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EP1240447 - KICK-DOWN SWITCHING SPEED OPTIMIZATION FOR AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION OF A MOTOR VEHICLE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 30.04.2004 Database last updated on 14.09.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	30.04.2004	No opposition filed within time limit	published on 16.06.2004 [2004/25]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states ZF Friedrichshafen AG Graf-von-Soden-Platz 1 88046 Friedrichshafen / DE
	[N/P]
Former [2002/38]	For all designated states ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN Aktiengesellschaft 88038 Friedrichshafen / DE
Inventor(s)	01 / HENNEKEN, Markus Betznauer Strasse 12 88079 Kressbronn / DE
	02 / JAUCH, Friedemann Ginsterweg 18 88074 Meckenbeuren / DE
	03 / HERBSTER, Kai-Uwe Tannenweg 57 88046 Friedrichshafen / DE
	04 / SCHULER, Franz-Josef Untermühleweg 14 88079 Kressbronn / DE
	05 / MAUZ, Thomas Rosenstrasse 31 88085 Langenargen / DE
	[2002/42]
Former [2002/38]	01 / HENNEKEN, Markus Betznauer Strasse 12 88079 Kressbronn / DE
	02 / JAUCH, Friedemann Ginsterweg 18 88074 Meckenbeuren / DE
	03 / HERBSTER, Kai-Uwe Tannenweg 57 88046 Friedrichshafen / DE
	04 / SCHULER, Franz-Josef Untermühleweg 14 88079 Kressbronn / DE
	05 / MAUZ, Thomas Goethestrasse 47 88079 Kressbronn / DE
Application number, filing date	00981369.2	13.12.2000
	[2002/38]
	WO2000EP12637
Priority number, date	DE1999161979	22.12.1999 Original published format: DE 19961979
	[2002/38]
Filing language	DE
Procedural language	DE
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO0146606
	Date:	28.06.2001
	Language:	DE
	[2001/26]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP1240447
	Date:	18.09.2002
	Language:	DE
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 28.06.2001 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2002/38]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP1240447
	Date:	25.06.2003
	Language:	DE
	[2003/26]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	EP	28.06.2001
Classification	IPC:	F16H61/02, // F16H59:20	[2002/38]
	CPC:	F16H61/0213 (EP,KR,US); B60W40/09 (EP,KR,US); F16H59/20 (EP,KR,US); F16H59/66 (EP,KR,US); F16H2059/003 (EP,KR,US); F16H2059/405 (EP,KR,US); (+) F16H2059/663 (EP,KR,US); Y10S477/901 (EP,US) (-)
Designated contracting states	DE, FR [2003/26]
Former [2002/38]	AT, BE, CH, CY, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE, TR
Title	German:	KICK-DOWN-SCHALTDREHZAHLOPTIMIERUNG FÜR EIN AUTOMATGETRIEBE EINES KRAFTFAHRZEUGS	[2002/38]
	English:	KICK-DOWN SWITCHING SPEED OPTIMIZATION FOR AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION OF A MOTOR VEHICLE	[2002/38]
	French:	OPTIMISATION DU REGIME DE PASSAGE KICK-DOWN DE LA BOITE AUTOMATIQUE D'UN VEHICULE	[2002/38]
Entry into regional phase	04.04.2002	National basic fee paid
	04.04.2002	Designation fee(s) paid
	04.04.2002	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	16.05.2001	Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
	04.04.2002	Examination requested [2002/38]
	30.10.2002	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	23.01.2003	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	24.02.2003	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	17.04.2003	Fee for grant paid
	17.04.2003	Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)	26.03.2004	No opposition filed within time limit [2004/25]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	20.12.2002	Renewal fee patent year 03
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Cited in	International search	[A]DE2709235 (BOSCH GMBH ROBERT) [A] 1* Seite 3, Zusammenfassung *;
		[A]DE3139838 (BOSCH GMBH ROBERT [DE]) [A] 1 * Seite 6, letzter Absatz und Seite 7 *;
		[A]US5157991 (SUMIMOTO TAKAYUKI [JP]) [A] 1,5 * column 5, line 1 - line 34 * * figures 2,3 *

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