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EP1166047 - METHOD AND CIRCUIT FOR CORRECTING PERIODIC SIGNALS OF AN INCREMENTAL POSITION MEASURING SYSTEM [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusOpposition rejected
Status updated on  12.11.2008
Database last updated on 23.04.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip12.11.2008Opposition rejectedpublished on 03.12.2008  [2008/49]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Dr. Johannes Heidenhain GmbH
Postfach 12 60
83292 Traunreut / DE
[2002/01]
Inventor(s)01 / BURGSCHAT, Reiner
Ammerbacher Strasse 109
D-07745 Jena / DE
02 / KRAUSS, Mathias
Brombergstrasse 2
D-72119 Ammerbuch / DE
 [2002/01]
Representative(s)Baumgärtel, Gunnar, et al
Patentanwälte Maikowski & Ninnemann
Postfach 15 09 20
10671 Berlin / DE
[N/P]
Former [2004/42]Baumgärtel, Gunnar, Dr., et al
Patentanwälte Maikowski & Ninnemann, Postfach 15 09 20
10671 Berlin / DE
Application number, filing date00920553.522.03.2000
[2002/01]
WO2000EP02576
Priority number, dateDE199911438830.03.1999         Original published format: DE 19914388
[2002/01]
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO0060314
Date:12.10.2000
Language:DE
[2000/41]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP1166047
Date:02.01.2002
Language:DE
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 12.10.2000 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2002/01]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP1166047
Date:11.06.2003
Language:DE
[2003/24]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP12.10.2000
ClassificationIPC:G01D5/244
[2002/01]
CPC:
G01D5/24476 (EP,US); G01D5/2448 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB,   IT [2003/24]
Former [2002/01]AT,  BE,  CH,  CY,  DE,  DK,  ES,  FI,  FR,  GB,  GR,  IE,  IT,  LI,  LU,  MC,  NL,  PT,  SE 
TitleGerman:VERFAHREN UND SCHALTUNGSANORDNUNG ZUR KORREKTUR VON PERIODISCHEN SIGNALEN EINES INKREMENTALEN POSITIONSMESSSYSTEMS[2002/01]
English:METHOD AND CIRCUIT FOR CORRECTING PERIODIC SIGNALS OF AN INCREMENTAL POSITION MEASURING SYSTEM[2002/01]
French:PROCEDE ET CIRCUIT POUR LA CORRECTION DE SIGNAUX PERIODIQUES D'UN SYSTEME DE MESURE DE POSITION INCREMENTIEL[2002/01]
Entry into regional phase30.10.2001National basic fee paid 
30.10.2001Designation fee(s) paid 
30.10.2001Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure27.09.2000Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
30.10.2001Examination requested  [2002/01]
16.10.2002Communication of intention to grant the patent
03.12.2002Fee for grant paid
03.12.2002Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)Opponent(s)01  08.03.2004  13.03.2004  ADMISSIBLE
patentverein.de.e.V.
Am Kuemmerling 18
55294 Bodenheim / DE
 [2006/21]
Former [2004/19]
Opponent(s)01  08.03.2004   
patentverein.de.e.V.
Am Kuemmerling 18
55294 Bodenheim / DE
Opponent's representative
Hübner, Bernhard, Dipl.-Ing., et al, et al
Seerig & Hübner Patentanwälte Am Alten Bad 6
09111 Chemnitz / DE
22.04.2004Invitation to proprietor to file observations on the notice of opposition
12.10.2004Reply of patent proprietor to notice(s) of opposition
26.10.2004Communication of observations of patent proprietor (Time limit: M02)
21.12.2004Reply of parties involved to observations of patent proprietor
15.06.2005Date of oral proceedings
20.07.2005Despatch of interlocutory decision in opposition
20.07.2005Despatch of minutes of oral proceedings
15.07.2008Legal effect of rejection of opposition [2008/49]
15.07.2008Date of despatch of rejection of opposition
Appeal following opposition29.09.2005Appeal received No.  T1279/05
25.11.2005Statement of grounds filed
15.07.2008Result of appeal procedure: maintenance in unamended form
15.07.2008Date of oral proceedings
Fees paidRenewal fee
02.04.2002Renewal fee patent year 03
31.03.2003Renewal fee patent year 04
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Cited inInternational search[YA]DE19712622  (HEIDENHAIN GMBH DR JOHANNES [DE]) [Y] 1-3 * column 3, line 67 - column 5, line 25 * * column 9, line 35 - line 41 * [A] 15;
 [YA]JPH02309280  ;
 [A]EP0489936  (SIEMENS AG [DE]) [A] 1,15 * abstract *
 [YA]  - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (19910311), vol. 015, no. 099, Database accession no. (P - 1177), & JP02309280 A 19901225 (NEC CORP) [Y] 1-3 * abstract * [A] 15
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