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EP About this file: EP0980577

EP0980577 - SWITCHING ARRANGEMENT [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  11.01.2003
Database last updated on 16.09.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip11.01.2003Lapse of the patent in a contracting statepublished on 26.02.2003  [2003/09]
11.01.2003No opposition filed within time limitpublished on 26.02.2003  [2003/09]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Marquardt GmbH
Schlossstrasse 16
D-78604 Rietheim-Weilheim / DE
[2000/08]
Inventor(s)01 / KIZELE, Rainer
Kolpingweg 39
D-78532 Tuttlingen / DE
02 / MÜLLER, Heinrich
Fürstensteinweg
D-78532 Tuttlingen / DE
03 / RAPP, Klaus
Haugenrainstrasse 9
D-78073 Öfingen / DE
[2000/08]
Representative(s)Otten, Herbert
Otten, Roth, Dobler & Partner mbB
Patentanwälte
Grosstobeler Strasse 39
88276 Berg/Ravensburg / DE
[N/P]
Former [2000/08]Otten, Herbert
Patentanwälte Eisele, Otten, Roth & Dobler Karlstrasse 8
88212 Ravensburg / DE
Application number, filing date98933440.405.05.1998
[2000/08]
WO1998DE01235
Priority number, dateDE199711924507.05.1997         Original published format: DE 19719245
[2000/08]
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO9850930
Date:12.11.1998
Language:DE
[1998/45]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0980577
Date:23.02.2000
Language:DE
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 12.11.1998 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2000/08]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0980577
Date:06.03.2002
Language:DE
[2002/10]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP12.11.1998
ClassificationIPC:H01H13/06
[2000/08]
CPC:
A47L15/4293 (EP,US); D06F39/12 (EP,US); H01H13/70 (EP,US);
H01H2011/065 (EP,US); H01H2215/004 (EP,US); H01H2217/022 (EP,US);
H01H2219/062 (EP,US); H01H2219/064 (EP,US); H01H2221/044 (EP,US);
H01H2223/002 (EP,US); H01H2229/022 (EP,US); H01H2229/042 (EP,US);
H01H2229/046 (EP,US); H01H2231/012 (EP,US) (-)
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   IT,   NL,   SE [2000/08]
TitleGerman:ANORDNUNG VON SCHALTERN[2000/08]
English:SWITCHING ARRANGEMENT[2000/08]
French:ENSEMBLE DE COMMUTATEURS[2000/08]
Entry into regional phase19.06.1999National basic fee paid 
19.06.1999Designation fee(s) paid 
19.06.1999Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure25.11.1998Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
19.06.1999Examination requested  [2000/08]
02.05.2001Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
28.06.2001Communication of intention to grant the patent
25.08.2001Fee for grant paid
25.08.2001Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)09.12.2002No opposition filed within time limit [2003/09]
Fees paidRenewal fee
08.05.2000Renewal fee patent year 03
24.04.2001Renewal fee patent year 04
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipNL06.03.2002
[2003/09]
Cited inInternational search[A]EP0158795  (NIXDORF COMPUTER AG [DE]) [A] 1,2 * abstract *;
 [A]DE9011110U  (DR.EUGEN SASSE) [A] 1-6 * figure -; claim - *;
 [A]US5453586  (STOTTMANN RICHARD L [US]) [A] 1-7,9-11 * abstract *;
 [A]EP0074315  (TELEMECANIQUE ELECTRIQUE [FR]) [A] 1-4,9-11 * abstract *;
 [A]US5464955  (COLE RONALD E [US]) [A] 1-11 * abstract *;
 [A]DE3111409  (KAISER FOTOTECHNIK GMBH & CO K [DE]) [A] 1-11 * figure -; claim - *;
 [A]GB2208039  (HARBORO RUBBER COMPANY LIMITED) [A] 2-6 * abstract *
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