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EP1021632
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Extract from the Register of European Patents
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| EP1021632 - APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MOUNTING LATCHING DEVICES [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 21.10.2005 Database last updated on 24.07.2024 | 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 SOUTHCO, INC. 210 North Brinton Lake Road Concordville, PA 19331 / US | [2000/30] | Inventor(s) | 01 /
GLASER, Gerald 117 West Malvern Road West Malvern WR14 4NG / GB | 02 /
WEUTHEN, J., Thomas Friedrich-Gelsam-Strasse 35 D-41812 Erkelenz / DE | [2002/26] |
| Former [2000/30] | 01 /
GLASER, Gerald 117 West Malvern Road West Malvern WR14 4NG / GB | ||
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WEUTHNEN, J., Thomas Friedrich-Gelsam-Strasse 35 D-41812 Erkelenz / DE | Representative(s) | Coester, Jacques Charles Cabinet Madeuf 56 A, rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré 75008 Paris / FR | [N/P] |
| Former [2000/30] | Coester, Jacques Charles Cabinet Madeuf 56 A, rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré 75008 Paris / FR | Application number, filing date | 98943397.4 | 27.08.1998 | [2000/30] | WO1998US17659 | Priority number, date | US19970931993 | 17.09.1997 Original published format: US 931993 | [2000/30] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO9914458 | Date: | 25.03.1999 | Language: | EN | [1999/12] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP1021632 | Date: | 26.07.2000 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 25.03.1999 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [2000/30] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP1021632 | Date: | 15.12.2004 | Language: | EN | [2004/51] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | US | 25.03.1999 | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 09.11.2000 | Classification | IPC: | E05C3/06 | [2000/30] | CPC: |
E05C3/042 (EP,US);
E05C3/06 (KR);
E05B9/08 (EP,US);
E05B17/0025 (EP,US);
E05B63/006 (EP,US);
Y10S292/53 (EP,US);
Y10T292/1078 (EP,US)
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| Designated contracting states | DE, ES, FR, GB, IT [2000/30] | Title | German: | VORRICHTUNG UND METHODE FÜR DIE MONTAGE VON SCHNAPPVERSCHLÜSSEN | [2000/30] | English: | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MOUNTING LATCHING DEVICES | [2000/30] | French: | PROCEDE ET DISPOSITIF DE MONTAGE DE DISPOSITIFS DE VERROUILLAGE | [2000/30] | Entry into regional phase | 27.03.2000 | National basic fee paid | 25.05.2000 | Search fee paid | 27.03.2000 | Designation fee(s) paid | 25.05.2000 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 05.04.1999 | Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: US | 25.05.2000 | Examination requested [2000/30] | 06.03.2001 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 04.09.2001 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 20.11.2001 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 27.04.2002 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 25.11.2002 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 14.03.2003 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 08.04.2003 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 02.05.2003 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 22.06.2004 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 18.10.2004 | Fee for grant paid | 18.10.2004 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Opposition(s) | 16.09.2005 | No opposition filed within time limit [2005/49] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 31.08.2000 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 25.10.2001 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 30.08.2002 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 25.09.2003 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 30.08.2004 | Renewal fee patent year 07 | Penalty fee | Penalty fee Rule 85b EPC 1973 | 10.05.2000 | M01 Fee paid on 25.05.2000 | Additional fee for renewal fee | 31.08.2001 | 04 M06 Fee paid on 25.10.2001 | 31.08.2003 | 06 M06 Fee paid on 25.09.2003 |
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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 | FR | 15.12.2004 | IT | 15.12.2004 | ES | 26.03.2005 | [2008/16] |
| Former [2006/32] | FR | 15.12.2004 | |
| ES | 26.03.2005 | ||
| Former [2006/12] | ES | 26.03.2005 | Documents cited: | Search | [A]DE29615837U (STEINBACH & VOLLMANN [DE]) [A] 1-33 * the whole document *; | [A]US5491993 (ANDERSON VICTOR R [US]) [A] 1,13-16,18,24,29,31 * the whole document * | International search | [X]US4186952 ; | [XP]US5678437 ; | [Y]US4583775 |