EP1200285 - MOTORIZED WHEELCHAIRS [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | The application has been refused Status updated on 17.05.2013 Database last updated on 22.05.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 17.05.2013 | Refusal of application | published on 19.06.2013 [2013/25] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states INVACARE CORPORATION One Invacare Way Elyria, OH 44036-2125 / US | [2002/18] | Inventor(s) | 01 /
RICHEY, Joseph, B., II 7325 Stump Hollow Lane Chagrin Falls, OH 44022 / US | 02 /
WAKEFIELD, Theodore, D., II. 5626 Huron Street Vermilion, OH 44089 / US | [2002/18] | Representative(s) | Mehler Achler Patentanwälte Partnerschaft mbB Bahnhofstraße 67 65185 Wiesbaden / DE | [N/P] |
Former [2012/33] | Mehler Achler Patentanwälte Bahnhofstraße 67 65185 Wiesbaden / DE | ||
Former [2008/28] | Fuchs Patentanwälte Postfach 46 60 65036 Wiesbaden / DE | ||
Former [2002/18] | Fuchs Mehler Weiss & Fritzsche Patentanwälte Abraham-Lincoln-Strasse 7 65189 Wiesbaden / DE | Application number, filing date | 00943407.7 | 06.07.2000 | [2002/18] | WO2000US18563 | Priority number, date | US19990365276 | 30.07.1999 Original published format: US 365276 | [2002/18] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO0108922 | Date: | 08.02.2001 | Language: | EN | [2001/06] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP1200285 | Date: | 02.05.2002 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 08.02.2001 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [2002/18] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | EP | 08.02.2001 | Classification | IPC: | B60L15/20, A61G5/04 | [2002/18] | CPC: |
A61G5/042 (EP,US);
B60L15/20 (EP,US);
B60L15/2036 (EP,US);
A61G2203/14 (EP,US);
A61G2203/36 (EP,US);
Y02T10/64 (EP,US);
| Designated contracting states | AT, BE, CH, CY, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE [2002/18] | Title | German: | MOTORISIERTE ROLLSTÜHLE | [2002/18] | English: | MOTORIZED WHEELCHAIRS | [2002/18] | French: | FAUTEUIL ROULANT MOTORISE | [2002/18] | Entry into regional phase | 13.12.2001 | National basic fee paid | 13.12.2001 | Designation fee(s) paid | 13.12.2001 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 26.10.2000 | Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: US | 13.12.2001 | Examination requested [2002/18] | 21.06.2005 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 21.12.2005 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 20.02.2006 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 16.10.2006 | Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: reply to the communication from the examining division not received in time | 14.12.2006 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 19.01.2007 | Observations by third parties | 27.03.2007 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 27.09.2007 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 22.10.2007 | Observations by third parties | 22.10.2008 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 10.12.2008 | Observations by third parties | 29.04.2009 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 22.05.2009 | Observations by third parties | 31.08.2012 | Observations by third parties | 20.09.2012 | Cancellation of oral proceeding that was planned for 21.09.2012 | 21.09.2012 | Date of oral proceedings (cancelled) | 21.01.2013 | Cancellation of oral proceeding that was planned for 23.01.2013 | 23.01.2013 | Date of oral proceedings (cancelled) | 31.01.2013 | Despatch of communication that the application is refused, reason: substantive examination [2013/25] | 10.02.2013 | Application refused, date of legal effect [2013/25] | Divisional application(s) | The date of the Examining Division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued is 21.06.2005 | Request for further processing for: | 14.12.2006 | Request for further processing filed | 14.12.2006 | Full payment received (date of receipt of payment) Request granted | 02.01.2007 | Decision despatched | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 18.07.2002 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 22.07.2003 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 18.06.2004 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 20.07.2005 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 27.07.2006 | Renewal fee patent year 07 | 27.07.2007 | Renewal fee patent year 08 | 25.07.2008 | Renewal fee patent year 09 | 28.07.2009 | Renewal fee patent year 10 | 26.07.2010 | Renewal fee patent year 11 | 25.07.2011 | Renewal fee patent year 12 | 25.07.2012 | Renewal fee patent year 13 |
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