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EP1054785 - VEHICLE SEAT WITH LINEAR RECLINING MECHANISM AND AN EASY ENTRY LATCH WITH MEMORY [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  06.06.2003
Database last updated on 13.07.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip21.03.2008Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): IT
published on 23.04.2008  [2008/17]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Magna Interior Systems Inc.
337 Magna Drive Aurora
Ontario L4G 7K1 / CA
[N/P]
Former [2000/48]For all designated states
Magna Interior Systems Inc.
337 Magna Drive
Aurora, Ontario L4G 7K1 / CA
Inventor(s)01 / TAME, Omar, D.
4059 Green Lake Road
West Bloomfield, MI 48324 / US
[2000/48]
Representative(s)Hössle Patentanwälte Partnerschaft
Patentanwälte
Bolzstrasse 3
70173 Stuttgart / DE
[N/P]
Former [2001/39]Hössle & Kudlek
Patentanwälte Diemershaldenstrasse 23
70184 Stuttgart / DE
Former [2000/48]Kovac, Werner, Dipl.-Ing.
c/o MAGNA EUROPA AG Patentabteilung 2. Haidequerstrasse 3
1111 Wien / AT
Application number, filing date99903552.010.02.1999
[2000/48]
WO1999CA00085
Priority number, dateUS1998007430011.02.1998         Original published format: US 74300
[2000/48]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO9941100
Date:19.08.1999
Language:EN
[1999/33]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP1054785
Date:29.11.2000
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 19.08.1999 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2000/48]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP1054785
Date:31.07.2002
Language:EN
[2002/31]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP19.08.1999
ClassificationIPC:B60N2/12, B60N2/22
[2000/48]
CPC:
B60N2/232 (EP,US); B60N2/0705 (EP,US); B60N2/0715 (EP,US);
B60N2/0825 (EP,US); B60N2/085 (EP,US); B60N2/0868 (EP,US);
B60N2/0887 (EP,US); B60N2/123 (EP,US) (-)
Designated contracting statesAT,   DE,   ES,   FR,   GB,   IT,   PT,   SE [2000/48]
TitleGerman:KRAFTFAHRZEUGSITZ MIT LINEAREM LEHNE-VERSTELLMECHANISMUS UND ERLEICHTERTER ZUGANGSVERRIEGELUNG MIT POSITIONSSPEICHERUNG[2000/48]
English:VEHICLE SEAT WITH LINEAR RECLINING MECHANISM AND AN EASY ENTRY LATCH WITH MEMORY[2000/48]
French:SIEGE DE VEHICULE POURVU D'UN MECANISME D'INCLINAISON LINEAIRE ET D'UN DISPOSITIF DE VERROUILLAGE A REGLAGE FACILE AVEC MEMOIRE[2000/48]
Entry into regional phase06.09.2000National basic fee paid 
06.09.2000Designation fee(s) paid 
06.09.2000Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure07.09.1999Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
06.09.2000Examination requested  [2000/48]
25.05.2001Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
23.11.2001Reply to a communication from the examining division
07.02.2002Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
15.05.2002Fee for grant paid
15.05.2002Fee for publishing/printing paid
22.05.2002Communication of intention to grant the patent
Opposition(s)06.05.2003No opposition filed within time limit [2003/30]
Fees paidRenewal fee
15.01.2001Renewal fee patent year 03
19.02.2002Renewal fee patent year 04
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipAT31.07.2002
IT31.07.2002
SE31.10.2002
PT18.11.2002
ES30.01.2003
[2008/17]
Former [2004/05]AT31.07.2002
SE31.10.2002
PT18.11.2002
ES30.01.2003
Former [2003/31]AT31.07.2002
SE31.10.2002
PT18.11.2002
Former [2003/22]SE31.10.2002
PT18.11.2002
Former [2003/03]SE31.10.2002
Cited inInternational search[XA]FR1498801  (RECARO A G) [X] 1-5,13-15 * the whole document * [A] 6,16,20;
 [A]US4881774  (BRADLEY DAVID W [US], et al) [A] 1,8-13,18-21 * column A; figures 1-7 *;
 [XA]EP0451035  (FAURE BERTRAND AUTOMOBILE [FR]) [X] 1-5,8-11,13-15,18-20 * column 1, line 1 - line 38 * * column 6, line 21 - line 54; figures 1,5,6 * [A] 6,7,16,17;
 [AD]US5286076  (DEVOSS CATHY A [US], et al);
 [XA]WO9742051  (MAGNA LOMASON CORP [US]) [X] 1-5,7-11,13-15,17 * abstract * * figures 1-5 * [A] 6,16,20
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