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Extract from the Register of European Patents

EP Event history: EP0943473


Date  Description European Patent Bulletin date, issue number
27.06.2008 Change - applicant published on  30.07.2008  [2008/31]
07.07.2007 Opposition rejected published on  08.08.2007  [2007/32]
20.03.2007 New entry: Despatch of minutes of oral proceedings
20.03.2007 New entry: Despatch of communication that opposition is rejected
06.02.2007 Change: Date of oral proceedings
06.02.2007 Deletion: Despatch of minutes of oral proceedings
06.02.2007 New entry: Despatch of minutes of oral proceedings
18.11.2006 New entry: Date of oral proceedings
26.10.2005 New entry: Reply of patent proprietor to notice(s) of opposition
24.06.2005 Change - opposition data/opponent's data or that of the opponent's representative published on  10.08.2005  [2005/32]
18.06.2005 Unpublished change to opponent data
18.06.2005 Deletion: Examination of admissibility of opposition: despatch of communication + time limit
18.06.2005 Deletion: Examination of admissibility of opposition: receipt of reply
18.06.2005 New entry: Communication of a notice of opposition and request to file observations + time limit
03.06.2005 Change - opposition data/opponent's data or that of the opponent's representative published on  20.07.2005  [2005/29]
01.06.2005 Unpublished change to opponent data
01.06.2005 Deletion: Examination of admissibility of opposition: despatch of communication + time limit
01.06.2005 Deletion: Examination of admissibility of opposition: receipt of reply
27.05.2005 Opposition filed published on  13.07.2005  [2005/28]
21.05.2005 Unpublished change to opponent data
21.05.2005 Deletion: Examination of admissibility of opposition: despatch of communication + time limit
21.01.2005 Lapse of the patent in a contracting state published on  09.03.2005  [2005/10]
02.07.2004 (Expected) grant published on  18.08.2004  [2004/34]
02.07.2004 New entry: Payment of fee for grant
02.07.2004 New entry: Payment of fee for publishing/printing
28.02.2004 New entry: Communication of intention to grant a patent
25.02.2004 New entry: Renewal fee paid
10.02.2004 New entry: Reply to examination report
24.10.2003 First examination report
18.10.2003 New entry: Despatch of examination report + time limit
27.02.2003 Renewal fee
28.03.2002 Change - representative published on  15.05.2002  [2002/20]
08.03.2002 Renewal fee
17.01.2002 Change - extension states
23.11.2001 Change - applicant published on  09.01.2002  [2002/02]
14.09.2001 Definitive list of designations published on  31.10.2001 [2001/44]
23.02.2001 Request for examination filed published on  11.04.2001 [2001/15]
27.01.2001 Renewal fee
29.12.2000 Publication of search report published on  14.02.2001 [2001/07]
06.08.1999 Publication in section I.1 EP Bulletin published on  22.09.1999 [1999/38]