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EP1179160
European procedure
Extract from the Register of European Patents
EP About this file: EP1179160
| EP1179160 - UTILITY LIGHTER [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 24.07.2009 Database last updated on 25.09.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 24.07.2009 | No opposition filed within time limit | published on 26.08.2009 [2009/35] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states BIC CORPORATION (a Connecticut Corporation) 500 Bic Drive Milford CT 06460 / US | [2006/32] |
| Former [2002/07] | For all designated states BIC CORPORATION 500 Bic Drive Milford Connecticut 06460 / US | Inventor(s) | 01 /
LAFOREST, Guy Travessa Tenente Valadim, 3-1 Es. P-2750 Cascais / PT | 02 /
ADAMS, Paul 21 Perry Drive Monroe, CT 06468 / US | 03 /
TUBBY, Brian 79 Hawley Avenue Milford, CT 06460 / US | 04 /
ORAZIETTI, Richard, M. 137 Hawkins Street Derby, CT 06418 / US | 05 /
FAIRBANKS, Floyd, B. 103 Birch Lane Naugatuck, CT 06770 / US | [2002/07] | Representative(s) | Moreland, David, et al Marks & Clerk LLP The Beacon 176 St Vincent Street Glasgow G2 5SG / GB | [N/P] |
| Former [2004/46] | Moreland, David, Dr., et al Marks & Clerk Scotland 19 Royal Exchange Square Glasgow G1 3AE / GB | ||
| Former [2002/07] | MacDougall, Donald Carmichael, et al Cruikshank & Fairweather 19 Royal Exchange Square Glasgow G1 3AE, Scotland / GB | Application number, filing date | 00930564.0 | 11.05.2000 | [2002/07] | WO2000US12819 | Priority number, date | US19990312609 | 17.05.1999 Original published format: US 312609 | [2002/07] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO0070268 | Date: | 23.11.2000 | Language: | EN | [2000/47] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP1179160 | Date: | 13.02.2002 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 23.11.2000 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [2002/07] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP1179160 | Date: | 17.09.2008 | Language: | EN | [2008/38] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | US | 23.11.2000 | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 12.08.2004 | Classification | IPC: | F23Q7/12 | [2002/07] | CPC: |
C10L11/00 (EP,US);
F23Q2/287 (EP,US)
| Designated contracting states | DE, ES, FR, GB [2004/21] |
| Former [2002/07] | AT, BE, CH, CY, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE | Extension states | AL | Not yet paid | LT | Not yet paid | LV | Not yet paid | MK | Not yet paid | RO | Not yet paid | SI | Not yet paid | Title | German: | ALLZWECKFEUERZEUG | [2002/07] | English: | UTILITY LIGHTER | [2002/07] | French: | BRIQUET TOUT USAGE | [2002/07] | Entry into regional phase | 30.11.2001 | National basic fee paid | 30.11.2001 | Search fee paid | 30.11.2001 | Designation fee(s) paid | 30.11.2001 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 11.12.2000 | Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: US | 30.11.2001 | Examination requested [2002/07] | 21.02.2002 | Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description) | 01.02.2006 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 07.08.2006 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 14.12.2006 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 20.06.2007 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 17.07.2007 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 23.01.2008 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 21.04.2008 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 05.08.2008 | Fee for grant paid | 05.08.2008 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Opposition(s) | 18.06.2009 | No opposition filed within time limit [2009/35] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 21.05.2002 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 26.05.2003 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 24.05.2004 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 19.05.2005 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 30.05.2006 | Renewal fee patent year 07 | 30.05.2007 | Renewal fee patent year 08 | 28.05.2008 | Renewal fee patent year 09 |
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