & Rogers 4, Dyer's Buildings Holborn London EC1N 2JT / GB | Application number, filing date | 98111209.7 | 23.05.1995 | [1998/46] | Priority number, date | US19940248057 | 24.05.1994 Original published format: US 248057 | US19940349604 | 05.12.1994 Original published format: US 349604 | [1998/46] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A2 Application without search report | No.: | EP0876980 | Date: | 11.11.1998 | Language: | EN | [1998/46] | Type: | A3 Search report | No.: | EP0876980 | Date: | 09.12.1998 | [1998/50] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0876980 | Date: | 25.07.2001 | Language: | EN | [2001/30] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 22.10.1998 | Classification | IPC: | B65H29/58, B07C3/06 | [1998/46] | CPC: |
B65H29/58 (EP);
B07C1/02 (EP);
B07C3/06 (EP);
B65H2301/321 (EP);
B65H2301/4422 (EP);
B65H2404/267 (EP);
| Designated contracting states | AT, BE, CH, DE, DK, ES, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE [1998/46] | Extension states | LT | Not yet paid | LV | Not yet paid | SI | Not yet paid | Title | German: | Vorrichtung zum Zuführen und Sortieren von Gegenständen | [2000/18] | English: | Apparatus of feeding and sorting objects | [2000/18] | French: | Appareil d'alimentation en objets et de tri d'objets | [2000/18] |
Former [1998/46] | Vorrichtung und Verfahren zum Zuführen und Sortieren von Gegenständen | ||
Former [1998/46] | Apparatus and method of feeding and sorting objects | ||
Former [1998/46] | Appareil et procédé d'alimentation en objets et de tri d'objets | Examination procedure | 03.07.1998 | Examination requested [1998/46] | 12.08.1999 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 15.11.1999 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 07.08.2000 | Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes) | 09.11.2000 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 09.02.2001 | Fee for grant paid | 09.02.2001 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Parent application(s) Tooltip | EP95921548.4 / EP0760714 | Opposition(s) | 26.04.2002 | No opposition filed within time limit [2002/29] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 03.07.1998 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 03.07.1998 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 12.05.1999 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 16.08.2000 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 14.05.2001 | Renewal fee patent year 07 | Penalty fee | Additional fee for renewal fee | 31.05.2000 | 06   M06   Fee paid on   16.08.2000 |
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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 | GR | 26.10.2001 | [2005/01] | Documents cited: | Search | [DA]US3757942 (GUNN D) [DA] 1-11 * the whole document *; | [A]US3889811 (YOSHIMURA SYOICHIRO) [A] 1* the whole document *; | [DA]US4838435 (ALEXANDRE BERNARD [FR], et al) [DA] 1-11; | [A]US5249794 (PLENT CHRISTIAN [FR], et al) [A] 1-11 * column 4, line 13 - line 23; figures 1-11 * |