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EP1077591 - Apparatus for a high intensity gas discharge lamp ballast [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 27.08.2004 Database last updated on 16.07.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	14.12.2007	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): PT	published on 16.01.2008 [2008/03]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states OSRAM SYLVANIA INC. 100 Endicott Street Danvers, MA 01923 / US
	[2001/08]
Inventor(s)	01 / Trestman, Grigoriy A. 10 Grand Turk Way Salem, MA 01923 / US
	02 / Bay, David L. 63 Green Street Danvers, MA 01923 / US
	[2001/08]
Representative(s)	Pokorny, Gerd, et al OSRAM GmbH Intellectual Property IP Postfach 22 13 17 80503 München / DE
	[N/P]
Former [2001/08]	Pokorny, Gerd, et al OSRAM GmbH, Postfach 22 16 34 80506 München / DE
Application number, filing date	00116154.6	01.08.2000
	[2001/08]
Priority number, date	US19990377471	19.08.1999 Original published format: US 377471
	[2001/08]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A2 Application without search report
	No.:	EP1077591
	Date:	21.02.2001
	Language:	EN
	[2001/08]
	Type:	A3 Search report
	No.:	EP1077591
	Date:	07.03.2001
	[2001/10]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP1077591
	Date:	22.10.2003
	Language:	EN
	[2003/43]
Search report(s)	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	22.01.2001
Classification	IPC:	H05B41/14	[2001/08]
	CPC:	H05B41/2928 (EP,US); H05B41/26 (KR); H05B41/2883 (EP,US); H05B41/2887 (EP,US); H05B41/2925 (EP,US); H05B41/388 (EP,US); (+) Y02B20/00 (EP,US) (-)
Designated contracting states	AT, BE, CH, CY, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE [2001/08]
Title	German:	Vorschaltgerät für Starkstromgasentladungslampe	[2001/08]
	English:	Apparatus for a high intensity gas discharge lamp ballast	[2001/08]
	French:	Ballast électronique de lampe à décharge à haute intensité	[2001/08]
Examination procedure	02.04.2001	Examination requested [2001/22]
	23.05.2001	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	25.09.2001	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	11.02.2002	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	20.06.2002	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	19.12.2002	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M02)
	18.02.2003	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	29.04.2003	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	18.08.2003	Fee for grant paid
	18.08.2003	Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)	23.07.2004	No opposition filed within time limit [2004/42]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	19.08.2002	Renewal fee patent year 03
	18.08.2003	Renewal fee patent year 04
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	AT	22.10.2003
	CY	22.10.2003
	ES	22.10.2003
	FI	22.10.2003
	DK	22.01.2004
	GR	22.01.2004
	SE	22.01.2004
	PT	22.03.2004
	[2008/03]
Former [2007/08]	AT	22.10.2003
	CY	22.10.2003
	ES	22.10.2003
	FI	22.10.2003
	DK	22.01.2004
	GR	22.01.2004
	SE	22.01.2004
Former [2004/41]	AT	22.10.2003
	FI	22.10.2003
	DK	22.01.2004
	GR	22.01.2004
	SE	22.01.2004
Former [2004/33]	AT	22.10.2003
	FI	22.10.2003
	GR	22.01.2004
	SE	22.01.2004
Former [2004/31]	AT	22.10.2003
	FI	22.10.2003
	SE	22.01.2004
Former [2004/26]	FI	22.10.2003
	SE	22.01.2004
Former [2004/24]	SE	22.01.2004
Documents cited:	Search	[Y]US4560908 (STUPP EDWARD H [US], et al) [Y] 1-13 * column 3, line 32 - column 10, line 66; figures 1-4 *;
		[Y]US4717863 (ZEILER KENNETH T [US]) [Y] 1-13 * column 2, line 22 - column 8, line 55; figures 1-4 *;
		[A]US5889373 (FISHER RAYETTE ANN [US], et al) [A] 1-13* column 2, line 14 - column 2, line 49; figures 1-3 *

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