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EP0993661
European procedure
Extract from the Register of European Patents
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| EP0993661 - METHOD OF OPERATING A COIN MECHANISM [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 19.09.2003 Database last updated on 20.12.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 14.03.2008 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): IT | published on 16.04.2008 [2008/16] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Mars Incorporated 6885 Elm Street McLean Virginia 22101-3883 / US | [N/P] |
| Former [2000/16] | For all designated states Mars Incorporated 6885 Elm Street McLean, Virginia 22101-3883 / US | Inventor(s) | 01 /
YELLOP, Andrew Michael 6 Bullfinch Close, College Town, Sandhurst Berkshire GU47 0XU / GB | 02 /
GREEN, Stephen Michael 9 Vickers Close, Woodley, Reading Berkshire RG5 4PA / GB | 03 /
BILLINGTON, Gregory John 36 Egremont Drive, Lower Earley, Reading Berkshire RG6 3BS / GB | 04 /
FLETCHER, Paul Robert 6 Prior Croft Close, Camberley Surrey GU15 1DE / GB | [2000/16] | Representative(s) | Burke, Steven David, et al R.G.C. Jenkins & Co 26 Caxton Street London SW1H 0RJ / GB | [N/P] |
| Former [2000/16] | Burke, Steven David, et al R.G.C. Jenkins & Co. 26 Caxton Street London SW1H 0RJ / GB | Application number, filing date | 98932335.7 | 01.07.1998 | [2000/16] | WO1998GB01934 | Priority number, date | GB19970014031 | 02.07.1997 Original published format: GB 9714031 | [2000/16] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO9901847 | Date: | 14.01.1999 | Language: | EN | [1999/02] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP0993661 | Date: | 19.04.2000 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 14.01.1999 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [2000/16] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0993661 | Date: | 13.11.2002 | Language: | EN | [2002/46] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | EP | 14.01.1999 | Classification | IPC: | G07D1/00, G07F5/00 | [2000/16] | CPC: |
G07D1/02 (EP);
G07F5/24 (EP)
| Designated contracting states | CH, DE, ES, FR, GB, IT, LI [2000/16] | Title | German: | VERFAHREN ZUM BETRIEB EINES MÜNZMECHANISMUS | [2000/16] | English: | METHOD OF OPERATING A COIN MECHANISM | [2000/16] | French: | PROCEDE DE FONCTIONNEMENT D'UN MECANISME DE PIECES DE MONNAIE | [2000/16] | Entry into regional phase | 02.02.2000 | National basic fee paid | 02.02.2000 | Designation fee(s) paid | 02.02.2000 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 11.11.1998 | Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP | 02.02.2000 | Examination requested [2000/16] | 02.02.2000 | Request for accelerated examination filed | 14.05.2001 | Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: No) | 14.05.2001 | Decision about request for accelerated examination - accepted: Yes | 23.11.2001 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 03.04.2002 | Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: later approval) | 03.04.2002 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 07.05.2002 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 16.08.2002 | Fee for grant paid | 16.08.2002 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Divisional application(s) | EP01122416.9 / EP1168256 | Opposition(s) | 14.08.2003 | No opposition filed within time limit [2003/45] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 12.07.2000 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 12.07.2001 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 12.07.2002 | Renewal fee patent year 05 |
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| Responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or quality of the data displayed under the link provided lies entirely with the Unified Patent Court. | Lapses during opposition Tooltip | CH | 13.11.2002 | FR | 13.11.2002 | IT | 13.11.2002 | LI | 13.11.2002 | [2008/16] |
| Former [2006/14] | CH | 13.11.2002 | |
| FR | 13.11.2002 | ||
| LI | 13.11.2002 | ||
| Former [2003/39] | CH | 13.11.2002 | |
| LI | 13.11.2002 | Cited in | International search | [A]DE19545417 (NAT REJECTORS GMBH [DE]) [A] 1,4,6,11-13,15-18,24,26,30-33,35,36; | [A]DE3513957 (STANDARD ELEKTRIK LORENZ AG [DE]) [A] 1,4,11,16,18,24,26,30-34 |