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EP About this file: EP0940588

EP0940588 - Connecting piece for two small beams slidable therein [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  26.10.2001
Database last updated on 20.09.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip15.06.2007Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): LU		published on 18.07.2007  [2007/29]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
STEELCASE STRAFOR (S.A.)
56 Rue Jean Giraudoux
F-67200 Strasbourg / FR
[1999/36]
Inventor(s)01 / Flanet, Daniel
18, Place de la Liberté
67300 Schiltigheim / FR
[1999/36]
Representative(s)Littolff, Denis
Meyer & Partenaires
2 rue de Dublin
67300 Schiltigheim / FR
[N/P]
Former [1999/36]Littolff, Denis
Meyer & Partenaires, Conseils en Propriété Industrielle, Bureaux Europe, 20, place des Halles
67000 Strasbourg / FR
Application number, filing date98440041.602.03.1998
[1999/36]
Filing languageFR
Procedural languageFR
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0940588
Date:08.09.1999
Language:FR
[1999/36]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0940588
Date:20.12.2000
Language:FR
[2000/51]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP09.09.1998
ClassificationIPC:F16B12/40, F16B12/32, A47B17/03
[1999/36]
CPC:
F16B12/32 (EP); A47B17/033 (EP); F16B12/40 (EP)
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   CH,   DE,   DK,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   GR,   IE,   IT,   LI,   LU,   MC,   NL,   PT,   SE [1999/36]
TitleGerman:Verbindungsstück für zwei darin bewegbare Trägerprofile[1999/36]
English:Connecting piece for two small beams slidable therein[1999/36]
French:Pièce de liaison entre deux poutrelles qui y sont coulissables[1999/36]
Examination procedure16.03.1998Examination requested  [1999/36]
16.03.1998Request for accelerated examination filed
10.05.2000Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
10.05.2000Decision about request for accelerated examination - accepted: Yes
25.05.2000Communication of intention to grant the patent
01.08.2000Fee for grant paid
01.08.2000Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)21.09.2001No opposition filed within time limit [2001/50]
Fees paidRenewal fee
24.03.2000Renewal fee patent year 03
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipAT20.12.2000
FI20.12.2000
IE20.12.2000
SE20.12.2000
LU02.03.2001
DK20.03.2001
PT20.03.2001
GR23.03.2001
MC31.03.2001
[2007/29]
Former [2006/39]AT20.12.2000
FI20.12.2000
IE20.12.2000
SE20.12.2000
DK20.03.2001
PT20.03.2001
GR23.03.2001
MC31.03.2001
Former [2005/01]AT20.12.2000
FI20.12.2000
IE20.12.2000
SE20.12.2000
DK20.03.2001
PT20.03.2001
GR23.03.2001
Former [2003/46]AT20.12.2000
FI20.12.2000
IE20.12.2000
SE20.12.2000
DK20.03.2001
PT20.03.2001
Former [2002/23]AT20.12.2000
FI20.12.2000
IE20.12.2000
SE20.12.2000
PT20.03.2001
Former [2002/14]AT20.12.2000
FI20.12.2000
IE20.12.2000
PT20.03.2001
Former [2002/11]AT20.12.2000
FI20.12.2000
PT20.03.2001
Former [2001/37]AT20.12.2000
FI20.12.2000
Former [2001/29]FI20.12.2000
Documents cited:Search[A]FR1526947  (CIE DE REALISATIONS IND ET TEC) [A] 1 * the whole document *;
 [A]FR2497885  (NEMOZ JEAN CLAUDE [FR]) [A] 1* figure 4 *;
 [XA]DE4127127  (HUELSTA WERKE HUELS KG [DE]) [X] 1,6 * the whole document * [A] 2,10
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