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EP2280184
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| EP2280184 - Segmented reservoir for viscous clutches [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 19.02.2016 Database last updated on 25.03.2025 | Most recent event Tooltip | 01.09.2017 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state | published on 04.10.2017 [2017/40] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states BorgWarner Inc. 3850 Hamlin Road Auburn Hills, MI 48326 / US | [2011/05] | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Fuchs, Ralf J. Andreas-Hofer Strasse 33 88074, Mekenbeuren / DE | 02 /
Buchholz, Thomas Burweg 18, Wahwies 78333, Stockach / DE | 03 /
Tilly, Christian M. Am Roggersberg 27 88690, Uhldingen / DE | [2015/16] |
| Former [2011/05] | 01 /
Fuchs, Ralf J. Andreas-Hofer Strasse 33 88074, Mekenbeuren / DE | ||
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Buchholz, Thomas Burweg 18, Wahwies 78333, Stockach / DE | |||
| 03 /
Tilly, Christian M. Am Roggersberg 27 88690, Uhldingen / DE | Representative(s) | Bennett, Adrian Robert J., et al Venner Shipley LLP 200 Aldersgate London EC1A 4HD / GB | [N/P] |
| Former [2015/16] | Bennett, Adrian Robert J., et al A.A. Thornton & Co. 10 Old Bailey London EC4M 7NG / GB | ||
| Former [2011/05] | Lerwill, John, et al A.A. Thornton & Co. 235 High Holborn London, WC1V 7LE / GB | Application number, filing date | 10180529.9 | 21.03.2000 | [2011/05] | Priority number, date | US19990293355 | 16.04.1999 Original published format: US 293355 | [2011/05] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A2 Application without search report | No.: | EP2280184 | Date: | 02.02.2011 | Language: | EN | [2011/05] | Type: | A3 Search report | No.: | EP2280184 | Date: | 28.08.2013 | Language: | EN | [2013/35] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP2280184 | Date: | 15.04.2015 | Language: | EN | [2015/16] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 30.07.2013 | Classification | IPC: | F16D35/02 | [2011/05] | CPC: |
F16D35/026 (EP,KR,US);
F16D35/021 (US);
F16D35/024 (EP,KR,US)
| Designated contracting states | DE, FR, SE [2015/16] |
| Former [2011/05] | DE, FR, SE | Title | German: | Segmentiertes Reservoir für Viskose-Kupplungen | [2011/05] | English: | Segmented reservoir for viscous clutches | [2011/05] | French: | Réservoir segmenté pour embrayages visqueux | [2011/05] | Examination procedure | 12.09.2013 | Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description) | 12.09.2013 | Examination requested [2013/43] | 23.10.2014 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 26.01.2015 | Disapproval of the communication of intention to grant the patent by the applicant or resumption of examination proceedings by the EPO | 26.01.2015 | Fee for grant paid | 26.01.2015 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | 23.02.2015 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 03.03.2015 | Receipt of the translation of the claim(s) | Parent application(s) Tooltip | EP00302269.6 / EP1045162 | EP10150274.8 / EP2166246 | Divisional application(s) | The date of the Examining Division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued (EP20000302269) is 25.06.2007 | Opposition(s) | 18.01.2016 | No opposition filed within time limit [2016/12] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 18.10.2010 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 18.10.2010 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 18.10.2010 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 18.10.2010 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 18.10.2010 | Renewal fee patent year 07 | 18.10.2010 | Renewal fee patent year 08 | 18.10.2010 | Renewal fee patent year 09 | 18.10.2010 | Renewal fee patent year 10 | 18.10.2010 | Renewal fee patent year 11 | 10.03.2011 | Renewal fee patent year 12 | 07.03.2012 | Renewal fee patent year 13 | 08.03.2013 | Renewal fee patent year 14 | 10.03.2014 | Renewal fee patent year 15 | 06.03.2015 | Renewal fee patent year 16 |
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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 | SE | 15.04.2015 | [2017/40] | Documents cited: | Search | [A]JPS6174920 ; | [A]JPS6231726 ; | [AD]US4305491 (ROHRER DOUGLAS D) [AD] 4,5 * figure 1 *; | [A]US4381051 (KIKUCHI YASUBEE [JP]) [A] 1 * abstract *; | [A]EP0130024 (EATON CORP [US]) [A] 1,5* abstract *; | [A]US4653624 (MADER GERALD E [US]) [A] 1 * column 6, line 34 - column 8, line 11; figures 1-4e *; | [A]US5109965 (INOUE HIROSHI [JP]) [A] 1,2,7 * column 3, line 50 - column 4, line 16; figure 4 *; | [A]DE4037265 (BEHR GMBH & CO [DE]) [A] 1,5 * figures 1,2 *; | [AD]EP0557808 (EATON CORP [US]) [AD] 7 * column 4, line 55 - line 58; figures 1-3 * | [A] - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (19860823), vol. 010, no. 246, Database accession no. (M - 510), & JP61074920 A 19860417 (ATSUGI MOTOR PARTS CO LTD) [A] 1 * abstract * | [A] - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (19870711), vol. 011, no. 215, Database accession no. (M - 606), & JP62031726 A 19870210 (HINO MOTORS LTD) [A] 2,3 * abstract * | by applicant | US3227254 | US4305491 | US5152383 |