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EP About this file: EP0980954

EP0980954 - Security counter [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  01.01.2010
Database last updated on 20.09.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip21.07.2017Change - lapse in a contracting statepublished on 23.08.2017  [2017/34]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
de Ceuster, Marcel
P. Binckstraat 11
2260 Westerlo / BE
[2009/09]
Former [2000/08]For all designated states
de Ceuster, Marcel
P. Binckstraat 11
2260 Westerlo / BE
Inventor(s)01 / see applicant
...
[2000/08]
Application number, filing date98870179.314.08.1998
[2000/08]
Filing languageFR
Procedural languageFR
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0980954
Date:23.02.2000
Language:FR
[2000/08]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0980954
Date:25.02.2009
Language:FR
[2009/09]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP14.01.1999
ClassificationIPC:E05G7/00
[2000/08]
CPC:
E05G7/008 (EP)
Designated contracting statesAT,   CH,   DE,   DK,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   GR,   IE,   IT,   LI,   LU,   NL,   PT,   SE [2000/44]
Former [2000/08]AT,  BE,  CH,  CY,  DE,  DK,  ES,  FI,  FR,  GB,  GR,  IE,  IT,  LI,  LU,  MC,  NL,  PT,  SE 
TitleGerman:Sicherheits-Schaltertheke[2000/08]
English:Security counter[2000/08]
French:Guichet de sécurité[2000/08]
Examination procedure17.10.2000Examination requested  [2000/51]
18.10.2005Communication of intention to grant the patent
23.01.2006Fee for grant paid
23.01.2006Fee for publishing/printing paid
14.07.2006Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
23.10.2006Reply to a communication from the examining division
Opposition(s)26.11.2009No opposition filed within time limit [2010/05]
Fees paidRenewal fee
17.10.2000Renewal fee patent year 03
16.11.2001Renewal fee patent year 04
08.08.2002Renewal fee patent year 05
14.08.2003Renewal fee patent year 06
26.08.2004Renewal fee patent year 07
22.07.2005Renewal fee patent year 08
23.11.2006Renewal fee patent year 09
21.08.2007Renewal fee patent year 10
04.07.2008Renewal fee patent year 11
Penalty fee
Penalty fee Rule 85b EPC 1973
05.10.2000M01   Fee paid on   03.11.2000
Additional fee for renewal fee
31.08.200003   M06   Fee paid on   17.10.2000
31.08.200104   M06   Fee paid on   16.11.2001
31.08.200609   M06   Fee paid on   23.11.2006
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipDK25.02.2009
FI25.02.2009
IE25.02.2009
SE25.05.2009
GR26.05.2009
LU14.08.2009
[2017/34]
Former [2012/23]DK25.02.2009
FI25.02.2009
IE25.02.2009
SE25.05.2009
GR26.05.2009
LU14.08.2009
Former [2012/20]DK25.02.2009
FI25.02.2009
IE25.02.2009
SE25.05.2009
GR26.05.2009
IT14.08.2009
LU14.08.2009
Former [2011/25]DK25.02.2009
FI25.02.2009
IE25.02.2009
SE25.05.2009
GR26.05.2009
IT14.08.2009
LU14.08.2009
LI31.08.2009
Former [2010/39]DK25.02.2009
FI25.02.2009
IE25.02.2009
SE25.05.2009
LI31.08.2009
Former [2010/28]DK25.02.2009
FI25.02.2009
IE25.02.2009
SE25.05.2009
CH31.08.2009
LI31.08.2009
Former [2010/05]DK25.02.2009
FI25.02.2009
IE25.02.2009
SE25.05.2009
Documents cited:Search[A]US4135658  (HAGBERG BRUCE E) [A] 1,4 * column 4, line 10 - line 52 * * column 5, line 19 - line 65; figures 1-3,5 *;
 [A]US4149474  (RUANE RICHARD M) [A] 1 * column 1, line 63 - line 66 ** column 2, line 25 - line 29; figures 1,2,4 *;
 [A]FR2475614  (GERARD JEAN JACQUES [FR]) [A] 1,8 * page 1, line 32 - line 33 *;
 [A]BE904844  (SPRL SERA) [A] 1,9,10,12 * page 1, paragraph 1 * * page 4, paragraph 5 - page 6, paragraph 2; figures 1,3,4 *;
 [A]WO9417274  (HEMA BV [NL], et al) [A] 1 * page 7, line 21 * * page 8, line 35 - line 37; figures 1,7 *
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