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EP0979597 - TRAFFIC SIGNALS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 30.05.2003 Database last updated on 17.09.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	08.04.2005	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): FI	published on 25.05.2005 [2005/21]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Signal House Limited CherryCourt Way, Stanbridge Road, Leighton Buzzard Bedfordshire LU7 8UH / GB
	[2000/07]
Inventor(s)	01 / BEARFIELD, George, Joseph 100 Harcourt Street Luton, Bedfordshire LU1 3QL / GB
	02 / WAREING, James, Ian 7 Carriers Way Carlton, Bedfordshire MK43 7LN / GB
	03 / ROBINSON, Max North House, High house, Snaizeholme Hawes, North Yorkshire DL8 3ND / GB
	[2000/07]
Representative(s)	Howe, Steven, et al Marks & Clerk 90 Long Acre London WC2E 9RA / GB
	[N/P]
Former [2000/07]	Howe, Steven, et al Lloyd Wise, Tregear & Co., Commonwealth House, 1-19 New Oxford Street London WC1A 1LW / GB
Application number, filing date	98919333.9	29.04.1998
	[2000/07]
	WO1998GB01242
Priority number, date	GB19970008861	30.04.1997 Original published format: GB 9708861
	[2000/07]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO9849872
	Date:	05.11.1998
	Language:	EN
	[1998/44]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP0979597
	Date:	16.02.2000
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 05.11.1998 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2000/07]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP0979597
	Date:	24.07.2002
	Language:	EN
	[2002/30]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	EP	05.11.1998
Classification	IPC:	H05B33/08, F21S4/00, B61L5/18	[2002/30]
	CPC:	B61L5/1836 (EP,US); B61L5/1881 (EP); G08G1/095 (EP); H05B45/10 (EP); H05B45/30 (EP,US); H05B45/395 (EP,US); (+) H05B45/58 (EP); H05B47/22 (EP,US); B61L2207/02 (EP); Y02B20/30 (EP) (-)
	Former IPC [2000/07]	H05B33/08, F21Q3/00, B61L5/18
Designated contracting states	AT, BE, CH, CY, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE [2000/07]
Title	German:	VERKEHRSLICHTSIGNAL	[2000/07]
	English:	TRAFFIC SIGNALS	[2000/07]
	French:	FEUX DE SIGNALISATION	[2000/07]
Entry into regional phase	28.10.1999	National basic fee paid
	28.10.1999	Designation fee(s) paid
	28.10.1999	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	27.11.1998	Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
	28.10.1999	Examination requested [2000/07]
	02.10.2001	Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
	27.02.2002	Fee for grant paid
	27.02.2002	Fee for publishing/printing paid
	07.03.2002	Communication of intention to grant the patent
Opposition(s)	25.04.2003	No opposition filed within time limit [2003/29]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	03.07.2000	Renewal fee patent year 03
	26.04.2001	Renewal fee patent year 04
	12.04.2002	Renewal fee patent year 05
	Penalty fee
	Additional fee for renewal fee
	30.04.2000	03 M06 Fee paid on 03.07.2000
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	AT	24.07.2002
	BE	24.07.2002
	FI	24.07.2002
	GR	24.07.2002
	DK	24.10.2002
	PT	24.10.2002
	ES	30.01.2003
	[2005/21]
Former [2004/04]	AT	24.07.2002
	BE	24.07.2002
	GR	24.07.2002
	DK	24.10.2002
	PT	24.10.2002
	ES	30.01.2003
Former [2003/48]	AT	24.07.2002
	BE	24.07.2002
	GR	24.07.2002
	DK	24.10.2002
	PT	24.10.2002
Former [2003/46]	AT	24.07.2002
	GR	24.07.2002
	DK	24.10.2002
	PT	24.10.2002
Former [2003/31]	AT	24.07.2002
	GR	24.07.2002
	PT	24.10.2002
Former [2003/22]	GR	24.07.2002
	PT	24.10.2002
Former [2003/20]	GR	24.07.2002
Cited in	International search	[A]FR2426381 (BOURBOULON HENRI [FR]) [A] 1-3 * page 3, line 17 - page 5, line 20; figures 1-4 *;
		[A]US4182977 (STRICKLIN ROBERT S JR [US]) [A] 6,7 * column 1, line 10 - column 4, line 51; figures 1-3 *;
		[A]GB1574387 (BOURBOULON H) [A] 1,8,10 * page 1, line 47 - page 2, line 78; figures 1-4 *;
		[Y]FR2586844 (SOFRELA SA [FR]) [Y] 12,15,16 * page 5, line 17 - page 7, line 2; figures 1-10 *;
		[A]FR2631102 (CIT ALCATEL [FR]);
		[A]GB2226875 (KOITO MFG CO LTD [JP]) [A] 20 * figures 3-14 *;
		[Y]DE4305585 (HELLA KG HUECK & CO [DE]) [Y] 17,19,20 * page 2, line 43 - page 5, line 50; figures 1-7 *;
		[X]FR2711884 (SOLARTEC SARL [FR]) [X] 1,6,8,9,11 * page 2, line 3 - page 4, line 21; figures 1,2 *;
		[XY]WO9512512 (SIEMENS INTEGRA VERKEHRSTECHNI [CH]) [X] 1,2,4,5,11 * page 2, line 14 - page 6, line 27; figures 1-3 * [Y] 12,15-17,19,20;
		[A]FR2724749 (SOFRELA SA [FR])

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