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EP0912374 - ABSORBING BODY AND COMBINATION OF AN ABSORBING BODY AND CAR BODY PARTS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  04.10.2002
Database last updated on 24.04.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip04.10.2002No opposition filed within time limitpublished on 20.11.2002  [2002/47]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
ALCAN DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
Hannoversche Strasse 1
D-37075 Göttingen / DE
[1999/18]
Inventor(s)01 / OTSUKA, Kunio
4-24-55-204, Takanawa, Minato-ku
Tokyo 108 / JP
[1999/18]
Representative(s)Füchsle, Klaus, et al
Hoffmann - Eitle
ATTENTION : ADDRESS INACTIVE - USE ASS-NR - CDR / DE
[N/P]
Former [1999/18]Füchsle, Klaus, Dipl.-Ing., et al
Hoffmann Eitle, Patent- und Rechtsanwälte, Arabellastrasse 4
81925 München / DE
Application number, filing date97900575.808.01.1997
[1999/18]
WO1997EP00046
Priority number, dateJP1996018464315.07.1996         Original published format: JP 18464396
[1999/18]
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO9802335
Date:22.01.1998
Language:DE
[1998/03]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0912374
Date:06.05.1999
Language:DE
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 22.01.1998 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1999/18]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0912374
Date:28.11.2001
Language:DE
[2001/48]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP22.01.1998
ClassificationIPC:B60R21/045, B60J5/04, F16L11/14
[1999/18]
CPC:
B60J5/0444 (EP,US); B60R21/045 (KR); B60J5/0443 (EP,US);
B60R19/00 (EP,US); B62D21/15 (EP,US); F16F7/12 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesDE,   ES,   FR,   GB,   IT,   SE [1999/18]
TitleGerman:ABSORPTIONSKÖRPER UND KOMBINATION EINES ABSORPTIONSKÖRPERS MIT FAHRZEUGKAROSSERIETEILEN[1999/18]
English:ABSORBING BODY AND COMBINATION OF AN ABSORBING BODY AND CAR BODY PARTS[1999/18]
French:CORPS ABSORBANT ET ASSOCIATION D'UN CORPS ABSORBANT AVEC DES PARTIES DE LA CARROSSERIE D'UN VEHICULE[1999/18]
Entry into regional phase03.02.1999National basic fee paid 
03.02.1999Designation fee(s) paid 
03.02.1999Examination fee paid 
Examination proceduredeletedDecision about request for accelerated examination - accepted: No
23.01.1997Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
03.02.1999Examination requested  [1999/18]
03.10.2000Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
20.11.2000Reply to a communication from the examining division
20.11.2000Request for accelerated examination filed
15.03.2001Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
29.05.2001Communication of intention to grant the patent
28.08.2001Fee for grant paid
28.08.2001Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)29.08.2002No opposition filed within time limit [2002/47]
Fees paidRenewal fee
16.03.1999Renewal fee patent year 03
19.01.2000Renewal fee patent year 04
19.01.2001Renewal fee patent year 05
Penalty fee
Additional fee for renewal fee
01.02.199903   M06   Fee paid on   16.03.1999
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Cited inInternational search[X]US3974467  (TOBITA SUSUMU, et al) [X] 1 * abstract *;
 [X]EP0561211  (WITZENMANN METALLSCHLAUCHFAB [DE]) [X] 1-3 * column 2, line 17 - column 4, line 42; figure - *;
 [X]US5325893  (TAKAGI AKINOBU [JP], et al) [X] 1 * column 1, line 5 - line 17 *;
 [X]DE19512525  (DORNIER GMBH [DE]) [X] 1-4,9-13 * column 1, line 44 - column 3, line 14; figures 1,7,8; claims 1-5 *;
 [A]  - AUTOMOTIVE ENGINNERING, (197904), vol. 87, no. 4, page 56, XP002044419 [A] 1,14 * figure 4 *
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