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EP About this file: EP0920041

EP0920041 - Switching insert for rotary switch [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  24.02.2006
Database last updated on 20.09.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip23.10.2009Change - representativepublished on 25.11.2009  [2009/48]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Preh GmbH
An der Stadthalle
97616 Bad Neustadt a.d. Saale / DE
[2004/24]
Former [1999/22]For all designated states
Preh-Werke GmbH & Co. KG
An der Stadthalle
97616 Bad Neustadt / DE
Inventor(s)01 / Bauer, Karl-Heinz
Lerchenstrasse 9
97616 Bad Neustadt / DE
02 / Kirchner, Thilo
Steinbergstrasse 19
97705 Burkardroth / DE
[1999/22]
Representative(s)Dietrich, Barbara, et al
Thul Patentanwaltsgesellschaft mbH
Derendorfer Allee 6
40476 Düsseldorf / DE
[N/P]
Former [2009/48]Dietrich, Barbara, et al
Thul Patentanwaltsgesellschaft mbH Rheinmetall Platz 1
40476 Düsseldorf / DE
Former [2000/43]Dietrich, Barbara, et al
Rheinmetall AG Zentrale Patentabteilung Postfach 10 42 61
40033 Düsseldorf / DE
Former [1999/41]Pfeiffer, Helmut, Dipl.-Ing.
c/o Rheinmetall Aktiengesellschaft Zentrale Patentabteilung Rheinmetall Allee 1
40476 Düsseldorf / DE
Former [1999/22]Pfeiffer, Helmut, Dipl.-Ing.
Pierburg GmbH, Zentrale Patentabteilung, Kennedydamm 17, (Rheinmetall Gebäude)
40476 Düsseldorf / DE
Application number, filing date98116249.828.08.1998
[1999/22]
Priority number, dateDE1997105307929.11.1997         Original published format: DE 19753079
[1999/22]
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP0920041
Date:02.06.1999
Language:DE
[1999/22]
Type: A3 Search report 
No.:EP0920041
Date:10.05.2000
[2000/19]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0920041
Date:20.04.2005
Language:DE
[2005/16]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP28.03.2000
ClassificationIPC:H01H19/10, H01H19/58, H01H1/36
[2000/19]
CPC:
H01H19/58 (EP,US); H01H1/365 (EP,US)
Former IPC [1999/22]H01H19/10
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB,   IT [2001/03]
Former [1999/22]AT,  BE,  CH,  CY,  DE,  DK,  ES,  FI,  FR,  GB,  GR,  IE,  IT,  LI,  LU,  MC,  NL,  PT,  SE 
TitleGerman:Schaltereinsatz für Drehschalter[1999/22]
English:Switching insert for rotary switch[1999/22]
French:Elément commutateur à insérer pour interrupteur rotatif[1999/22]
Examination procedure05.04.2000Examination requested  [2000/22]
02.11.2004Communication of intention to grant the patent
19.02.2005Fee for grant paid
19.02.2005Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)23.01.2006No opposition filed within time limit [2006/15]
Fees paidRenewal fee
17.07.2000Renewal fee patent year 03
23.07.2001Renewal fee patent year 04
23.07.2002Renewal fee patent year 05
29.07.2003Renewal fee patent year 06
04.08.2004Renewal fee patent year 07
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipFR20.04.2005
GB20.04.2005
IT20.04.2005
[2008/52]
Former [2008/45]GB20.04.2005
IT20.04.2005
FR31.08.2005
Former [2008/12]GB20.04.2005
IT20.04.2005
Former [2006/13]GB20.04.2005
Documents cited:Search[A]FR2008453  (STACKPOLE CARBON CO) [A] 1 * page 7, paragraph 3; figure 15 *;
 [A]GB2043347  (BUN WONG) [A] 1 * abstract *;
 [DA]DE489822  (VOIGT & HAEFFNER AG) [DA] 1 * column 1, paragraph L - column 2, paragraph 1; figure 2 *;
 [A]US3501598  (LIS THEODORE M) [A] 1 * column 2, line 31 - line 39; figure 2 *;
 [DA]DE2824584  (EBE ELEKTRO BAU ELEMENTE GMBH)
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