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EP1082774 - FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING ELECTRICAL ENERGY USING A FUEL CELL SYSTEM [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  11.06.2004
Database last updated on 28.03.2026
Most recent event   Tooltip28.03.2008Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): IT
published on 30.04.2008  [2008/18]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
38436 Wolfsburg / DE
For all designated states
AB VOLVO
405 08 Göteborg / SE
[N/P]
Former [2001/11]For all designated states
Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
38436 Wolfsburg / DE
For all designated states
AB VOLVO
405 08 Göteborg / SE
Inventor(s)01 / DÜBEL, Olaf
Altes Mühlenfeld 51A
D-38550 Isenbüttel / DE
02 / KÖNIG, Axel
Galgenkamp 13
D-38448 Wolfsburg / DE
03 / EKDUNGE, Per
Gibraltagatan 96
S-412 79 Göteborg / SE
04 / ALIN, Peter
Humlegränden 16
S-261 39 Landskrona / SE
05 / REINKINGH, Jessica, Grace
333 Lancaster Avenue 709
Frazer, PA 19355 / US
06 / MALLANT, Ronald
Koggewaard 83
NL-1824 GP Alkmaar / NL
 [2001/11]
Application number, filing date99924989.917.05.1999
[2001/11]
WO1999EP03378
Priority number, dateDE199812269120.05.1998         Original published format: DE 19822691
[2001/11]
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO9960647
Date:25.11.1999
Language:DE
[1999/47]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP1082774
Date:14.03.2001
Language:DE
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 25.11.1999 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2001/11]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP1082774
Date:06.08.2003
Language:DE
[2003/32]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP25.11.1999
ClassificationIPC:H01M8/06
[2001/11]
CPC:
H01M8/1007 (EP,US); H01M8/06 (KR); Y02E60/50 (EP)
Designated contracting statesDE,   ES,   FR,   GB,   IT,   SE [2001/11]
TitleGerman:BRENNSTOFFZELLENSYSTEM UND VERFAHREN ZUM ERZEUGEN ELEKTRISCHER ENERGIE MITTELS EINES BRENNSTOFFZELLENSYSTEMS[2001/11]
English:FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING ELECTRICAL ENERGY USING A FUEL CELL SYSTEM[2001/11]
French:SYSTEME DE PILE A COMBUSTIBLE ET PROCEDE POUR PRODUIRE DE L'ENERGIE ELECTRIQUE AU MOYEN D'UN TEL SYSTEME[2001/11]
Entry into regional phase20.12.2000National basic fee paid 
20.12.2000Designation fee(s) paid 
20.12.2000Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure01.10.1999Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
20.12.2000Examination requested  [2001/11]
02.10.2002Communication of intention to grant the patent
12.02.2003Fee for grant paid
12.02.2003Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)07.05.2004No opposition filed within time limit [2004/31]
Fees paidRenewal fee
31.05.2001Renewal fee patent year 03
31.05.2002Renewal fee patent year 04
02.06.2003Renewal fee patent year 05
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipIT06.08.2003
SE06.11.2003
ES17.11.2003
[2008/18]
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