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EP About this file: EP0968370

EP0968370 - DOSING PUMP FOR DOSED LIQUID CONVEYANCE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  25.10.2002
Database last updated on 10.05.2025
Most recent event   Tooltip03.09.2004Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): IE		published on 20.10.2004  [2004/43]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Lang Apparatebau GmbH
Raiffeisenstrasse 7
83313 Siegsdorf / DE
[N/P]
Former [2000/01]For all designated states
LANG APPARATEBAU GMBH
Raiffeisenstrasse 7
83313 Siegsdorf / DE
Inventor(s)01 / HUNKLINGER, Herbert
Guggelberg 2
D-83324 Ruhpolding / DE
02 / RUTZ, Klaus
Spielwanger Strasse 36
D-83377 Vachendorf / DE
[2000/01]
Representative(s)Wacker, Manfred
Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
VTP Patente
40191 Düsseldorf / DE
[N/P]
Former [2000/01]Wacker, Manfred, Dr.
Henkel KGaA, Patente (VTP)
40191 Düsseldorf / DE
Application number, filing date98913716.113.03.1998
[2000/01]
WO1998EP01458
Priority number, dateDE199711209622.03.1997         Original published format: DE 19712096
[2000/01]
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO9842983
Date:01.10.1998
Language:DE
[1998/39]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0968370
Date:05.01.2000
Language:DE
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 01.10.1998 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2000/01]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0968370
Date:19.12.2001
Language:DE
[2001/51]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP01.10.1998
ClassificationIPC:F04B53/06
[2000/01]
CPC:
F04B53/06 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   CH,   DE,   DK,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   GR,   IE,   IT,   LI,   NL,   PT,   SE [2000/01]
TitleGerman:DOSIERPUMPE ZUM DOSIERTEN FÖRDERN VON FLÜSSIGKEITEN[2000/01]
English:DOSING PUMP FOR DOSED LIQUID CONVEYANCE[2000/01]
French:POMPE DE DOSAGE POUR REFOULER DES LIQUIDES DE MANIERE DOSEE[2000/01]
Entry into regional phase14.09.1999National basic fee paid 
14.09.1999Designation fee(s) paid 
14.09.1999Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure17.10.1998Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
14.09.1999Examination requested  [2000/01]
22.05.2001Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
17.07.2001Communication of intention to grant the patent
12.10.2001Fee for grant paid
12.10.2001Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)20.09.2002No opposition filed within time limit [2002/50]
Fees paidRenewal fee
13.03.2000Renewal fee patent year 03
16.03.2001Renewal fee patent year 04
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipFI19.12.2001
GR19.12.2001
IE19.12.2001
AT13.03.2002
DK19.03.2002
PT19.03.2002
SE19.03.2002
BE31.03.2002
CH31.03.2002
LI31.03.2002
ES27.06.2002
[2004/43]
Former [2004/04]FI19.12.2001
GR19.12.2001
AT13.03.2002
DK19.03.2002
PT19.03.2002
SE19.03.2002
BE31.03.2002
CH31.03.2002
LI31.03.2002
ES27.06.2002
Former [2003/48]FI19.12.2001
GR19.12.2001
AT13.03.2002
DK19.03.2002
PT19.03.2002
SE19.03.2002
BE31.03.2002
CH31.03.2002
LI31.03.2002
Former [2003/47]FI19.12.2001
GR19.12.2001
AT13.03.2002
DK19.03.2002
PT19.03.2002
SE19.03.2002
CH31.03.2002
LI31.03.2002
Former [2003/46]FI19.12.2001
GR19.12.2001
DK19.03.2002
PT19.03.2002
SE19.03.2002
CH31.03.2002
LI31.03.2002
Former [2003/31]FI19.12.2001
GR19.12.2001
PT19.03.2002
SE19.03.2002
CH31.03.2002
LI31.03.2002
Former [2002/49]FI19.12.2001
GR19.12.2001
PT19.03.2002
SE19.03.2002
Former [2002/48]FI19.12.2001
PT19.03.2002
SE19.03.2002
Former [2002/33]FI19.12.2001
SE19.03.2002
Former [2002/27]SE19.03.2002
Cited inInternational search[A]CH457146  (GLUTZ BLOTZHEIM NACHFOLGER AG [CH]) [A] 1 * the whole document *;
 [A]GB2177183  (MPL PUMPS LIMITED) [A] 1* page 1, line 57 - page 2, line 72; figures 2,3 *;
 [A]US4951701  (BOEHMER DENNIS A [US]) [A] 1 * column 2, line 53 - column 4, line 27; figures 1-3 *;
 [AD]DE4219663  (PROMINENT DOSIERTECHNIK GMBH [DE]) [AD] 1 * column 4, line 52 - column 7, line 8; figures 1,2 *;
 [AD]DE4241030  (LANG APPARATEBAU GMBH [DE]) [AD] 1 * column 3, line 11 - column 5, line 32; figures 1,2 *
by applicantDE4241030
 DE4219663
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