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EP0944510 - METHOD FOR BUBBLE-FREE FILLING OF BRAKE FLUID INTO A HYDRAULIC MOTOR VEHICLE BRAKING SYSTEM [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  11.07.2003
Database last updated on 23.04.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip29.10.2004Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): FR
published on 15.12.2004  [2004/51]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
Guerickestrasse 7
60488 Frankfurt / DE
[1999/39]
Inventor(s)01 / BAECHLE, Martin
Am Rech 1
D-61479 Glashütten / DE
02 / SCHMITT, Stefan, A.
Untere Sattelhecke 27
D-63867 Johannesberg / DE
[1999/39]
Application number, filing date97952886.605.12.1997
[1999/39]
WO1997EP06808
Priority number, dateDE199615408723.12.1996         Original published format: DE 19654087
[1999/39]
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO9828173
Date:02.07.1998
Language:DE
[1998/26]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0944510
Date:29.09.1999
Language:DE
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 02.07.1998 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1999/39]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0944510
Date:04.09.2002
Language:DE
[2002/36]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP02.07.1998
ClassificationIPC:B60T8/34
[1999/39]
CPC:
B60T8/34 (EP,KR,US)
Designated contracting statesDE,   ES,   FR,   GB [1999/39]
TitleGerman:VERFAHREN ZUR BLASENFREIEN BEFÜLLUNG EINER HYDRAULISCHEN KRAFTFAHRZEUGBREMSANLAGE MIT BREMSFLÜSSIGKEIT[1999/39]
English:METHOD FOR BUBBLE-FREE FILLING OF BRAKE FLUID INTO A HYDRAULIC MOTOR VEHICLE BRAKING SYSTEM[1999/39]
French:PROCEDE POUR REMPLIR SANS BULLE UNE UNITE DE FREINAGE HYDRAULIQUE DE VEHICULE A MOTEUR, AVEC UN LIQUIDE DE FREIN[1999/39]
Entry into regional phase23.07.1999National basic fee paid 
23.07.1999Designation fee(s) paid 
23.07.1999Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure16.07.1998Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
23.07.1999Examination requested  [1999/39]
17.05.2001Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
06.09.2001Reply to a communication from the examining division
22.11.2001Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
20.03.2002Communication of intention to grant the patent
01.07.2002Fee for grant paid
01.07.2002Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)05.06.2003No opposition filed within time limit [2003/35]
Fees paidRenewal fee
05.01.2000Renewal fee patent year 03
02.01.2001Renewal fee patent year 04
02.01.2002Renewal fee patent year 05
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipFR04.09.2002
GB04.09.2002
ES28.03.2003
[2004/51]
Former [2004/21]GB04.09.2002
ES28.03.2003
Former [2004/04]ES28.03.2003
Cited inInternational search[X]EP0543187  (SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES [JP]) [X] 1 * column 3, line 16 - column 4, line 40 * * column 5, line 58 - column 6, line 15 * * column 7, line 35 - line 43; figure 1; claim 1 *;
 [A]EP0275351  (FROESCHMANN ERASMUS) [A] 1,2 * page 2, line 16 - line 17 * * page 2, line 38 - line 41 *;
 [A]EP0323889  (LUCAS IND PLC [GB]) [A] 1,2 * abstract * * column 1, line 3 - line 39 * * column 4, line 33 - line 54 *;
 [A]DE3806840  (BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE AG [DE]) [A] 1,2 * abstract * * column 1, line 3 - column 2, line 19 *;
 [AD]DE4337133  (BOSCH GMBH ROBERT [DE]) [AD] 1,2 * abstract * * column 1, line 6 - line 47; claim 1 *;
 [A]EP0482367  (BOSCH GMBH ROBERT [DE]) [A] 1,2 * column 1, line 8 - line 37 * * column 2, line 46 - line 52; figure . *;
 [A]JPH07165046  ;
 [PX]DE19602219  (TEVES GMBH ALFRED [DE]) [PX] 1,2 * column 1, line 6 - column 2, line 17; figure .; claim 5 * * column 2, line 36 - line 43 *
 [A]  - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (19951031), vol. 095, no. 009, & JP07165046 A 19950627 (AISIN SEIKI CO LTD) [A] 1,2 * abstract *
by applicantDE4337133
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