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EP1053491
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| EP1053491 - RETROREFLECTORS HAVING TWO OPTICAL SURFACES AND VARYING RETROREFLECTIVITY [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 26.03.2004 Database last updated on 18.03.2026 | Most recent event Tooltip | 25.07.2008 | Change - representative | published on 27.08.2008 [2008/35] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY 3M Center, P.O. Box 33427 St. Paul, MN 55133-3427 / US | [N/P] |
| Former [2000/47] | For all designated states MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY 3M Center, P.O. Box 33427 St. Paul, Minnesota 55133-3427 / US | Inventor(s) | 01 /
DREYER, John, F. P.O. Box 33427 Saint Paul, MN 55133-3427 / US | 02 /
FLEMING, Madeleine, B. P.O. Box 33427 Saint Paul, MN 55133-3427 / US | [2000/47] | Representative(s) | Vossius & Partner Patentanwälte Rechtsanwälte mbB Siebertstrasse 3 81675 München / DE | [N/P] |
| Former [2008/35] | Vossius & Partner Siebertstrasse 3 81675 München / DE | ||
| Former [2000/47] | VOSSIUS & PARTNER Siebertstrasse 4 81675 München / DE | Application number, filing date | 98926397.5 | 08.06.1998 | [2000/47] | WO1998US11777 | Priority number, date | US19980019113 | 05.02.1998 Original published format: US 19113 | [2000/47] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO9940461 | Date: | 12.08.1999 | Language: | EN | [1999/32] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP1053491 | Date: | 22.11.2000 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 12.08.1999 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [2000/47] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP1053491 | Date: | 21.05.2003 | Language: | EN | [2003/21] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | EP | 12.08.1999 | Classification | IPC: | G02B5/124 | [2000/47] | CPC: |
G02B5/124 (EP,KR,US);
Y10S359/90 (EP,US);
Y10S359/903 (KR)
| Designated contracting states | DE, FR, GB, IT [2000/47] | Title | German: | RETROREFLEKTOR MIT ZWEI OPTISCHEN OBERFLAECHEN UND VARIABLER RETROREFLEKTION | [2000/47] | English: | RETROREFLECTORS HAVING TWO OPTICAL SURFACES AND VARYING RETROREFLECTIVITY | [2000/47] | French: | RETROREFLECTEURS A DEUX SURFACE OPTIQUES ET A RETROREFLECTIVITE VARIABLE | [2000/47] | Entry into regional phase | 11.08.2000 | National basic fee paid | 11.08.2000 | Designation fee(s) paid | 11.08.2000 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 25.08.1999 | Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP | 11.08.2000 | Examination requested [2000/47] | 14.03.2002 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 23.09.2002 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 14.11.2002 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 24.03.2003 | Fee for grant paid | 24.03.2003 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Opposition(s) | 24.02.2004 | No opposition filed within time limit [2004/20] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 23.05.2000 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 23.05.2001 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 24.06.2002 | Renewal fee patent year 05 |
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